News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lead, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -A federal grand jury has indicted Eric D. Price, age 58, of Fayetteville, North Carolina for conspiracy to defraud the United States and wire fraud charges related to payments to him for a "no show" job on a sub-contract under contracts awarded by the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), in Harford County, Maryland.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Shuster and LoBiondo Opening Statements. Hearing on “The State of Aviation Safety". Feb. 27, 2018. (Remarks as Prepared). Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA). Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. I want to thank Chairman LoBiondo for holding today’s hearing. I also want to echo his remarks and express...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA), and Ranking Member Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) and Members of the Ways and Means Committee urged Senate Leaders Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Chuck...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pipestone, Minnesota, man convicted of Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier on Feb. 26, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that uncovers challenges facing consumers, businesses and the U.S. agencies that enforce intellectual property rights (IPR) - Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Grant Sager, of Wardensville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 21 months incarceration for making methamphetamine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DERRICK WHITE, also known as “Fly," 53, of Hamden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 188 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for committing armed robberies of the Allingtown Post Office in West Haven and the Wells Fargo Bank in Hamden on April 21, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR - Yesterday, after a four-day jury trial, a jury found Juan E. Seary-Colón, a.k.a. “Ricky Diablo" guilty of Hobbs Act robbery and murder, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The FBI and the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) were in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two Alexandria residents were arrested today on charges of international trafficking in firearms, smuggling and other charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Georgia man pleaded guilty today to defrauding the City of Hopewell of approximately $480,000 and evading his personal income taxes.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
Release: NEW YORK - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is partnering with Amtrak to test new security technology that can help officials detect whether an individual is concealing an improvised explosive device such as a suicide vest. The testing of the equipment is taking place inside New York’s Pennsylvania Station in the Amtrak concourse section of the station.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man Robs Northeast Albuquerque Bank, Flees in Tan or Gold Toyota Camry.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - United States District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Michael Wayne Brown, age 40, of Landover, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for firearm possession and firearm possession in a school zone.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joel P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that IRA MALKIN, 48, of Hamden, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to one count of tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Mr. Chairman, while I do not prejudge the merits of the proposed merger of CVS Health and Aetna, health care is an incredibly complex industry and we must consider carefully the potential impact of this transaction on competition and, ultimately, on consumers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT V. GENTILE, 81, of Manchester, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 54 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for firearm offenses, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: For Being A Felon in Possession and Armed Career Criminal.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Financial Institutions Security Task Force Adds to Froggy Robber Reward - Now up to $30,000 Total.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 31-year-old Mexican woman has been ordered to federal prison for her role in conspiring to hold two U.S. nationals hostage in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Ruth Sarahi Lopez-Espinoza, of Nuevo Laredo, pleaded guilty Feb. 15, 2017.
