News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: RYAN HARRIS, 37, of Douglas, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on February 20th, 2018 for tampering with a consumer product and acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, deception, or subterfuge. Harris was arrested in Douglas, Wyoming. He received eight...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Former Las Vegas City Councilman Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Port St. Lucie resident Frederik Barbieri, 46, was indicted on charges relating to the illegal exportation of firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - WALLACE J. SILVA, JR., 64, was sentenced on Feb. 15, 2018, to 188 months imprisonment by United States District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi for committing four bank robberies in Honolulu in December 2016. Silva pled guilty to those charges on April 19, 2017, before Judge Kobayashi.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - All 13 once-wild horses showcased at the Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries saddle-trained horse adoption event this past weekend were adopted. The event was held on February 24 at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center located on the south side of Carson City, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Brian Kenneth McCort, age 41, of Aberdeen, Maryland today to five years in prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for distribution of child pornography. Judge Garbis ordered that, upon his release from prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Troy Franklin, 34, of Fresno, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to seven years and eight months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of an unregistered firearm, and Stephen Walker, 42, of Fresno, pleaded guilty to being an armed career criminal, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Jackson, TN - A West Tennessee woman pleaded guilty to wire fraud. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the guilty plea today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2018
News Release: Release Date: Feb. 26, 2018. Contact: Amanda O’Brien, Education Assistant, Pacific Historic Parks. Phone: 671-477-7278, Ext 1018. Email: aobrien@pacifichistoricparks.org. Junior Ranger Academy at War in the Pacific National Historical Park!. This spring, War in the Pacific National Historical Park...
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2018
News Release: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - After visiting with U.S. airmen and women at Al Dhafra Air Base, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Subcommittee Chairman Paul Cook (R-CA) concluded a week-long congressional delegation trip to the Middle East focused on Iran and terrorist threats.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: Discuss terrorism, cybersecurity, and emergency management WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen today met with the Council of Governors. Secretary Nielsen was joined by officials from the White House and the Department of Defense, as well as Federal Emergency Management ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen released the following statement on the announcement that the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine C. Duke is retiring this spring: “Today, Deputy Secretary Duke announced that she will retire from government service in April. ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2018 -- Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 157 producers and 6 importers to the 2018 National Pork Producers Delegate Body. The members appointed to serve a one-year terms are: * Alabama: Tim Donaldson, Cullman, Ala.; Daniel Tubbs, Oakman, Ala.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: The United States has asked a federal court in Phoenix, Arizona, to permanently bar Alfred George Decker and his business Accountable Business Services Inc. (ABS), located in Gilbert, Arizona, from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The complaint ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: Nicholas Young, 38, of Fairfax, Virginia, and a former police officer, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and obstruction of justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced Mary Daly will serve as the Director of Opioid Enforcement and Prevention Efforts in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, a new position created on Dec. 20, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: The United States has filed a complaint in intervention against Diabetic Care Rx LLC d/b/a Patient Care America (PCA), a compounding pharmacy located in Pompano Beach, Florida, alleging that the pharmacy paid illegal kickbacks to induce prescriptions for compounded drugs reimbursed by TRICARE, the Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: An Arkansas man was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for aiding and abetting computer intrusions by selling malicious software, or “malware,” to individuals who used the malware to steal sensitive information, surreptitiously activate webcams, and conduct other illegal intrusions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that William Curtis Howell, 61, a former supervisory deputy jailer at the Kentucky River Regional Jail (KRRJ) in Perry County, Kentucky, has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison related to his role in violently assaulting a pre-trial detainee and willfully ...
By Commerce News Now | Feb 23, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
