News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Andrew Haden (619) 546-6961 and Seth Askins (619) 546-6692.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Peyton Erwin Eidson pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to distribute marijuana, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Special Agent in Charge Matthew Perlman of the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security (DSS) San Francisco Field Office, and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Susan Illston, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 70 months’ incarceration, followed by four years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating the federal narcotic laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: New Jersey Real Estate Broker Pleads Guilty to Role in Foreign Bribery Scheme Involving $800 Million International Real Estate Deal.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. B A Mexican man was sentenced Thursday to 46 months in federal prison for his role in smuggling more than 1,000 pounds of liquid methamphetamine into Kansas City, Kan., U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: National Park Service visitor facilities at Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the Visitor Center at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site will reopen tomorrow morning. Wright Brothers National Memorial will remain closed through the weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: Joan Loughnane, the Acting Deputy United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SCOTT TUCKER was sentenced to 200 months in prison for operating a nationwide internet payday lending enterprise that systematically evaded state laws for more than 15 years in order to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: FORT SMITH - Duane (DAK) Kees has taken the oath of office to become the United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. Mr. Kees was nominated by President Donald Trump on Sept. 28, 2017, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Dec. 20, 2017. He took the oath of office today at 4 p.m. from United States District Court Chief Judge P.K. Holmes, III and began work immediately after the ceremony.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: A Sylvania man was indicted on child pornography charges after investigators found him with more than 27,000 images of child sexual exploitation and more than 1,300 videos, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: (DILLON, Mont.) - The Red Rock/ Lima Watershed Assessment, the result of many months of work by specialists in the Bureau of Land Management’s Dillon Field Office, is now ready for public comment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative focuses federal resources on the most violent areas of Marion County with an emphasis on gun crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Jan. 3, 2018, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against a man who allegedly attempted to entice a minor female into performing sex acts for money. The indictment named Mario Escalante (age: 41), an enrolled member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, who currently resides in Keshena on the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement after the Trump administration announced a proposed rule that would ease access to association health plans, which do not have the same consumer protections as marketplace plans...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Police Officer Mark Taylor of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has been added as a defendant in the criminal case against former officers Marlon Caldwell and Cauncenet Brown. Caldwell, Taylor, and Brown are all charged in connection with a scheme to disclose un-redacted accident reports to Dr. Mitchell Davis, a local chiropractor who has pleaded guilty to making false statements and criminal conspiracy.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) is aware of a set of security vulnerabilities—known as Meltdown and Spectre—that affect modern computer processors. While we are not aware of any active exploitation ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C., January 4, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced a slate of Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Committee Appointees. State committees are selected by the Secretary, serve at the pleasure of the Secretary, and are responsible for carrying out FSA’s farm programs within delegated authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today issued a memo on federal marijuana enforcement policy announcing a return to the rule of law and the rescission of previous guidance documents. Since the passage of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in 1970, Congress has generally prohibited the cultivation, distribution, and possession of marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: A New Orleans woman was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for her involvement in a $2 million home health kickback scheme carried out through a New Orleans area home health agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Everitt Aaron Jameson, 26, of Modesto, California, charging him with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and distribution of information relating to destructive devices.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday requested comment on proposed guidance that would clarify the Board's supervisory expectations related to risk management for large financial institutions.
