News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today that Chief United States District Judge Gregory Frizzell sentenced Francisco de Jesus Bojorquez Para, 33, of Phoenix, Arizona, to serve 170 months in federal prison for Distribution of Methamphetamine and Possession With Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: An Akron man was indicted in federal court on charges related to shooting at three law enforcement officers as well as attempting to carjack someone and possessing methamphetamine, law enforcement officials said.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats sent a letter to Strava today requesting a briefing on the company’s data and security practices in light of reports that the company has publicly shared personal information that put its users at risk. Security analysts have raised the possibility that Strava’s...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), issued the following statement on news that incoming Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar accepted Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald’s resignation after it became clear financial investments prevented her from fulfilling the role of CDC Director.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Top House and Senate Democratic health leaders today called into question the legality of Idaho’s reported plan to allow health insurers to offer “state-based plans" that do not meet consumer protections required under federal law. In a letter sent to Trump Administration officials, the lawmakers expressed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: MACON- A federal grand jury has returned indictments during the month of December. Charles “Charlie" E. Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced Monday, Dec. 31, 2018 that the grand jury true billed indictments charging 25 new individuals. An indictment is only an allegation of criminal conduct. All of the defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeking Information About Albuquerque Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SALVADOR TENOCO-RODRIGUEZ age 40, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of a removed alien after deportation.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army's (Army) announcement of the applicability date of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An Enfield, Conn., man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for unlawfully possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that LUIS ORTIZ, also known as “Cuko," 30, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - A Cuban national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) died Tuesday night at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A stern opponent of Obama-era burdensome regulations, U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) have postponed the applicability date of the notorious Waters of the United States (WOTUS) final rule by two years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Leroy Gallegos, 58, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 60 months in prison for his conviction on a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Gallegos will be on supervised release for four years after completing his prison sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Public Meetings Scheduled; Comments Accepted Through March 2nd.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that YONI LAGOS, age 25, a native of Honduras, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - An aspiring rapper from Chicago has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for illegally possessing a handgun while filming a music video.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: After pleading guilty in federal court to possession of a controlled substance, a man has been sentenced to two years probation. Domenic Joseph Robertazzi, age 26, must also participate in a substance abuse treatment program at his own expense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to a federal sex crime involving a minor, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Timothy Sean Coogle, 46, of Lexington, entered his guilty plea to attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. U.S. Attorney Stuart commended...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Receipt and Distribution of Images Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of Minors and Possession of Child Pornography.
