News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that ADEYEMI ODUFUYE, also known as “Micky," “Micky Bricks," “Yemi," “GMB," “Bawz," and “Jefe," 31, a citizen...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is raising concerns over nearly $300 million contract to help hire Border Patrol Agents and Customs and Border Protection Officers. The contract will cost nearly $40,000 per...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the appointment of Timothy Garrison as Interim United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JULIO FLORES, 39, of Webster, Mass., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a heroin trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: A Warrensville Heights couple were charged in federal court with embezzling nearly $200,000 from a now-closed Cleveland credit union where once worked, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: In anticipation of a winter storm event, Wright Brothers National Memorial will be closed on Thursday, January 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SIDNEY RAY COTTON, age 32, of Franklinton, Louisiana, pled guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KEVIN DECUIR, age 23, of Brownsville, Texas, pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute and to possesses with the intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Join park rangers at Montezuma Well on Monday, January 15th from 10am - 3pm for Martin Luther King Day. To honor Dr. King, many organizations around the country are offering opportunities to serve others.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - DeAnthony Lyons, 21, of Muskegon, Michigan was sentenced to 90 months (seven and a half years) in federal prison for committing the offense of being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Andrew B. Birge announced today. In addition to the prison term, Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker imposed a 3-year term of supervised release that will commence once Lyons is released from imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Paul Hursey, age 49, of Dover, Delaware, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark to 30 months incarceration. Hursey previously had pled guilty to conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Randy Jarrett, 45 of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit access device fraud, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to 21 months incarceration followed by three years supervised release. Jarrett was also ordered to pay approximately $291,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Dontae Saunders has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for drug trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions has selected the District of Columbia to receive additional resources for the fight against violent crime. The district will receive an additional Assistant U.S. Attorney to focus exclusively on violent crime, one of 40 new federal prosecutors in 27 selected locations throughout the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the appointment of Nicola T. Hanna as Interim United States Attorney.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the appointment of Craig Carpenito 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 Jan. 5, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that ADEYEMI ODUFUYE, also known as “Micky," “Micky Bricks," “Yemi," “GMB," “Bawz," and “Jefe," 31, a citizen...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Beginning at 12:01 am January 4, 2018, and remaining until further notice, the Superintendent has closed all federal land located within Locust Grove, Lions Island, and the Kettle Falls Trail System areas under the authority granted by 36 CFR §1.5(a) (1). This closure is due to significant safety concerns...
