News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that five Texas men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for stealing 650 firearms from United Parcel Service trailers in Springfield, Mo., en route to Bass Pro Shops.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson announced that United States District Court Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced former Gonzales District Fire Chief KRISTOPHER JOHNSON, age 37, of Gonzales, Louisiana, to serve 96 months in federal prison following his conviction for possession and distribution of child pornography. Following his release from imprisonment, JOHNSON will serve a 7-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: An Indictment[1] was returned today charging Justin David May, 28, of Wilmington, Delaware, with 24 counts of mail fraud, 16 counts of money laundering, 3 counts of interstate transportation of goods obtained by fraud, and 2 counts of tax evasion, announced Interim United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: Earlier this week, Congress passed a six-year extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the longest in the program’s history. This extension is critical to ensuring vulnerable children have continued access to health care.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Herik A. Jaramillo, 29, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania was charged today by Indictment with six counts of robbery which interferes with interstate commerce in violation of the Hobbs Act, announced United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A former teller at a South Side bank has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for gradually embezzling approximately $180,000 in bank funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: A New York stock promoter, a Colorado registered stock transfer agent, and a California securities attorney were recently convicted of securities fraud offenses. These cases pertain to a conspiracy to sell shares of fraudulently registered companies that could then be used for pump and dump and other stock manipulation schemes. To date, ten defendants have been convicted in connection with the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Albuquerque Man Wanted on Bank Robbery Charges Apparently Commits Suicide.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Wilson Walberto Clemente-Perez, 27, a citizen of Guatemala, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., to the federal crime of unlawful re-entry by an alien after removal, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Thomas M. Annello, Acting Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: FBI Washington Field Office Recognizes Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: Kendall Wysinger Accused of Sex Trafficking, Interstate Prostitution, Distributing Fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: WHAT: Attorney General Jeff Sessions will travel to Norfolk today to deliver remarks on national security and immigration priorities of the Administration. WHEN: Today at 1:30 p.m. WHERE: Slover Library, 6th Floor, 235 E. Plume Street, Norfolk, VA 23510. PRESS: Open Press. Camera...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management recently took quick action to close off a collapsed mine shaft that opened suddenly in the historic mining town of Silver City, 50 miles southwest of Boise. The resulting sinkhole was adjacent to the community park and near a campground frequented by recreationists, posing an immediate safety risk.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Committee Member Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) sent a letter requesting information about Bank of America’s decision to terminate consumer bank accounts that charge no monthly fees within just weeks of receiving one of the most massive financial windfalls in history as part of the Republican tax legislation enacted in December.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation prepared an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for West Bay Sanitary District water recycling project at Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club in Menlo Park, Calif. The district proposes to construct a new satellite wastewater treatment...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) abrupt decision to reverse the long-standing policy requiring the nation's major sources of hazardous ...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: National Park Service (NPS) archeologist Bert Ho and NPS volunteer Carol Linteau will highlight the maritime heritage of the Channel Islands in the February From Shore to Sea lecture.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Monday, Jan. 29, 2018 at 1:00 p.m., House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) will join the State of the Net conference for a fireside chat on internet and technology issues, including Congress’ ongoing efforts on Net Neutrality, broadband infrastructure, the future of wireless and more.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier sentenced ALEX ROSEN, age 37, of D’Iberville, Mississippi, to 60 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to four counts of distribution of five (5) grams or more of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Create valentines, take a virtual tour of the Trail, and discover what owls eat. Visit the California Trail Center during February for a variety of family friendly programs.
