News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: Peter Robert Bobal, 42, of Hallandale Beach, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Miami for enticing a 14-year-old to engage in sexual activity and committing a felony involving a minor while being required to register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: Assistant Helitack Foreman wins Wright Brothers National Aviation Safety Award.
By Commerce Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a notice aimed at states that are trying to circumvent the modifications made to the state and local tax (SALT) deduction as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: Admits to Distributing 45 Kilos of Meth.

By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - Two suburban Chicago residents have been charged with federal drug offenses for illegally selling fentanyl or fentanyl precursors over the internet, and authorities have seized their websites.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The owners of I&L Express Pharmacy in Philadelphia have agreed to pay millions to resolve a False Claims Act case against them, U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: John “Johnny Boy" Ambrosio Supervised Loansharking and Illegal Gambling Operations in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
By State Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman’s recent comments to the Times of Israel that “Republicans support Israel more than Democrats"...

By US DOT Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) today announced that the House of Representatives will consider H.R. 8, the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (WRDA), next week.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging three pharmacists, one doctor and two other individuals with conspiracy to illegally distribute prescription drugs, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.

By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: ELY, Nev. - On May 31, the Bureau of Land Management’s Ely District/Bristlecone Field Office and Basin and Range National Monument issued a Decision Record (DR) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) regarding the Seaman-White River Wild Horse Gather Plan Environmental Assessment (EA). The BLM developed the 10-year gather plan to manage wild horses within the Seaman and White River Herd Areas (HAs) located in Lincoln and Nye counties.
By Homeland Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Manalapan, New Jersey, man who was previously employed by a family amusement center in Freehold, New Jersey, was arrested Thursday for allegedly convincing children to engage in sexually explicit conduct online. The arrest follows an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - Eric Zyn Ho, 25, and Bryan Mathew Otero, 27, of Cincinnati, were each sentenced in U.S. District Court today for their roles in the sex trafficking of a minor. Ho was sentenced to 30 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release and Otero was sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release.

By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: RIDGELAND, MS: The Natchez Trace Parkway will host a special event on Saturday, June 2 starting at 7 a.m. Approximately 400 bicyclists will ride in both directions along the Parkway from the Ross R. Barnett Reservoir Overlook (near milepost 104), to as far north as Highway 43 (milepost 115).

By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: Loaded handgun found next to large amount of “ice" methamphetamine.

By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on May 30, 2018, Chief United States District Judge Daniel L. Hovland sentenced Michael Arthur Giron, a/k/a Little Feather, age 45, of New Mexico, on charges of Civil Disorder during the DAPL protest in October 2016. Judge Hovland sentenced Giron to serve 3 years in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, and was further ordered to pay a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Riverside man who sold a powerful synthetic opioid very similar to fentanyl to a friend - who then suffered a fatal overdose from the drug - was sentenced today to 312 months in federal prison.

By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: (CHICAGO) - Two suburban Chicago residents have been charged with federal drug offenses for illegally selling fentanyl or fentanyl precursors over the internet, and authorities have seized their websites.

By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: Previously deported following conviction for using false employment documents.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: Three people were indicted in federal court for illegally re-entering the United States after previous deportations.