News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Ohio Man Sentenced for Providing Material Support to Terrorists, Making False Statements to Authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City man has been charged with robbing a bank in Bonner Springs, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia announced today that Lisa G. Johnston has been named First Assistant United States Attorney.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Las Cruces, NM - On January 30 and 31, 2018, the Bureau of Land Management’s Las Cruces District Resource Advisory Council will convene for a day-long tour and a half-day meeting at the Las Cruces District Office on 1800 Marquess Street, Las Cruces, NM. Both the tour and meeting are open to the public.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Following the enactment of the continuing resolution, staff at Manhattan Project National Historical Park have resumed regular operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that Zahid Maqsood, age 56 of La Vista, Nebraska, was sentenced today by the Honorable Laurie Smith Camp to time served in jail and three years of supervised release following his conviction for unlawful procurement of citizenship/naturalization. He had been in jail approximately 8 months. Mr. Maqsood’s citizenship was also revoked.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Ohio, announce the arrest of Amer Jabir, 37, with residences in Cleveland, Chicago, and Weelawken, New Jersey; Ahmad Jabir, 23, and Aymen Abdelrahim, 28, both having last known addresses in Cleveland.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Defendant had personal identification information of over 1,000 individuals, most of whom were Miami-Dade College students.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney R. Trent Shores announced today that a jury found Shawn Christopher Gorrell, 39, of Belgrade, Montana, guilty of three counts of Wire Fraud and three counts of Tax Evasion. The jury determined that Gorrell defrauded residents of Tulsa and Texas by touting investments and then diverting...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - During an appearance on Wisconsin’s Jay Weber Show, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, revealed new text message exchanges between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employees who both...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: A Miami resident was sentenced to 38 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $42,338.49 in restitution for his participation in an identity theft scheme.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: International cooperation in science, technology, and innovation promotes security, prevents and reduces risks of manmade and natural hazards, and enhances resilience. As the research and development arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) understands the importance of global cooperation and engages with its international partners to enhance homeland security capabilities.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Engineers recently completed an extended demonstration of the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit’s (IWTU) steam reforming process at a Colorado research facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Defendant embezzled the money through stealing checks and forging signatures.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former employee of the Glendale City Attorney’s Office has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison after she admitted embezzling nearly $700,000 in a scheme that used false documents to make it appear the money was being used to pay civil claims against the city.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - SUSAN MICHELLE TYSON, 51, of Yukon, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for stealing $467,352.43 from the Oklahoma Operating Engineers Welfare Plan, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On Jan. 22, 2018, Idialyon Helm, age 21, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty to one count of forcible assault on a federal employee, a United States Postal Service (USPS) letter carrier, and one count of brandishing a firearm in connection with a crime of violence-here, the forcible assault. In connection with his plea agreement, he also specifically admitted to one additional armed robbery, as well as an attempted armed robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: 2 Men Charged With Conspiring to Illegally Obtain Technology and Computer Chips That Were Sent to China.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Staten Island, New York, man was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for attempting to distribute more than $2.5 million of counterfeit UGG-brand boots that were shipped into the Port of Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: ELIZABETH CITY - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, LEMONT JERRONE WEBB, a Godwin, NC resident, and HARRY MYLES, SR., a Dunn, NC resident, were convicted following a four-day jury trial before United...
