News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy announced today that Luis Montanez, 39, of Buffalo, NY, was sentenced, by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to serve 151 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of 100 grams or more of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina------United States Attorney, Beth Drake, announced today Soeuth Ath, 45 and Sean Ath 53, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, were convicted of conspiracy to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine and marijuana and conspiracy to launder drug proceeds, violations of Title 21...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Jose Donaldo Vasquez-Santelis, 33, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Benton to a term of five months in prison for being illegally present in the United States after having previously been removed by immigration officials, announced Donald S. Boyce, United...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Brantley Thomas, 61, of Hanahan, South Carolina, pled guilty to a total of twenty federal charges involving Embezzlement, Money Laundering and Public Corruption. Evidence provided at the guilty plea established that...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: National Park Service News Release. Jan. 16, 2018. Contact: GGNRA Public Affairs, e-mail us. Muir Woods Parking and Shuttle Reservations Now Required. MILL VALLEY, Calif. - Following a multi-year planning process, a parking and shuttle reservation system for Muir Woods National Monument goes into effect...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: A Mexican national was sentenced today by United States District Judge Beth Bloom to 20 years in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release for drug trafficking and firearms violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Court finds vulnerable victims targeted. Greensboro, N.C. - A North Carolina resident was sentenced Friday to 65 months in federal prison on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina. Penny S. DAVIS...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 16, a temporary area closure around the Stephens Creek administrative area will go into effect.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: To Over 15 Years In Prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - Search crews have found the body of George Andrew Gross, 56, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania near the Diamond Point area of New River Gorge National River. The cause of death remains under investigation. Gross had been reported missing over the weekend, after he told family members he was planning to hike in or around the park on Friday afternoon and did not contact them afterwards.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MANUEL ANTONIO GUAMAN, 34, a citizen of Ecuador last residing in Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to six months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for passport fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Defendants face substantial mandatory minimum sentences for heroin and methamphetamine crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Father and son, Sergio Chavez-Verduzco and Sergio Chavez-Macias, of Burley, Idaho, were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Chavez-Verduzco was also sentenced for his participation in a continuing criminal enterprise.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Jason Stone, 39, of Greenland, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing child pornography, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter requesting that Chairman Trey Gowdy issue subpoenas to compel the production of portions of the security clearance application submitted by Michael Flynn, Jr.-the son of President Donald Trump’s former National Security Advisor, Lieutenant General Michael Flynn-which the Trump Administration has been withholding from Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: ST. LOUIS - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division Office, today announced two successful Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) cases that resulted in significant prison sentences. “OCDETF cases are force multipliers for us," Special Agent in Charge Shroba said. “With...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) issued a statement in response to a report from the Inspector General (IG) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) finding the former Transportation Security...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Washington -Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of two members to serve three-year terms on the Popcorn Board.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Matthew Maffei, aka “Uncle Matt," of Aston, Delaware County, PA, was sentenced today to 90 years in federal prison for his manufacture of sexually explicit images of the 7-year old daughter of his childhood friend, and the transportation, receipt, and possession of child pornography. The...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Mr. Speaker, the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill has historically had broad bipartisan support in both Chambers of Congress as a means to bolster U.S. manufacturing and competitiveness. Right now, MTB has been expired for more than five years. I am pleased that today we’re finally able to consider updated MTB legislation.
