News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Gibson Buckley Condie, 57, of Powell, Wyoming, was sentenced on January 8, 2018, to serve three years in prison for felony health care fraud involving mental health services falsely billed to Wyoming Medicaid, announced United States Attorney Mark A. Klaassen. Condie was also ordered to pay approximately...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: RIDGELAND, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway invites visitors to enjoy the talents and sounds of local musicians at the Parkway Information Cabin on Jan. 20, 2018, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. The Natchez Trace String Band, a small group of local acoustic musicians, will fill the cabin with the sounds of traditional folk, country, and bluegrass music. Visitors are welcome to stop by for a few minutes or bring a chair and stay awhile.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Wheeling, West Virginia, man has admitted to his role in a oxycodone trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: In Del Rio today, a federal judge sentenced a 21-year-old Guatemalan national to five years in federal prison for assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent in 2016 announced United States Attorney John F. Bash and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that on January 8, 2018, Chief United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Alan Russell, age 30, of Omaha, Nebraska for his conviction for armed bank robbery. Russell was sentenced to six years imprisonment to be followed by a term of supervised release of five years and was ordered to pay his share of restitution of $21,000 to U.S. Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (“NYPD"), announced additional charges...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Today, President Trump will be the first president to speak at the Farm Bureau convention since President George H.W. Bush in the early 1990s. His remarks will give long overdue recognition to the critical role farmers and ranchers play in America’s food and fiber, as well as their contributions to the American economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Michael McEarchern has been arraigned on federal charges for attempting to use the U.S. mail and telephone communications to hire someone to kill his ex-wife. McEarchern was indicted by a federal grand jury on Jan. 3, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joseph Cavico, Jr., 49, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with being a felon-in-possession of a firearm and with possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - After 14 years on the run, a 43-year-old Roma man has been ordered to prison following his conviction for conspiring to possess and possession with intent to distribute more than 1000 kilograms of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Romeo Eduardo Barrera pleaded guilty Oct. 23, 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: It’s the start of a new year, and like most people, I’ve been thinking about resolutions for 2018. Even though it’s early January, DHS is actually in the midst of our Leadership Year campaign. The entire department is focusing on how leadership can positively impact our efforts to protect the homeland, and striving to promote a culture of strong leadership at all levels.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: DALLAS -Philip Gary Slaughter, 42, of Mesquite, Texas, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 15 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in May 2017 to one count of possession or sale of stolen firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Kenneth Feliz, 53, of Manchester and the former owner of the Smug Peach check cashing business in Nashua, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in a fraudulent federal income tax scheme, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on January 5, 2018, Ronald Van Den Heuvel (age: 62) of De Pere was sentenced to three years in federal prison. Van Den Heuvel had pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud Horicon Bank, a federally insured financial...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area will waive entrance fees in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 53-year-old resident of Corpus Christi has been ordered to prison after admitting he attempted to meet two underage girls for the purpose of sex, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jesse Hernandez pleaded guilty Oct. 5, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Ways and Means Ranking Member Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., today questioned whether the Trump administration is wrongfully pressuring the IRS to produce 2018 withholding tables that would result in systematic...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A former trustee with Houston Community College (HCC) has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of bribery of a public official concerning programs receiving federal funds, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Special Agent in Charge Perrye K. Turner of the FBI. Chris Oliver, 53, of Houston, pleaded guilty May 15, 2017.
By State Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the committee will convene a hearing at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 10, entitled “Sanctions and Financial Pressure: Major National Security Tools.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - After 14 years on the run, a 43-year-old Roma man has been ordered to prison following his conviction for conspiring to possess and possession with intent to distribute more than 1000 kilograms of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Romeo Eduardo Barrera pleaded guilty Oct. 23, 2017.
