News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Wappingers Falls, New York, who had been living in Ciudad de Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico, has been sentenced to 51 months imprisonment and three years supervised release on his conviction of fraud conspiracy and access device fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: Companies across the country are investing in their employees and their communities as a result of comprehensive tax reform. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said repeatedly while working on the tax overhaul that reforms like lowering the corporate rate, increasing expensing and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: Defendant Imported Kilograms of Cocaine, Heroin, and Marijuana, and Laundered Millions in Drug Proceeds for Nearly a Decade.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: Spokane - On January 4, 2018, Attorney General Jefferson B. Sessions III, issued a memorandum concerning federal marijuana enforcement policy. The following is today’s statement from Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - China’s Ministry of Public Security last week announced scheduling controls on two fentanyl precursor chemicals - NPP and 4ANPP, substances that can be used to make illicit drugs. The scheduling controls will take effect on Feb. 1, 2018 and is the result of the ongoing collaboration between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Government of China and their shared commitment to countering illicit fentanyl-class substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - United States District Judge Brian Davis today sentenced Justin Pennington (30, St. John’s County), Marcelene M. Keesbury (54, Ft. Wayne, Indiana), and Charles M. French (50, Ft. Wayne, Indiana) for their roles in a multi-million dollar conspiracy. Pennington was sentenced to five...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man charged with Criminal Contempt pled guilty to and was sentenced on Jan. 3, 2018, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Francisco Javier Marmolejo, aka “Blindy," pleaded guilty today in federal court to robbing three San Francisco Bay Area banks announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Lucy H. Koh, United States District Judge.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- As part of the 2018 Federal Highways Administration’s South Rim Roads Improvement project, additional construction and detours will begin Monday, January 8 at the South Entrance Road and Desert View Drive (Arizona Highway 64 East) intersection. All services and facilities are open and accessible. Visitors and community members should add a few minutes to their driving time and follow detour signs, flaggers, and temporary stop lights.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND, Ind. - An Indiana man was sentenced in federal court Thursday to more than five years in prison for hiring a pimp to transport a minor across state lines for prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 45-year-old Weslaco man has admitted to human smuggling which resulted in the death of an undocumented alien trapped inside a toolbox, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Derrick Stubbs, age 52, of Rochester, New York, was arrested and charged by Criminal Complaint with bank robbery and attempted bank robbery, all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a). These charges each carry a maximum penalty of up to 20 years imprisonment and up to a $250,000 fine.
By State Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) and Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (CA-39) issued the following statement announcing that the House will vote Tuesday on H. Res. 676 supporting the Iranian people...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced today that Curtis Langlois, 37, Madison, pleaded guilty in federal court in Madison to a six-count information charging him with two counts of Hobbs Act armed robbery, two counts of using a firearm during a crime of violence, one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, and one count of facilitating the straw purchase of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that an Allen, South Dakota, man was acquitted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury as a result of a federal jury trial in Rapid City, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on Jan. 3, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The former Jersey City Chief of Police today admitted defrauding the Jersey City Housing Authority (JCHA) by obtaining compensation for off-duty work that he did not perform, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Mount Lewis Field Office, is intending to conduct slash pile burning in Eureka County around the community of Eureka and near Garden Pass based on the continuation of the previously conducted Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) fuels reduction projects. These burns are used to enhancement fuel breaks surrounding the community of Eureka and to serve as protection in the event of a wildfire.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WV -The U.S. Attorney’s office in the Northern District of West Virginia is committed to revitalizing Project Safe Neighborhoods and reducing violent crimes, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Indian national who admitted that he assaulted a girl on a flight from Seattle, Washington, to Newark Liberty International Airport, was sentenced today to 90 days in prison, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted on drug and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman said.
