News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey H. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that WALTER C. LITTLE, a/k/a “Chet," a former partner at an international law firm (the “Firm"), was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for conspiring to commit insider trading from at least February 2015 through May 2016. LITTLE pled guilty on November 9, 2017, before U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla, who also imposed today’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Crimes Unfolded in Less Than an Hour.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Dustin Gregory Martin, age 47, of Greenville, was sentenced in federal court in Greenville for felon in possession of a firearm, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g). United States District Judge Michelle Childs imposed a sentence of 115 months followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 40 indictments charging 40 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: * Sometime between 9 p.m. February 21 and 6 a.m. Feb. 22, unknown individuals intentionally compromised the fences at Stephens Creek releasing approximately 73 of the 96 bison that were inside the pen.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Effective immediately, a landslide caused by recent heavy rains has resulted in an emergency closure of the access route to Big Creek boat launch and picnic area to all public and unauthorized traffic.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: LUMPKIN: Stewart County Middle School students will participate in a program designed to teach them how to have positive encounters with law enforcement on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. “Successful Tips for Youth on Law Enforcement Encounters" (STYLE) is a program developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to bridge the gap between our youth and our law enforcement community.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), yesterday announced a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combating the Opioid Crisis: Helping Communities Balance Enforcement and Patient Safety."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 36-year-old Corpus Christi man has been taken into custody on allegations he distributed child pornography on at least two occasions, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The federal indictment against Philip Ahr, a/k/a “DaddyX" and “DaddyXX," of Radnor, Delaware County, PA, was unsealed today in federal court. The indictment charges Ahr with two counts of distribution of child pornography, two counts of receipt of child pornography, and one count of possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that LAWRENCE H. WOLF, a/k/a “Larry," was arrested yesterday for defrauding...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Westmoreland County resident has been sentenced in federal court on her conviction of mail fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: It’s budget season in Washington, which means the Trump agenda of health care discrimination is back. This morning I’ll run through the plan example by example.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that seven defendants have been indicted on charges related to two murders.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Christina Crystal Hernandez, age 37, of Poteau, Oklahoma; and Deana Marie Oakes, age 35, of Panama, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), yesterday announced a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combating the Opioid Crisis: Helping Communities Balance Enforcement and Patient Safety."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: ***MEDIA ADVISORY***. CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart will hold a press conference at 2:00 p.m. today announcing an indictment. WHO: Michael B. Stuart, United States Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia. FBI Officials. West Virginia Legislature Commission on Special Investigations...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions and law enforcement partners announced today the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud cases in history. The cases involve more than two hundred and fifty defendants from around the globe who victimized more than a million Americans, most of whom were elderly. The cases...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who was found guilty by a jury for receiving over 100 child pornography photos and 100 videos was sentenced today to 150 months in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada, Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI’s Las Vegas Division, and Sheriff Joseph Lombardo for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Sergio Cuandon-Alvarez (23, Mexico) to one year in federal prison for illegal reentry after deportation. He pleaded guilty on November 7, 2017.
