News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court today, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced JAMES TRUMAN WIGGINS, JR.¸68, of LaGrange, North Carolina to 25 months of imprisonment to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. In addition...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A man who is in jail in Vermont was indicted today on a charge that he robbed a Topeka bank, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Late yesterday, a federal jury in the Western District of North Carolina convicted Anthony Lamont Caldwell, 48, of Charlotte, of armed bank robbery and firearms charges, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. presided over the trial.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Leticia Corona Salazar, age 39, a Mexican national, was indicted for committing passport fraud. The indictment was returned on March 17, 2015, but remained under seal until her apprehension on May 24, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Errol Alfred, a/k/a “Major," and Kerry Fernandez, a/k/a “Trini," have been sentenced for their respective roles in illegally purchasing and trafficking at least 36 firearms from Georgia to Trinidad and Tobago during a one-year period. Jordan Dunham, a co-defendant in the case, has also been sentenced for illegally purchasing some of the shipped firearms for the two men.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Janet West, a former vice president at Cox Communications, was sentenced to two years, one month in federal prison for her part in an embezzlement scheme that cost the company millions of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 20-year-old U.S. citizen who was living in Matamoros, Mexico, has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction for possession with intent to distribute 2.96 kilograms of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By EPA Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters on Tuesday to eight call aggregators, who play a role in connecting individuals seeking treatment to sober living homes. The letters pose several detailed questions about the business practices of these call aggregators, and request information about how their employees are trained, as well as what they disclose to callers about any affiliations with treatment centers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A City of Paterson police officer was arrested today for allegedly participating in the assault of a patient at a Paterson hospital, recording the conduct on his cellphone, and failing to include the assault in the related police report, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif - The San Joaquin River Restoration Program, a multi-agency effort to restore Chinook salmon to 150 miles of river, this month completed a critical guiding document that prioritizes program actions and funding through at least 2024.
By Commerce Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act."
By Commerce Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters on Tuesday to eight call aggregators, who play a role in connecting individuals seeking treatment to sober living homes. The letters pose several detailed questions about the business practices of these call aggregators, and request information about how their employees are trained, as well as what they disclose to callers about any affiliations with treatment centers.
By EPA Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after President Trump signed into law S. 204, the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former commissioner with the now-defunct Paterson Municipal Utilities Authority (PMUA) today admitted his role in two schemes to steal funds from the authority, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BASHON WHITLEY, 27, of New London, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine and 28 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack").
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Tuesday, May 29, 2018, a licensed professional counselor was arrested after being indicted by a federal grand jury for her role in working at a Montgomery “pill mill," announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. The defendant arrested was Johnnie Chaisson Sanders, 48, of Wetumpka.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On May 24, 2018, a federal grand jury indicted Scott Stephen Howard, 33, of Yuba City, charging him with receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOE Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters on Tuesday to eight call aggregators, who play a role in connecting individuals seeking treatment to sober living homes. The letters pose several detailed questions about the business practices of these call aggregators, and request information about how their employees are trained, as well as what they disclose to callers about any affiliations with treatment centers.
By DOE Newswire | May 30, 2018
Release: Statement from Secretary Perry: “This Administration recognizes the growing security risk of cyber threats and has prioritized overcoming these challenges facing our Nation, as outlined in Executive Order 13800. The Department of Energy (DOE) has taken an important step forward through the recent creation ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A former U.S. Navy sailor, formerly of Norfolk, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison and 20 years of supervised release for possession of child pornography.
