News from March 2018
By DOL Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered opening remarks at a Committee hearing on state efforts to address the opioid crisis. In her remarks, Senator Murray highlighted the important role...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that his office will hold a free summit on “Protecting Houses of Worship" on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. The summit will be held at the Macon campus of Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC), Building H, Room 111. CGTC is located at 3300 Macon Tech Drive in Macon.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Democratic staff from three committees-the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary-provided to their respective Members an Interview Summary of their February 7, 2018, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that David Taylor, age 29, of Blackwood, New Jersey, was indicted for production of child pornography, transporting a minor to engage in sexual activity, and committing a felony while required to register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Ochopee - Today, March 8th, Big Cypress National Preserve was notified of a wildfire in the northwest corner of the preserve. The Anhinga Wildfire is located approximately 1 mile north of I-75 on the east side of Highway 29.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Liberty, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for an investment fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: A Pompano Beach tax preparer was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola to 30 months in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release for filing false tax returns.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today issued the following statement after the Trump administration announced new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in response to Republican efforts to include the Marketplace Fairness Act in Congress’ upcoming spending bill...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Stephen Bernier, 53, of St. Croix, was sentenced today for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Jeremy Handshoe, 39, of Rome City, Indiana, was sentenced before Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann on his plea of guilty to 2 counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that the former Duson Housing Authority director pleaded guilty to stealing more than $110,000 in funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On March 7, 2018, Ludwin Leonel Monterroso-Lemus, a/k/a Ludwid Lemus, 31, a native of Guatemala most recently residing in Lenoir City, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela Reeves, U.S. District Judge, to serve 24 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ALLANMON MAVUMKAL pled guilty today to four counts of Hobbs Act robbery in connection with a spree in which he threatened livery cab drivers and robbed the drivers of cash, personal items, and their cabs. MAVUMKAL pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that GREGORY DENSON, age 54, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to an eight-count Superseding Bill of Information charging him with murder of a federal witness, Hobbs Act conspiracy, multiple Hobbs Act robberies, and obstruction of official proceedings.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Matthew Dylan Ernst, age 25, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 97 months imprisonment and 4 years supervised release for Distribution Of Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B). The charge arose from an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Ronald L. Wheeler, III, a/k/a Trappy, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit access device fraud for working as a public relations specialist for the Dark Web Marketplace AlphaBay.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Randy Payton, 35, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Churchrock, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 137 months in prison for his voluntary manslaughter conviction. Payton will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that an Anchorage man, who is currently a fugitive, was sentenced yesterday in federal court for possessing images of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: OAKLAND- Sammy Sultan was sentenced to two years in prison for making hundreds of obscene and harassing phone calls to law enforcement agencies, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton, Chief U.S. District Judge, handed down the sentence yesterday, after Sultan entered a guilty plea on Dec. 13, 2017.
