News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for firearm and drug offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Eight people have been indicted by a grand jury on January 9, 2018 for drug distribution charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Michael “The Situation" Sorrentino and His Brother, Marc Sorrentino, Plead Guilty to Tax Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - An Indiana man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for bringing firearms and ammunition across the border into Chicago and illegally selling them.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Abdullah Jabbar Aquil, a/k/a “Wap," age 42, of Columbia, plead guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute heroin and to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, all in violation of Title 21...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Defendant Accused of Attacking Victim During Home Invasion Burglary.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Dana J. Boente, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced that XU JIAQIANG was sentenced yesterday to five years in prison for economic espionage and theft of a trade secret, in connection...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Victim attacked while mowing his yard.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: FBI Richmond's Central Virginia Violent Crimes Task Force Seeks Serial Bank Robbery Subject Dubbed the "Chameleon Beard Bandit".
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today on charges related to child pornography and the sexual exploitation of a minor.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) announced a third series of bills introduced by #SubCommTech members on expanding broadband infrastructure in rural America. The bills aim to advance broadband deployment in disaster areas, as well as support innovation and remove obstacles to expansion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: A Miami-Dade County resident was sentenced to 64 months in prison for his participation in a stolen identity tax refund scheme. Nick Rickey Choute’s sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release. Additionally, Choute was ordered to pay $191,280 in restitution, a $500 special assessment, and a forfeiture money judgment of $452,006.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Dana J. Boente, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced that XU JIAQIANG was sentenced yesterday to five years in prison for economic espionage and theft of a trade secret, in connection...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Nicole Marie Harring, age 42, of Mead, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Count One, Conspiracy, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, punishable by not less than 5 years imprisonment...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Charge. ALBUQUERQUE - Raymond Gachupin, 23, an enrolled member and resident of Jemez Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a voluntary manslaughter charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Gachupin will be sentenced within the range of 18 to 78 months in prison...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee Hearing on “Legislation Addressing LNG Exports and PURPA Modernization:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that James Paul Brown, age 47, of Stilwell, Oklahoma pled guilty to Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), punishable...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Mark A. Yancey has accepted a Department of Justice position at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina, and has therefore announced his resignation as United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester will become Acting U.S. Attorney at midnight on Saturday, January 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Defendant took mail home rather than delivering it.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Charge. ALBUQUERQUE - Raymond Gachupin, 23, an enrolled member and resident of Jemez Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a voluntary manslaughter charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Gachupin will be sentenced within the range of 18 to 78 months in prison...
