News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 29-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: GALVESTON - A 37-year-old Galveston sex offender has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for distribution and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: As we saw with Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in 2017, disruptions to the fuel supply system can have significant impacts on daily life not only for those in the affected area, but for the entire Nation. Recent emergency preparedness exercises that industry, DOE, and other government entities have...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Richard Allen Canterbury, of Valley Grande, entered a guilty plea in federal court to three charges involving weapons stolen from the evidence room at the Selma Police Department. Court documents reflect that Canterbury...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 12 months and one day in jail, to be followed by three years of supervised release on his convictions for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin, as well as heroin and fentanyl, and possession with the intent to distribute and distribution of heroin and fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JETTY HUI, age 44, a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty to one count of lying to the FBI, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2). The guilty plea was taken before United States District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Donald McEachin (D-Va.), ranking member on the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, sent a letter to top House appropriators today urging full funding for the Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector General (OIG)...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s 2018 Trade Policy Agenda...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas ‐ A federal judge has imposed a guilty verdict against a speech therapist and part-owner of a pediatric speech therapy for conspiring to defraud Texas Medicaid through fraudulent billings, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: FEB. 28, 2018 - This report from the U.S. Census Bureau provides a comprehensive comparison between detailed manufacturing product class data and associated import and export data. The statistics are published on a North American Industry Classification System basis from the 2016 Annual Survey of Manufactures, presented with official U.S. export and import merchandise trade statistics.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - United States Attorney R. Andrew Murray announced today that eight individuals are facing federal drug conspiracy charges for their involvement in a narcotics distribution ring operating in Mecklenburg County. A federal criminal indictment was filed on Feb. 22, 2018, and was unsealed late yesterday in federal court following arrests conducted during an early morning round-up.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Hassan Osman fled the country on the eve of his 2016 trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Tyrone Leonard Thomas, Jr., 37, of Gulfport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 103 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute a controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam. Thomas was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Cortney Vogt, 38, of Ontario, NY, who was convicted of two counts of bank fraud was sentenced to 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: PAMELA THOMPSON (“THOMPSON"), age 63, of Algiers, Louisiana, was sentenced today for Theft of Government Funds, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pled guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Joseph W. Melbar, 54, entered his guilty plea to aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute oxycodone. U.S. Attorney Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the West Virginia State Police.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Since tax reform became law in December, good news has splashed across major headlines. Dozens of Fortune 500 companies are boosting employee benefits, bringing money home from abroad, investing in America, and more. Complementing those headlines are stories of smaller companies throughout the United States that are using tax reform to benefit their local communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Maurice Johnson, Jr., 29, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to eight years in federal prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release, for possessing heroin with intent to distribute it and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Johnson pleaded guilty to these charges on December 6, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy sent a letter to Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Carson regarding allegations of excessive spending on the redecoration of the Secretary’s office and retaliation against HUD employee and whistleblower Helen Foster.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas ‐ A federal judge has imposed a guilty verdict against a speech therapist and part-owner of a pediatric speech therapy for conspiring to defraud Texas Medicaid through fraudulent billings, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
