News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today that District Judge Claire V. Eagan sentenced Chance Tyler Hood, 20, of Sapulpa, to serve 180 months in federal prison and Kristina Jean Koehn, 29, of Hominy, to serve 240 months in federal prison for Conspiracy to Sexually Exploit a Child.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Central District of Illinois Defendant Among Justice Department's Nationwide Elder Fraud Sweep Announced Today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Patchogue, NY - Since 2014, the National Park Service (NPS) has contributed to a regional effort to limit the spread of the Southern Pine Beetle, an invasive and destructive forest pest native to the Southeastern United States. The effort, led by local and national scientists, managers, and stakeholders on Fire Island and Long Island, received Honorable Mention for the U.S. Forest Service Chief’s Honor Award in Sustaining Forests and Grasslands.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., woman who forged a court order to get another inmate released from prison, was sentenced in federal court today for obstruction of justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Ryan T. Harmon, 44, of Xenia, Illinois, was recently sentenced to federal prison on drug related charges, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who was wanted by law enforcement in the District of Arizona for escaping from a Bureau of Prisons facility was found guilty by a jury yesterday of bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger has taken the oath of office to become the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. United States Attorney Krueger was nominated by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 15th. He took the oath of office from Chief United States District Judge William C. Griesbach this afternoon.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) today issued the following statements in response to the publication of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) order repealing net neutrality in the Federal Register...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 28-year-old Corpus Christi man has been charged with distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Isaac Thomas (Winter Haven, 25) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and for possessing a firearm in a school zone. Judge Merryday said Thomas is an immediate and lethal threat to the community and stated that the court had only “one intelligent" option, before sentencing him to the statutory maximum sentence. Thomas pleaded guilty on Aug. 24, 2017.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty was sworn in today by U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry as the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Nadir Anwar Jabbar and Scarlett Capri King have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to defraud various car dealerships and car loan financing institutions by using stolen identities to purchase luxury vehicles.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Van Buren, MO - Work is proceeding at Ozark National Scenic Riverways to repair facilities that were damaged during the 2017 flood. While some heavily damaged locations will remain partially or totally closed, or operate with reduced amenities, much progress has been made and additional areas will be...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) today issued the following statements in response to the publication of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) order repealing net neutrality in the Federal Register...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Marcial Esteban-Vasquez, age 39, of Mexico, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia, to Illegal Re-Entry, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). United States District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, of Columbia, accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report, which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Georgia man has been sentenced in federal court to two years’ probation with six months’ home detention on his conviction of interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Anthony G. Berry, 49, of Bangor, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to three months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to transport stolen goods in interstate commerce. He was also ordered to pay over $9,000 in restitution and a $9,000 fine. Berry pled guilty on May 3, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Patrick W. Riley (67, Sumter County) today pleaded guilty to violating the animal fighting provisions of the federal Animal Welfare Act. He faces up to five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Terrell Shankle, a/k/a “King Relly" (age 40), of Milwaukee was sentenced yesterday to 25 years in prison and 5 years supervised release for sex trafficking crimes. Shankle was found guilty after a federal...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - On Wednesday, the last of six Chinese students, voluntarily self-deported, after being sentenced Feb. 21 to one year probation and stipulated removal following a visa fraud investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Philadelphia with assistance from the Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security Services (DSS) Philadelphia.
