News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Defendant Attempted to Travel to Libya to Join ISIL.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Six Ohio men, including an Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper, have been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with drug-trafficking crimes arising in the Delaware, Ohio area.
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 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.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Ways and Means Republicans and HHS Committed to Working Together to Improve Nation’s Health Care, Welfare Systems.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: I thank the Chairman for holding this markup today and I regret that we were not able to find consensus on the Views & Estimates letter.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - Three men have been sentenced for possession of 15 or more counterfeit or unauthorized access devices. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that New Orleans Certified Public Account (CPA), BRENDEL DEEMER, age 48, was sentenced to serve three years of probation and pay a $3,000 fine for willfully filing a false tax return for herself. DEEMER was charged in June 2017 with a single count of filing a false tax return. She pleaded guilty in September 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Chester man was sentenced today to 71 months in prison for retaliating against a federal agent by false claim, and bankruptcy fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Today, following news reports that President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and other White House aides working under interim security clearances will have their clearances downgraded over outstanding security concerns, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Representatives Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD) issued the following joint statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY.) delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the “Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act of 2016" by the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Haleakalā National Park and the Pacific Whale Foundation are recruiting local volunteers for a plant removal project on Saturday, March 3, 2018. Volunteers will physically remove young pine trees and other small invasive plants from the Summit District. Transportation, training, hand tools, gloves, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX- Yesterday, Earlson Tso, 39, of Chinle, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 108 months’ imprisonment. Tso had previously pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact with a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Six Ohio men, including an Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper, have been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with drug-trafficking crimes arising in the Delaware, Ohio area.
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 DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: DAYTON - A federal grand jury has charged four men from Brazil with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, through “ATM skimming," in an indictment returned here today. ATM skimming is a process that allows thieves to obtain cardholders’ personal identification information.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - On Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, Edsel Aaron Badoni, 34, of Blue Gap, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 166 months’ imprisonment. Badoni had previously been convicted at trial of assault with a dangerous weapon, assault resulting in serious bodily injury, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Senate Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke today pressing him for information on the Department of the Interior (DOI) Royalty Policy Committee’s decision-making...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Four Latin Dragon Nation Members Indicted for RICO Conspiracy Involving Two Murders and Other Shootings in Northwest Indiana and Chicago Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - On Aug. 23, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a one count indictment against Rafael Garza a/k/a "Poppy," Timothy Woods, Juan Cisneros a/k/a "Hot Rod," Alfredo Arambul a/k/a "Freddy," a/k/a "Chain," Carlos Alberto Lopez, Tiffany Harper, Anthony Hope, Anthony Gilliam, Corey Blair, Marcus Joyner, Ricky Dortch, and Johnny Smith alleging that these individuals conspired to possess with the intent distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
