News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: A Maple Heights man was convicted by a jury for leading a conspiracy in which they filed more than 800 tax returns annually between 2012 and 2015 resulting in approximately $15 million in refunds being issued, a portion of which neither they nor their clients were entitled.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joseph P. Kelly announced that on Sept. 20, 2018, United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Bernardo Williams-Jauregui, of Campeche, Mexico, to a 120-month term of imprisonment, to be served in the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. He received a four-year term of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: For Being A Felon In Possession.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
Release: HONOLULU - Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) highlighted its Passenger Screening Canines (PSCs), a key asset used to enhance security and keep passengers safe and secure when departing Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), Sep. 19.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: A Homestead, Florida man who was charged with surreptitiously producing and distributing pornographic audio and video recordings of himself engaging in sexual activity with multiple men, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Miami.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis joined the Department of Justice yesterday in announcing more than $113 million in grant awards to improve public safety, serve victims of crime, combat violence against women, and support youth programs in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Two tribes in the District of Idaho, the Nez Perce and the Shoshone-Bannock, were awarded grants totaling $1,852,587.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that, on September 6, 2018, a federal grand jury in Bridgeport returned an 11-count indictment charging BARRY DUCLOS, 39, of Norwich with fentanyl analogue trafficking and firearm possession offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Nikko Adolfo Perez, 26, of Atwater, charging him with one count of sexual exploitation of children, one count of coercion or enticement of a minor, and one count of receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has introduced the Families Act, legislation to address family separation at the border. The bill restores the Obama administration’s policy of detaining families to deter illegal immigration and strengthen border security.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey woman was arrested and charged today for promoting a voter bribery scheme by use of the U.S. mail, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Sept. 20, 2018 - A federal criminal complaint was issued yesterday charging Eric Swarbrick, 26, of Austin Texas, with interstate stalking and sending interstate communications with the intent to threaten, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced it has rescheduled its hearing entitled, “Better Data and Better Outcomes: Reducing Maternal Mortality in the U.S." The hearing will now take place on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.as they are posted.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Federal and state authorities have arrested 19 individuals for their alleged roles in a methamphetamine distribution operation in the Waco area, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division; FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division; Waco Police Chief Ryan Holt; and Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced a hearing for Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “State of the Media Marketplace."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Todd Robinson (619) 546-7994 and Kareem Salem (619) 546-8904.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Big Thicket National Preserve and the City of Houston have been selected to receive an Open OutDoors for Kids Focus City grant for the 2018-2019 school year from the National Park Foundation, the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service. With this grant National Park Service staff can...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Federal and state authorities have arrested 19 individuals for their alleged roles in a methamphetamine distribution operation in the Waco area, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division; FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division; Waco Police Chief Ryan Holt; and Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) condemned the Trump Administration for a decision to eliminate critical meal and rest breaks enacted by the State of California for truck drivers transporting hazardous materials. In a notice...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - A jury today voted to convict Dwayne G. Perkins, age 37, of Albany, of possessing and intending to distribute heroin, cocaine, and more than 28 grams of crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to life in prison and ordered to forfeit $5.7 million for leading, organizing, and supplying a major heroin trafficking operation that resulted in at least one death.
