News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City man who used his smart phone to pass a note to a teller was sentenced Tuesday to 37 months in federal prison for robbing a bank, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy and National Security Subcommittee Vice Chairman Steve Russell released the following statement after the Committee held a classified briefing on the October 2017 ambush of U.S. and Nigerien soldiers near Tongo Tongo, Niger.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 62-count indictment charging Frank Giacobbe, 43, of East Amherst, NY; Patrick Ogiony, 34, of Buffalo, NY; Kevin Morgan, 42, of Pittsford, NY; and Todd Morgan, 29, of Rochester, NY, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, and substantive wire fraud and bank fraud charges. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On the eve of the Ways & Means Tax Policy Subcommittee’s hearing on tax reform and small businesses, small business owners from across America are speaking out about how the Republican tax law hurt their businesses, employees, and communities. The Republican tax law gave Wall Street...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Fairbanks, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a Fairbanks man has been indicted on federal gun charges in connection with the October 2016 shooting of Fairbanks Police Officer Sergeant Allen Brandt.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced the appointment of John Beaver, Honor K. Keeler, and Barnaby V. Lewis to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: BOSTON -The chief executive officer of PixarBio Corp., a Boston-based biotech company, and an associate, were indicted today on securities fraud charges in connection with a scheme to defraud investors and engage in trade manipulation of the company’s shares.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Former U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribe While Serving in Afghanistan.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Christopher Alexander (619) 546-6665.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jackson, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his role in a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that used phony documents and straw buyers to acquire more than $6 million in loans, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced LAKEITHDRICK HARRIS, a 25-year-old resident of Baton Rouge, to 46 months in federal prison as a result of his conviction for possessing a firearm while a convicted felon and possessing a stolen firearm. The Court further sentenced HARRIS to three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Park Service and Friends of the National World War II Memorial (Friends) will pay tribute to the more than 400,000 Americans who lost their lives during World War II in a special Memorial Day observance at the World War II Memorial on Monday, May 28, 2018 at 9 a.m.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management invites trail lovers of all ages to the BLM Campbell Tract Saturday, June 2, 2018 to celebrate National Trails Day. Join us for this volunteer opportunity and be a steward of your public lands.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has this to say Tuesday following a vote in the House of Representatives to pass S.204, the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of...
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today released the following statement after the Alaska Region of the National Park Service (NPS) proposed to amend its regulations for sport hunting and trapping on national preserves in Alaska. Under the proposed rule, the 2015 regulations will be removed to establish better consistency with the State of Alaska’s regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Orneth Patrick South, age 48, of Charlotte, North Carolina; Ryan Shevin Smith, age 38, of Princess Anne, Maryland; and Michael D. Watts, age 42, of Brooklyn, New York, have been charged federally in connection with the robbery of an armored vehicle in Salisbury, Maryland on Jan. 22, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Twelve defendants convicted of stealing more than $30 million in cargo.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office oversight hearing...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: A former U.S. Air Force staff sergeant pleaded guilty today to seeking and receiving a bribe from an Afghan contractor while serving in Afghanistan. The sergeant worked at the Humanitarian Aid Yard (HA Yard) at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan and was involved in the issuance of contracts to replenish supplies at the HA Yard under the Commander’s Emergency Response Program (CERP). The sergeant is the eighth defendant to plead guilty in the investigation of this matter.
