News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Warren Dwayne Vasser, 45, was sentenced today in Omaha, Nebraska, by Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp, for the crimes of armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm. Senior Judge Smith Camp sentenced Vasser to 132 months’ imprisonment, a five-year term of supervised release, and ordered Vasser to make restitution in the amount of $20 to the bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Alejandro Quintero-Marquez, age 34, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to time served (135 days in jail), for illegal re-entry into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment Thursday against Leah Guillen, 35, of Madera, charging her with use of unauthorized debit cards, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Anthony Walter Rogers, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 151 months incarceration for cocaine distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Pawtucket man, previously convicted and incarcerated for producing counterfeit casino coins, was arrested at his Pawtucket residence on Friday and made an initial appearance before U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Lincoln D. Almond on charges that he allegedly possessed equipment used to manufacture counterfeit U.S. currency and that he manufactured counterfeit $100 bills.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - On December 6, 2018, a federal grand jury indicted a formerMemphis Police Officer, Sam Blue, and co-conspirator, Anthony Davis, on federal criminal civil rights violations which include the violent crimes of robbery and kidnapping. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the indictment today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management's California Desert District is accepting applications from the public for six members of its Special Recreation Permit (SRP) Subgroup of the California Desert District Advisory Council to serve two-year terms. Applications will be accepted until Jan. 21, and can be found on the Desert Advisory Council webpage.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, issued a new Democratic staff report in response to a Republican staff report on the Committees’ joint investigation into the 2017 Equifax data breach.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Warren Dwayne Vasser, 45, was sentenced today in Omaha, Nebraska, by Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp, for the crimes of armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm. Senior Judge Smith Camp sentenced Vasser to 132 months’ imprisonment, a five-year term of supervised release, and ordered Vasser to make restitution in the amount of $20 to the bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: Ohio Man Arrested on Terrorism Charge After Planning Attack on Jewish Synagogue.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: Washington - On Nov. 7, 2018, Hacienda Central Inc. (Hacienda), Jancos, Puerto Rico, a slaughtering packer, waived its right to a hearing, entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and paid a penalty of $1,450 for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: Following eight days of trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn today returned guilty verdicts against Tammeco Cargill and his father, Winston Cargill, convicting them of racketeering and racketeering conspiracy, including predicate acts of distribution and possession of marijuana and passport fraud. When sentenced by United States District Judge Raymond J. Dearie, Tammeco Cargill and Winston Cargill each face up to 20 years’ imprisonment.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: Sherry Loos Pawelko, the Executive Director of American Historical Society of Germans from Russia will present on the unique history and culture that the Germans from Russia brought to the Great Plains region of the United States at the Homestead Education Center on Sunday, December 30 at 2:00p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument will soon modify its seven-day pass from $7.00 per person to $10.00 per person on Jan. 1, 2019. The yearly pass will increase from $30.00 to $35.00.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, NJ - A 38-year-old Hungarian citizen, wanted in his home country for the offenses of theft and assault with a firearm, was removed from the United States on Thursday, December 6th, by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). ICE-ERO Officers turned Imre RACZ over to Hungarian authorities at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: A Toledo woman was arrested and charged in federal court after she purchased black powder and screws that she believed were going to be used to make a bomb as part of a terrorist attack.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Hays man admitted assault charges on Monday in federal court after he attempted to stab a Fort Belknap law enforcement officer with a pair of scissors in a confrontation during which he got shot in the shoulder, U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme said.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways & Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen today to express their concerns with a rule that would significantly...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: Corporation to Pay $85 Million, Enact Compliance Reforms.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) management alert report : CBP Needs to Address Serious Performance Issues on the...
