News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man who made hundreds of thousands of dollars from illegal bookmaking pleaded guilty Monday to failing to report the income on his federal income taxes, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JAMES ALTON OLINDE, JR., age 47, of New Orleans, was sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to a bank robbery.
By State Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today released the following statement...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
Release: Dear Stakeholders: I’m pleased to announce that beginning tomorrow Dr. Michael Watson will join me and Mike Gregoire in the Administrator’s office filling behind Dr. Jere Dick as Associate Administrator. Dr. Watson will work in close coordination with Mike Gregoire, who also serves as Associate Administrator, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Suspect Arrested In Nashville After Robbing Credit Union in Crossville, Tennessee.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As the opioid epidemic continues to devastate communities across the nation, top House Democratic health leaders have requested that insurance companies offering Medicare Advantage and Part D plans provide information that will help legislators more fully understand the scope of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man caught with oxycodone in September 2017 pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Curtis Holcomb, 39, entered his guilty plea to possession with the intent to distribute oxycodone. U.S. Attorney Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the West Virginia State Police Violent Crime and Drug Task Force.
By State Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed the United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act (H.R. 2646), which increases assistance and defense cooperation with Jordan, a key partner for peace and security in the Middle East and in the fight against ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Marie E. Sherrill, 57, of Porterville, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to four years in prison for wire fraud and tax fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. She was also ordered to pay more than $1.3 million in restitution to the fraud victims and $255,900 to the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A Murrieta man pleaded guilty this afternoon to a federal offense of traveling to Britain to engage in illegal sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman today announced the guilty plea by former Warren County, Kentucky, physician Charles Fred Gott to multiple charges of unlawful distribution and dispensing of controlled substances and health care fraud, in United States District Court, before United States District Judge Greg N. Stivers.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: RIDGELAND, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway invites visitors to enjoy the talents and sounds of local musicians at the Parkway Information Cabin on Feb. 17, 2018, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. The Natchez Trace String Band, a small group of local acoustic musicians, will fill the cabin with the sounds of traditional folk, country, and bluegrass music. Visitors are welcome to stop by for a few minutes or bring a chair and stay awhile.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - James Gonzales-Gay, 35, of Sanger, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to 12 years and six months in prison for assaulting a mail carrier with the intent to commit robbery, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Vahan Kelerchian, 58, of Richboro, Pennsylvania, doing business as Armament Services International “ASI", was sentenced before Senior District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen for his role in the acquisition of machineguns and restricted laser aiming sights.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Michael G. Wheat (619) 546-8437, Alessandra P. Serano (619) 546-8104, Jennifer E. McCollough (619) 546-8773.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Robert Ellis Waddey, 23, of Nashville, Tennessee, was sentenced today to serve five months in prison for communicating a threat by interstate commerce, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee. Chief U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, Jr. also ordered that at the conclusion...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Torrez will Serve Federal Sentence Consecutive to the 16 Years Torrez already is Serving on a State Conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Jaritza Torres, 32, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was charged by Information with one count of theft of government funds, announced United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. According to the Information[1], the defendant received Social Security benefits intended for her minor child, after the child began...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: ADA compliance policies and procedures for accommodations established, and posted on the Town’s website and at all Town facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Fairbanks, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Tommy Hanson, 54, of Fairbanks, was sentenced on Friday, Feb 2, 2018, to serve 20 years in prison, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, for the receipt of child pornography. In November 2017, a federal jury found Hanson guilty after a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline.
