News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 46 year-old Houston resident has entered a guilty plea to conspiring to steal money from victim bank accounts and conspiring to steal taxpayer money by obtaining fraudulent income tax refunds, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Derrick W. Johnson, 22, Madison, Wis., was found guilty yesterday of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The jury reached its verdict after less than three hours of deliberation, following one day of testimony in U.S. District Court in Madison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Reno County man is facing federal charges of distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Kyle man convicted of Felony Child Abuse and Neglect was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: ICE, FBI Recognize International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Clarksburg, West Virginia man was indicted today by a federal grand jury on drug distribution and firearm charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Today and everyday, members of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our FBI partners and citizens everywhere to demand the eradication of female genital mutilation and cutting around the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic, New Jersey, man today admitted robbing six banks in Hudson, Union, and Passaic counties in June and July of 2016, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Recruited Young Thai Women, including Au Pairs and a University of Maryland Student, to Ship Gun Parts to Thailand.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the appointment of Joseph H. Harrington as Interim United States Attorney pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546, which provides that “the Attorney General may appoint a United States Attorney for the district in which the office of United States Attorney is vacant." This appointment will take effect on January 5, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A federal grand jury today returned its indictment of a rural Pana, Ill., man, Michael Williams, on methamphetamine trafficking and gun charges. Williams, 49, was arrested on Jan. 26, 2018, and charged by criminal complaint with distribution of methamphetamine. During a court appearance on Jan. 29, U.S. Magistrate Judge Tom Schanzle-Haskins ordered that Williams remain detained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Guatemalan national pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Worcester to illegally reentering the United States after deportation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Jefferson City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy that distributed multiple pounds of methamphetamine in Cole County, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Robert T. Turner, 47, of Lawrenceville, IL, was recently sentenced to federal prison on methamphetamine related charges, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the owner of two Independence, Mo., stores pleaded guilty in federal court today to distributing controlled substance analogues, synthetic cannabinoids also known as K2, and for accepting food stamps as payment for K2.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Memphis man has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for trafficking narcotics, possession with intent to distribute and manufacture controlled substances and being a felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 722, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act, by a vote of 266-157-1. H.R. 722, authored by House Republican Conference Chair and committee member Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), will modify existing federal law to make the statute workable while maintaining the nutrition disclosure requirement.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today held a press conference to provide an update on their ongoing investigation into alleged pill dumping in the state of West Virginia. The leaders spoke to continued stonewalling by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), despite numerous requests for basic information.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is hosting a three-day National Odor Recognition Testing (NORT) this week to state, federal and military explosive-detection canine teams from throughout Southern California.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a citizen of Honduras pleaded guilty last week to reentering the United Staes illegally after having been removed.
