News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the appointment of Duane A. Evans as Interim United States Attorney pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546, which provides that “the Attorney General may appoint a United States Attorney for the district in which the office of United States Attorney is vacant." This appointment will take effect on January 5, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the appointment of Stephen G. Dambruch as Interim United States Attorney pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546, which provides that “the Attorney General may appoint a United States Attorney for the district in which the office of United States Attorney is vacant." This appointment will take effect on January 5, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic County man was sentenced today to 235 months in prison for distribution and possession with the intent to distribute cocaine in the Atlantic County, New Jersey area, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JILL ANDRAS LEBLANC, a/k/a JILL FREMIN, age 41, of Thibodaux, pled guilty today one count of wire fraud and one count of theft of government funds.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: In anticipation of a winter storm event, visitor facilities at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site will be closed on Thursday, January 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: “Today, after a full, fair, and open trial, a unanimous jury convicted Hakan Atilla, a senior banker at Halk Bank. Along with the prior guilty plea of Reza Zarrab, two men at the heart of this massive and brazen scheme that blew a billion-dollar hole in the Iran sanctions regime now stand convicted of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the appointment of Kenji Price as Interim United States Attorney pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546, which provides that “the Attorney General may appoint a United States Attorney for the district in which the office of United States Attorney is vacant." This appointment will take effect on January 5, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the appointment of Richard P. Donoghue as Interim United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546, which provides that “the Attorney General may appoint a United States Attorney for the district in which the office of United States Attorney is vacant." This appointment will take effect on January 5, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Shaun R. Hayes, 58, of Frontenac, pled guilty today to participating in a scheme to defraud Excel Bank and to profit from illegal insider loans. He appeared before United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig. Sentencing is scheduled for April 13, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - The Bureau of Reclamation took an important step in enhancing infrastructure control, monitoring, information security and knowledge sharing across Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) facilities by awarding a $4.9 million contract to Systems Integrated on
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that PERRY DESHAZO, also known as “Hov" and “Amafia Hov," 27, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jeffery A. Meyer in New Haven to one count of distribution of heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOSE MANUEL MAZON-DE DIOS, age 32, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment charging him with illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Robyn Smith, 55, of Mexico, MO, pleaded guilty this morning to Credit Card fraud in connection with her embezzlement of more than $150,000 from the Mexico law firm at which she worked from 2011 to 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PETER G. KRUZYNSKI, 51, of Shelton, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to one count of enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Attorney General Jeff Sessions has selected the District of Nevada to receive two additional Assistant United States Attorneys to focus exclusively on violent crime. The District of Nevada was selected as one of 27 districts throughout the United States to receive additional resources for the fight against violent crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Turkish Banker Convicted of Conspiring to Evade U.S. Sanctions Against Iran and Other Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky. - A Pikeville man, Craig T. Anderson, 29, has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison, to be followed by a 25-year term of supervised release, for knowingly receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Malden woman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for collecting over $166,000 in government benefits by providing false information about her family.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Announces Successful Prosecutions Against Child Sexual Exploitation in the Middle District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Derrick Sutton, of New York, New York, was sentenced today to 151 months incarceration for distributing cocaine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
