News published on Federal Newswire in January 2018

News from January 2018


News Release: CHICAGO - Federal officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 22 criminal aliens and immigration violators in Illinois’ Cook and Lake counties during a three-day enforcement action, which ended Monday.


Arizona Man Sentenced to 248 Months in Federal Prison for Firearm and Drug Offenses

News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Arturo Salazar, Jr., 41, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to serve a total of 248 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in September 2017 to one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for passport fraud.


News Release: Defendant Perpetuated Scheme by Stealing Mail from USPS Collection Boxes at U.S. Post Offices in Albuquerque.


News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Kerwin Eugene Brown, age 39, of Columbia, was sentenced to three years in jail for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 2250(a). Chief United States District Judge Terry L. Wooten, of Columbia, presided.


Sioux Falls Men Sentenced in Methamphetamine Conspiracy

News Release: United States Attorney Ronald A. Parsons, Jr. announces that two Sioux Falls, South Dakota, men convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine were sentenced on January 4, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


Statement of U.S. Attorney on Court’s Decision to Grant City of Seattle’s Motion for Full and Effective Compliance with the Consent Decree

News Release: SEATTLE - Today, U.S. District Court Judge James L. Robart granted the City of Seattle’s “Motion for Full and Effective Compliance with the Consent Decree." The City entered into the Consent Decree with the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2012 to address findings that DOJ made with respect to use of force...


News Release: United States Attorney Ronald A. Parsons, Jr. announced that a Cherry Creek, South Dakota, woman convicted of Concealing a Person from Arrest was sentenced on Jan. 3, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Johnston, R.I., rapper whose songs include “Sell Drugz," “Feds Watching" and “All White," was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Providence to 36 months in federal prison for trafficking heroin and fentanyl.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced...


News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national previously charged with passport fraud, pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston.


News Release: On January 5, 2018, multimedia filter and ion-exchange treatment skids were delivered to the Converted Advanced Waste Water Treatment (CAWWT) facility at the Fernald Preserve, Ohio, Site. The skids are part of the equipment that will go into optimizing and replacing the old and failing treatment system.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Leonel Antonio Rodriguez Ayala, age 29, and a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today to time served (78 days in jail) for illegally re-entering the United States.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 78 months of incarceration on his conviction of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, wire fraud, and mail fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Topeka Man Pleads Guilty to Five Bank Robberies

News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man pleaded guilty Wednesday to five bank robberies in four states, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.


News Release: SOUTH BEND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced an 8-count indictment against Rex Hammond, age 53, of Terre Haute, Indiana for 5-counts of Hobbs Act robbery, 2 counts of using a firearm during a crime of violence and 1 count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: Overcharged shipping costs associated with moving members of the United States Armed Forces.


News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man was charged in federal court in Boston with bank robbery.


News Release: An ex-employee of the Shinola company pleaded guilty today to devising and executing a scheme to defraud her former employer, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.


Guatemalan National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry

News Release: BOSTON - Gilberto Ramirez-Ramirez, 27, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. U.S. Senior District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel scheduled sentencing for April 5, 2018.