News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa-- On Feb. 23, 2018, United States Chief District Court Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Darrell Anthony Rice to 22 months in prison as the result of his plea of guilty to escape from a federal facility, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Rice, age 24, of Davenport, Iowa, was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $100 to the Crime Victim’s Fund.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement today after attending a bipartisan trade meeting with President Trump and congressional leaders...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINTON - An indictment was unsealed today against four alleged gang members of Chicago’s criminal street gang, Latin Dragon Nation, for RICO conspiracy and related charges, including two murders.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: MIAMI - A Port St. Lucie man was indicted on charges related to the illegal exportation of firearms, firearms accessories and ammunition. The indictment resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Miami and Brazil; ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Michelle M. Syler, age 49, of Albany, was arrested and charged today for distributing and receiving child pornography.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: NAPLES, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited L.I. Aluminum Design Inc., a Naples-based patio and pool enclosure manufacturer and installer, for failing to protect employees from fall hazards. Proposed penalties total $40,096.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - Patrick Roy Wandahsega, 40, of Wilson, Michigan, was sentenced to 288 months (24 years) imprisonment for engaging in sexual contact with a child under 12 years of age, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Peter Kalimu, 52, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty, before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to making a materially false material. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A national sales executive for Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, Inc., a subsidiary of Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (Dr. Pepper), today pleaded guilty to charges that he submitted more than $1.7 million dollars worth of fraudulent invoices to Dr. Pepper through a promotions and marketing company he formed in his wife’s name.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has extended the comment period to March 2, 2018 for the Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed approval of annual transfers of up to 15,000 acre-feet per year of available Central Valley Project water supplies over a nine-year period.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Defendant fled while on pre-trial release and remained a fugitive for nearly 18 months.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter requesting that Chairman Trey Gowdy issue a subpoena to compel the Trump Administration to produce documents it is withholding relating to its secret collaboration...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Jerrod Nichols Smith, 48, of Houston, Texas, the former president of Houston-based pharmaceutical company, Cumberland Distribution, Inc. (“Cumberland"), was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Nashville of conspiracy, 15 counts of mail fraud and one count of making false statements to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), announced Donald Q. Cochran, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: W&M Republicans, Treasury Department Ready to Build on Success of Pro-Growth Tax Reform.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement regarding H.R. 2997, the 21st Century AIRR Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - A former pharmacy technician pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to tampering with fentanyl by using a syringe to replace the painkiller with another solution.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Between 2015 and 2017, there was a nationwide increase in the number of deaths due to unintentional shootings. Unfortunately, Iowa has not been immune to this trend. Unintentional shootings with illegally possessed guns present a danger to everyone in our community, but especially to children. The United ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced today the creation of a new effort, the Department of Justice Prescription Interdiction & Litigation (PIL) Task Force, to fight the prescription opioid crisis. The PIL Task Force will aggressively deploy and coordinate all available criminal and civil law enforcement tools to reverse the tide of opioid overdoses in the United States, with a particular focus on opioid manufacturers and distributors.
