News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that three Kansas City, Mo., men have been indicted for the kidnapping and murder of a victim they were attempting to rob.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: NEWARK N.J. - A Georgia man today admitted using fake driver’s licenses in order to obtain checks issued in response to false statements and representations, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday chaired a full committee hearing to discuss natural hazards, including volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis and avalanches, and the effectiveness of early warning monitoring systems to minimize risks and protect local communities. The committee received ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Leroy Gallegos, 58, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 60 months in prison for his conviction on a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Gallegos will be on supervised release for four years after completing his prison sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - In advancing the administration's goals of promoting America's energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management state offices in 2017 generated nearly $360 million from oil and gas lease sales, an 86 percent increase over the previous year's results of $192.5 million. Among these sales, which together were the highest in nearly a decade, rights to a total of 949 parcels, covering 792,823 acres, were sold.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Two people were indicted in federal court for illegally reentering the United States, U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT CHADRONET, 41, formerly of East Providence, R.I., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 90 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for committing three bank robberies in 2015, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release following a previous federal conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The former supervisory pharmacist of New England Compounding Center (NECC) was sentenced today in connection with the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 64 and caused infections in 793 patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Red Hawk and Cache Creek Among the California Casinos Hit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Bronx, New York, man pleaded guilty today for transporting 15 kilograms of heroin on Christmas Eve in 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Liliya Dzyuba, 42, of North York, Ontario, Canada, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with bulk cash smuggling. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has rescheduled public meetings to provide input in the development of off-highway vehicle grant proposals for submission to the California State Parks, Off Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division. Proposed grant applications are currently being prepared by the BLM for the FY 2017-18 grant cycle.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s comments during the State of the Union Address regarding the skyrocketing prices of prescription drugs...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Defendant faces at least 10 years and up to life in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on a charge of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Timothy Raymond Schmidt, 35, of Cincinnati, Ohio was sentenced today in.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A California woman was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in federal prison after being convicted for conspiracy to import methamphetamine and heroin into the United States from Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Cosme Pimental-Armenta, age 39, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 21 months in prison, the highest guideline sentence available to the judge, for the crime of illegal re-entry by deported alien after a conviction for an aggravated felony, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Joseph Banco, Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s New Orleans Sector.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: MISSOULA - Eric David Fletcher, a 36-year-old resident of Washougal, Washington, was sentenced today to 66 months in prison followed by 5 years supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen handed down the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Joseph T. Clemente, Jr., age 34, of Latham, New York, pled guilty today to illegally possessing a short-barreled rifle.
