News from March 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This week, the House and Senate are set to vote on “omnibus" appropriations legislation for the rest of fiscal year 2018. Included in this bill are policies championed by Ways and Means Committee Members that will ensure tax relief for our farmers and ranchers, strengthen families, support our local communities and job creators, and help those who are currently seeking work find it.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Larry Allen Elkins, Jr., 31, of Monroe, N.C. appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David Keesler yesterday and pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned indictments charging JESUS FERNANDO BERRUN-ZARAGOZA, age 20, of Mexico, and EMITERIO MENDOZA-JAIMES, age 23, of Mexico with illegal reentry of a deported alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 26-year-old convicted felon has been ordered to federal prison for possessing a firearm stolen during the robbery of a Cash America Pawn Shop in May 2017, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Kentrell Ezenwere, of Houston, pleaded guilty Nov. 1, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: If you have knowledge of fraud, waste, abuse, or allegations of mismanagement involving disaster relief operations, contact the National Center for Disaster Fraud toll free at (866) 720-5721 or file the complaint online at www.justice.gov/DisasterComplaintForm.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman for holding today’s hearing, and thank you Mr. Kouzoukas for joining us this afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Waltham couple, their company, and a Syrian national were indicted today in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to smuggle goods out of the United States and to supply services to Syria. The company and the defendants also conducted business with EKT Electronics, which was involved in the acquisition and/or development of improved explosive devices used against U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
By State Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), welcomed Mr. Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, to the Capitol for a briefing on the global refugee crises and the international humanitarian response.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - Juan Carlos Gonzalez (37, San Diego, California) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 11 pounds of methamphetamine. He faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By State Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 9:30 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “The FY 2019 Foreign Assistance Budget." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - On March 21, 2018, Dexter Harley, 32, of Tortola, BVI, and Jose Squiabro, 44, of St. Thomas, were both detained today pending further proceedings after their arrests on Monday, March 19, 2018, for conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert, announced. Both made their initial appearances before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller on Monday after being charged in an indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: (Austin, TX) - Austin Police Chief Brian Manley, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Fred J. Milanowski, Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore and United States Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Four defendants were sentenced to federal prison today on firearm possession and theft charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Justin Keith Branham, of Alum Creek, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm; Joshua Wade Sheets, of Danville, pled guilty ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Member David Schweikert (R-Ariz.), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas), Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-Wash.), and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) led 99 of their Republican colleagues...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Lorena Loren, the former executive director of the St. Clair Housing Commission, was sentence today to 37 months in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit federal program fraud, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced JIMMY LEVON UNDERWOOD, 31, of Wilmington to 72 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The leader of a large-scale conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Greene County, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today along with two of his co-conspirators.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: “Good afternoon everyone - let’s begin the hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that yesterday in Federal court in New Bern, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced CHRISTOPHER LEON BROWN and MARK RAYFIELD BROWN, JR., both of Raleigh, North Carolina...
