News from January 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ahead of President Trump’s State of the Union address, Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva’s (D-Ariz.) staff released a year-end report today titled, 2017: A Year of the Resistance to highlight the relentless attacks Republicans in Congress and the administration have made on our country’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: Arkansas State Senator Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Money Laundering and Bank Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 51-year old who had been illegally residing in Houston has entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to transport and harbor undocumented aliens and illegal re-entry after deportation, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: Defendant Sped Off in Family’s Car.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WANDA PISCIL, 52, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: Applications are now being accepted for the 2018 ‘Imi i ka Lama Collegiate Internship Program at Haleakalā National Park. There will be six positions available in the fields of Endangered Wildlife Management, Facilities Management, Interpretation, Cultural Resource Management, Team Leader, and Visitor/Resources Protection. Hawai`i residents interested in cultural and natural resources careers are encouraged to apply.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CRAIG A. TAFFARO, age 70, of Harvey, a former Chief Deputy for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, was convicted of all charges alleged in a Superseding Indictment. TAFFARO was found guilty of six counts of tax evasion, five counts of filing a false tax return, and one count of failing to file a tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a Kenai man was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for possessing images of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Shreveport felon pleaded guilty last week to illegally possessing a pistol after being convicted of multiple felonies.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 29, 2018 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) today announced $1.1 million in grants to four Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) state agencies in Arizona, Arkansas, South Dakota and Texas. These competitively awarded grants will help WIC state agencies develop, implement, and evaluate innovative ways to improve benefit delivery and customer service to WIC participants.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Carlos Javier Figueroa, a/k/a/ Javi, a/k/a Big Bro, 39, Roberto Figueroa, 42, Leitscha Poncedeleon, 28, and Orlando Yelder, 36, Jose Justiniano-Rodriguez, 18, Jashua Figueroa, 19, and Obed Torres, 21, all of Rochester, were arrested...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Juan Arturo Ramirez-Rojo, age 39, of Mexico, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia, to Illegal Re-Entry, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs, of Columbia, accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report, which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Three Georgia men have been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for recruiting individuals from local homeless shelters to cash counterfeit business checks.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: WHAT: On Saturday, Feb. 24, the National Park Service honors George Washington and his.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: Less than one month into the new tax code, businesses are already making dramatic changes in how they operate. They’re investing more in the United States, meaning more growth, more jobs and higher wages.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that William Tooley, 53, of Columbus, Georgia, entered a plea today to receipt of child pornography. Mr. Tooley entered his plea of guilty before the Honorable Clay D. Land of the United States District Court in Columbus...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Nevada, Mo., pastor pleaded guilty in federal court today to fraudulently receiving more than $90,000 in Social Security disability benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, man today admitted his role in fraudulently cashing stolen U.S. Postal Service money orders, resulting in more than $22,000 in losses, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that, on Jan. 29, 2018, Norman Hardy, 40, of Brattleboro, appeared before Judge Christina Reiss to plead guilty to distribution of crack cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management seeks public comments on a proposal to streamline the special recreation permitting (SRP) review process in the Kremmling Field Office in northwestern Colorado.
