News from January 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, to consider the trade nominations of Dennis Shea and C. J. Mahoney. The hearing will take place at 10 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a California man who swallowed plastic bags containing approximately 600 grams of heroin and later admitted that he possessed the drug with intent to distribute it, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An illegal alien found in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of illegal re-entry after deportation, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Junction City woman was indicted Wednesday on charges of producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - United States District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Eugene Ostrovsky, age 57, of Stamford, Connecticut to a split sentence of 6 months imprisonment followed by two years of supervised release, the first 6 months of which are to be served on home confinement, for conspiracy to bribe a public official. Judge Chuang also ordered Ostrovsky to pay a $5000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON, TX-Public corruption is the FBI’s top criminal investigative priority. FBI Houston encourages anyone with information related to public corruption, at any level, to report it to the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ronald A. Parsons, Jr. announced that a Soldier Creek, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Sexual Abuse of a Minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 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 indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges related to the armed robberies of eight metropolitan area businesses.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 3133, the “Streamlining Environmental Approvals (SEA) Act of 2017." Introduced by Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), the bill amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to remove duplicative permitting requirements that inhibit economic development and restoration projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Perth Amboy, New Jersey, man today admitted stealing Social Security benefits that were mistakenly paid to his deceased great aunt, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that additional charges were filed today against a Kansas City, Mo., man for stalking and illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a wide-ranging operation that distributed cocaine and heroin throughout Bristol County, Mass., and Providence, R.I.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Eric Goldstein-Purdue, 26, of Barre, VT made his initial appearance on January 8, 2018 in the United States District Court in Burlington, following an arrest for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: Dental Management Company Benevis and Its Affiliated Kool Smiles Dental Clinics to Pay $23.9 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Medically Unnecessary Pediatric Dental Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 43-year-old resident of Laredo has been ordered to federal prison for role in an alien smuggling incident which led to the kidnapping of multiple illegal aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jesus Osorio pleaded guilty Aug. 7, 2017, admitting he conspired to harbor and transport undocumented aliens in which the defendant caused serious bodily injury to another person.
By State Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tonight, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will join members of the Korean National Assembly on Capitol Hill to celebrate the annual Korean American Day, which recognizes the contributions of millions of Korean Americans living in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Alexander Larriuz-Otero, age 20, of York, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management is expected to begin a helicopter-conducted wild horse gather on or about January 23 within the overpopulated Triple B Complex in Eastern Nevada. The BLM plans to remove up to 1,000 wild horses, treat approximately 250 mares with fertility control and release those treated back into the complex along with approximately 250 stallions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: Defendant previously deported four times. BOSTON - A Honduran national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to an immigration charge. William Maradiaga-Oseguera, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin scheduled sentencing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
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...
