News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Mohamed Rafik Naji pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Frederic Block to one count of attempting to provide material support or resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: (WESTON, Fla.) - Gregorio Lucas-Ramos, 29, Tampa, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to nine years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. He pleaded guilty on Oct. 25, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Brent M. Lee, 41, of Pike County, Ky., was convicted by a federal jury yesterday, of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, two counts of aiding and abetting bank fraud, two counts of misapplication of bank moneys by a bank employee, and four counts of making unauthorized obligations by a bank employee.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This afternoon, a U.S. Magistrate Judge sitting in Las Cruces, N.M, ordered a resident of Grant County, N.M., who is charged with being a drug addict in possession of firearms and ammunition, detained pending trial based on findings that he poses a danger to the community.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Thomas Glen Smith, 50, of Hamilton, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 40 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in August 2017 to one count of possession or sale of stolen firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Pecos, NM: The annual Civil War Encampment at Pecos National Historical Park will take place Saturday, March 24th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This free, family-friendly event will bring to life the experience of the Civil War in New Mexico. Interact with living history participants, see black powder...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A federal jury convicted James Calvin Talley, Jr., 37, of Verbena, Alabama yesterday of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, using a phone to facilitate a drug crime, and being a felon in possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Update: Suspect Arrested; FBI and Curry County Sheriff's Office Ask Public's Help in Finding Attempted Aggravated Murder Fugitive.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released final environmental documents to allow Placer County Water Agency to move up to 100 acre-feet per year through Folsom Reservoir that will ultimately be delivered to Granite Bay’s Los Lagos subdivision in Placer County.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Ralph Herman Fox Jr., 61, of Graceville, Florida, was sentenced yesterday in the U.S. District Court in Panama City to 360 months in prison for production of child pornography. Fox pled guilty on December 4, 2017, which was the first day of his trial. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) today released the following statements after the U.S. Department of Commerce released its reports in the Section 232 national security investigations on steel and aluminum imports and announced the recommendations it presented to the President for import restrictions on steel and aluminum...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has selected seven projects to receive approximately $44 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development through the funding opportunity announcement, Design and Testing of Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: After pleading guilty to theft of timber from Olympic National Park, two men have been sentenced to serve prison time and pay restitution. A federal judge handed down the sentences at two recent court hearings.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Jeffrey Reed, Resident Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), announce that late Thursday multi-convicted felon Marvin Meux, 45, of West Memphis, was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for his illegal possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today that Noel McFadden, 71, of Broken Arrow, pleaded guilty before Chief United States District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell to one count of sexual exploitation of a child. Sentencing is set for May 16, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Alleged $300,000 fraud nearly bankrupted employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Virgal Malott, 23, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced late yesterday afternoon in federal court to 200 months (16.6 years) of imprisonment for his conviction on armed robbery of a commercial business, carjacking and firearms charges. Malott will be on supervised release for three years ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
Release: LOS ANGELES - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) today highlighted two security checkpoint technologies that are currently being piloted at Los Angeles International Airport’s (LAX) Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT). These systems are designed to enhance security while easing the screening process for travelers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a man and a woman from Mission, South Dakota, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and Wire Fraud.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on Special Counsel Mueller’s indictment of Russians for election interference...
