News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: For Racketeering Conspiracy. HAMMOND - Javier Castillo, 21, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced before District Court Judge Philip P. Simon for his role in a racketeering conspiracy as a member of the Latin Kings street gang, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. Castillo was sentenced to 70 months...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released the following statement after President Trump signed Kari’s Law, H.R. 582, into law.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DWAINE COLLYMORE, a/k/a “Twin," pled guilty yesterday to murdering Carlos Vargas, and shooting at a second man, during an attempted robbery on April 28, 2016, inside 2466 Marion Avenue in the Bronx, New York. COLLYMORE faces a maximum term of life in prison, and will be sentenced before Chief United States District Judge Colleen McMahon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: A man who conspired to manufacture methamphetamine was sentenced Feb. 12, 2018, to 15 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Al-Qaeda Operative Sentenced to Life in Prison for Terrorism Offenses Targeting Americans Overseas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A teacher in the Middle Township public schools today admitted defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers out of over $2,000,000 by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito and New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that thirteen previously deported aliens were indicted separately on Feb. 14, 2018, by a federal grand jury for illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: FORT WORTH - Garland Gilmore Lenoir III, 52, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to serve a total of 221 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in October 2017 to his role in a conspiracy to rob Haltom’s Jewelers in Grapevine, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Defendants among the 103 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee and John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced legislation, the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act, to provide much-needed certainty for American manufacturers as the global community transitions ...
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: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Jesus Yakamara Lopez-Villa, a Mexican national illegally residing in Lexington, was sentenced to 33 months in prison, after pleading guilty to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm and to possession of fraudulent social security cards.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Today, following the horrific mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, all 24 Energy and Commerce Democrats sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael Burgess (R-TX) urging the Republican leaders to hold a hearing as soon as possible on federal investment in gun violence prevention research. The tragic school shooting in Parkland this week, which killed 17 people, is just the most recent instance of this uniquely American tragedy.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service will temporarily close Salt Valley Road in Arches National Park starting Monday, March 5, 2018, in order to accommodate routine maintenance needs.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on FBI’s failure to follow established protocols after receiving a report of concern prior to the Parkland, Florida school shooting...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: New York Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Join ISIS in Yemen.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Brigith Dayana Gomez, 29, a resident of Los Angeles, California and Venezuela, was convicted for her involvement in a conspiracy to commit extortion and violations of the Travel Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: A man who possessed methamphetamine with the intent to distribute and who possessed several firearms in furtherance of his drug trafficking crime, including an AR-15 rifle, was sentenced Feb. 12, 2018, to 15 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Shootings Took Place in Langdon Park Following Drug Dispute.
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.
