News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles County deputy sheriff who allegedly agreed on two occasions to oversee the delivery of narcotics and other contraband in exchange for cash payments was arrested this morning, along with three other men, on federal narcotics charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Today, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina joined law enforcement and local area houses of worship in presenting training to security personnel from diverse faith communities on protecting religious institutions and houses of worship from violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a $4 million bank fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Paul Channel, 27, of Belmont, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number and possession of a controlled substance - fentanyl.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Michael Capuano (D-MA) sent a letter to Amtrak President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson requesting a detailed update on Amtrak’s safety culture and implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC) on routes owned or operated by Amtrak.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man was sentenced Tuesday to 92 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a 9 mm handgun that was used in a robbery, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - John Brewer, 48, of San Francisco, pleaded guilty today to bid rigging, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Philip E. Williams, age 57, of Williamston, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville, to mail fraud, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1341. United States District Judge Bruce H. Hendricks, of Charleston, accepted the plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 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) today published an op-ed that outlines the committee’s plan for introducing legislation to improve broadband infrastructure in rural America.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr., (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA), announced today that the Communications...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Gabe Crow Inglis, 27, of Boise, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. A federal grand jury indicted Inglis on Oct. 12, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today commented on a new report issued today by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The report makes the case that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should update the public of its plans to issue guidance for nonbiological complex drugs. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agreed with GAO’s recommendations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Shonn Northam, 47, Briggsville, Wis., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Madison to mail fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft. Northam faces up to 20 years in prison on each of the mail fraud and money laundering charges, and a mandatory consecutive two years in prison on the aggravated identity theft charge.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded a $750,000 contract to El Segundo, California-based InferLink Corporation to develop an advanced search functionality for the Information Marketplace for Policy and Analysis of Cyber-risk & Trust (IMPACT) cybersecurity research portal.
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: BOSTON - A leader of MS-13’s Hollywood Loco Salvatrucha (HLS) clique was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for racketeering conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT COMPLETED FOR PROPOSED LAND EXCHANGE AT TULE SPRINGS FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today commented on a new report issued today by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The report makes the case that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should update the public of its plans to issue guidance for nonbiological complex drugs. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agreed with GAO’s recommendations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for possession of child pornography. The defendant faced a mandatory minimum sentence due to a prior state conviction for statutory rape.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on Jan. 12, a federal jury in New Haven found STANLEY REDDICK, 34, of Hartford, guilty of multiple drug offenses.
