News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CARRIE CAESAR, 47, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for embezzling funds from Webster Bank Corporation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeking Information From a Bank Robbery Today in Hialeah, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: A man who broke into a semi-truck and stole the driver’s firearm was sentenced yesterday to nine years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS-Michael Lange, a 57-year old resident of Billings, Montana, was sentenced today to 216 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. United States District Judge Susan P. Watters issued the sentence.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman, Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today issued the following statement following the administration’s announcement of the creation of the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division within the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A retired highway patrol trooper was charged Thursday with lying to the FBI during an investigation into illegal gambling in Wichita, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: BOISE, Idaho- The Bureau of Land Management will hold 15 public meetings in six western states to identify issues and receive public comments. The purpose of these meetings is to gather input for the preparation of two Programmatic Environmental Impact Statements (PEIS) aimed at reducing wildfires and restoring sagebrush steppe habitat.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE - The second of two West Warwick men charged with participating in a heroin, crack cocaine trafficking and bank fraud conspiracy was sentenced on Wednesday to 60 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for an armed bank robbery he committed while on parole for a state murder conviction.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today on the Internet of Things (IoT) and its application to the manufacturing sector. Members had the opportunity to hear from manufacturers firsthand about the challenges and benefits that come with IoT technology.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U. S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is accepting applications from farmers, growers and other producers for its 2018 farmers market season, which opens Friday, May 4, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: “Only the divisive Trump Administration would use the Office for Civil Rights to implement policies that infringe on the rights of Americans"
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Susan Watters sentenced Todd Thomas Malmstrom, a 53-year-old resident of Billings to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Since being sworn in as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee on Nov. 21, 2017, I have been working diligently to support the Department of Justice (DOJ) priorities outlined by United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions as well as the mission of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Cory Danis, 29, of Rochester, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - An indictment unsealed Thursday alleges three Kansas residents lied on forms they filled out to purchase firearms, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. All three defendants were soldiers stationed at Fort Riley.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Tou Yong Yee Xiong, 34, Wausau, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to seven years in federal prison, followed by a four-year term of supervised release, for possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR - A federal grand jury has indicted 104 individuals as a result of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor and Abusive Sexual Contact of a Minor by Force.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing titled, “Disrupter Series: The Internet of Things, Manufacturing and Innovation:"
