News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Orlando Harvey, 25, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Bloomfield, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to 18 months in prison for sexually abusing a minor. Harvey will be on supervised release for five years following his prison sentence. He also will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Three co-conspirators have already pleaded guilty; five expected to go to trial in May 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: 2,774 Pounds of Marijuana Allegedly Concealed in Defendants’ Vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Sonja Matos, 28, of Elmira, NY, who was convicted of theft by credit union employee, was sentenced to time served and two years supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), held a hearing this week to explore how the Obama administration’s unprecedented onslaught of regulations is affecting American workers and job creators.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man, charged with Assault by Striking, Beating, and Wounding, pled guilty to and was sentenced on December 8, 2015, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard A. Resnick, who handled the case, stated the defendant operated a tax return business known as JRP Tax Consultants in Rochester. Pastore, without the knowledge of clients, prepared fraudulent federal income tax returns. Specifically, the defendant reported false charitable...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Tywone Smothers, 36, of Buffalo, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute marijuana, was sentenced to two years probation and four months home detention by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: DENVER - John Walsh, U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, today announced that Palisade Pharmacy has entered into a civil settlement with the United States and have paid $60,000 in civil penalties to resolve allegations that it violated certain provisions of the Controlled Substances Act and the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 (CMEA).
By EPA Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today commented on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s fine of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles for not reporting safety data required under the TREAD Act.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), along with Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), released the following...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today accused the Obama administration of having a double standard in its regulation of oil and natural gas activity on federal lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Defendant Fraudulently Obtained More Than $100 Million in Premiums from Thousands of Insureds for His Personal Benefit; Then He Planned to Kill Attorneys, Judge and Government Official.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Throughout 2016, the National Park Service (NPS) will be celebrating its 100th anniversary. The NPS was created in August of 1916 to care for our most precious public lands. Tumacácori will be celebrating with a variety of special programs throughout the coming year, including a Centennial Concert Series. The second of these concerts will take place inside the candle-lit mission church on Thursday, Dec. 17, at 6:00 p.m.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: I want to send my deepest thanks to all of you for coming to Paris to work on a climate agreement. I have heard good reports from my colleagues who just returned from Paris where they sent the message that President Obama's Climate Action Plan has strong support.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mexican citizen living in Huron, South Dakota, convicted of Use of a Fraudulent Identification Document, was sentenced on Dec. 1, 2015, by United States District Judge Roberto Lange.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Inhofe Statement on Administration Officials Participation in COP21 Deal
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: 2 Other Money Laundering Cases Unsealed as Part of Operation ‘Phantom Bank’.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney George C. Burgasser, who handled the case, stated that between June 2013 and July 2014, Smothers conspired with Damario James and others to distribute marijuana in the City of Buffalo.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Following widespread closures and reduction in services at driver license offices across Alabama, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced today that it is investigating whether these actions by the State and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of...
