News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Wednesday, February 7, 2018, Rhyan Leigh Smith, 26, of Warm Springs, Oregon, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to two counts of assault with the intent to commit murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 113(a) and 1153, and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: Law Enforcement Dismantles Forum Used to Victimize Millions in all 50 States and Worldwide in One of the Largest Cyberfraud Enterprises Ever Prosecuted by the Department of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an employee of the Jasper R-5 School District pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling more than $145,000 from the district.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that two New York men have been sentenced in New Haven federal court for their roles in a credit card fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - David E. Schultz was sentenced to 96 months in prison for wire fraud. Schultz was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $452,376.00.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) will hold a media call on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. EST - 9:00 a.m. PST, to announce criminal charges against individuals around the world for their alleged roles in an Internet-based cybercriminal organization that defrauded over $530 million from victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced five members of a Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) operating in Robson County, responsible for shipping and distributing large quantities of cocaine and marijuana within the Eastern District of North Carolina. The following sentences were handed down on today’s date.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, MAURICE MONTRAE PARKS, a Wilson, NC resident, was convicted in a three-day jury trial before Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt. The jury found PARKS guilty of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure held the hearing, “The Impact of Federal Environmental Regulations and Policies on American Farming and Ranching Communities " Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By State Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.) today praised Senate Foreign Relations Committee passage of legislation to reform the Peace Corps. The Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018 would improve access to medical ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - This morning, Paul Lindsey, 70, former vice president and trust officer at Farmers National Bank in Geneseo, Ill., admitted to embezzling nearly $500,000 from the bank. Appearing before U.S. District Judge Sara L. Darrow, Lindsey, of the 1000 block of Cherry Drive, Geneseo, waived indictment and entered a plea of guilty to an information that charged him with one count of bank embezzlement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas E. Gregory, who handled the case, stated that on Aug. 10, 2015, at approximately 3:20 a.m., Blackshell and co-defendant Joseph Lowry entered the 7-Eleven convenience store located on Lake Avenue in Rochester intending to rob both cash and goods. After entering the store...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - Oklahoma-based law enforcement agents and officers arrested 10 people Wednesday after executing nine search warrants looking for evidence of heroin smuggling and distribution in Tulsa, Broken Arrow and Wagoner County. In addition, the following items were seized: $123,042 in U.S. currency, 4.5 pounds of heroin, eight vehicles and two firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: Updated Feb. 22: A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against all three defendants on Feb. 21. They are set for a counsel determination hearing Feb. 26, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dena Hanovice Palermo in Houston federal court. They are charged with conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: Joint federal and state investigation led to charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two residents of Pittsburgh’s North Side have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh and charged with violations of federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Dr. Syed Imran Ahmed, a licensed medical doctor who practiced at hospitals in Brooklyn and on Long Island, was sentenced by United States Chief Judge Dora L. Irizarry of the Eastern District of New York to 13 years’ imprisonment for submitting millions of...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Aventura.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a committee business meeting. During the meeting, the committee advanced the nomination of Andrew Wheeler, of Virginia, to be deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) announced a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Impact of Health Care Consolidation."
