Sentences with phrase «arrest by federal officials»

This whole medicinal pot issue is a little thorny, since marijuana is illegal under federal law — period, end of story, even in states that have passed legislation or ballot initiatives making the drug legal for use by people who are sick, those individuals are still subject to arrest by federal officials for possession or cultivation.

Keith Raniere, was arrested by federal officials in Mexico, where he has lived for the past five months, and is scheduled to appear today at a hearing in Texas.

Not exact matches

A campaign staffer for city Comptroller John Liu was arrested Tuesday afternoon, making her the second person associated with Liu's mayoral campaign to be charged by federal officials in connection with questionable donations, according to court documents.

The governor's speech comes shortly after Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested by federal law enforcement officials and accused of taking millions in bribes and kickbacks as part of his work with two outside law firms.

The bill comes after officials, including Republican County Executive Edward Mangano, who were arrested in federal corruption cases, tapped their campaign funds to pay for their defense, as is allowed by law.

Word of that arrest came days after Queens state Sen. Malcolm Smith was arrested and charged by federal prosecutors for allegedly bribing Republican party officials to put him on the ballot for mayor.

The Democratic Speaker of the New York State Assembly was arrested early Thursday morning by federal officials on corruption charges.

Two police sergeants were on Monday killed by a driver, Olumiyiwa Emmanuel, as he tried to escape arrest by the officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), along Osogbo - Ilesha road.

Federal authorities arrested Halloran along with state Sen. Malcolm Smith and Republican party officials in April and charged them in a bribery scheme allegedly orchestrated by Smith to buy his way onto the Republican mayoral ballot.