News from December 2015
By DOE Gazette | Dec 8, 2015
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: Planned high-tech upgrades include a new crash test, new dummies, crash-avoidance ratings
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Field, who handled the case, stated that in September 2014, a minor male was approached by the defendant. Dean handed the minor a piece of paper with his telephone number on it. The minor then reported the incident to his mother who exchanged text messages with the defendant. Based on the exchanges, the mother notified law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A North Arlington, New Jersey, man will appear in federal court today to face charges that he fraudulently obtained hundreds of thousands of dollars from investors prior to high-profile initial public offerings (IPOs) and then used the funds for lavish personal expenses, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Richard Mills today sentenced former Illinois State Representative Constance ‘Connie’ Howard to three months in prison for fraud committed by Howard when she was a state representative. Following her release from the federal Bureau of Prisons, Howard, 72, was ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic County, New Jersey, tax preparer was convicted today of tax fraud for including fraudulent credits and deductions on federal tax returns for his clients in an effort to gain repeat business for himself, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: North Little Rock, Ark.-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, David T. Resch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and North Little Rock Police Department (NLRPD) Chief Mike Davis, announced...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, reacted to the annual “Best Places to Work in the Federal Government " rankings released by the Partnership for Public Service. Each year, the Partnership for Public Service releases...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: Among the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) main priorities is to keep all users of our national airspace safe. To maintain the safest aerospace system in the world, the FAA must make sure the national airspace is navigable and free of obstructions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Charles Henry Crocker, age 45, of Phoenix, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison followed by 25 years of supervised release for possessing child pornography. Judge Bennett ordered that upon his release from prison, Crocker must register as a sex offender in the place where he resides, where he is an employee, and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By DOL Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: CANTON, Ohio - Federal inspections of Case Farms' processing facilities in Ohio have resulted in an additional $462,000 in penalties for deficiencies in ammonia refrigeration systems at two of the company's Ohio facilities. The leading supplier of fast food and supermarket chicken has racked up more...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah today rescheduled the postponed November 2015 oil and gas lease sale for Feb. 16, 2016, by posting the Notice of Competitive Lease Sale and list of parcels proposed for auction. The rescheduled sale is being combined with the already scheduled February 2016 sale.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Andres Munoz, 59, of Deming, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 70 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Donte Chandler, 24, of Norfolk, pleaded guilty today to charges relating to his theft of personal property from a passenger’s bag while working as a baggage handler at the Norfolk International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Lynwood Williams, 53, of Greenhead, Florida, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to six months in prison for theft of $63,284 in government funds. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Local 13, have been arrested on federal fraud charges that allege they caused two medical clinics to bill the union’s health care plan for chiropractic services that either were not provided or were not medically necessary.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Philadelphia Field Division announced today that the DEA will host a Prescription Drug Awareness (PDAC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as part of the DEA’s ongoing 360 Strategy to address prescription opioid and heroin abuse in Western Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: A Monroe County resident is charged with assaulting United States Coast Guard officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On Dec. 3, 2015, John Harper Farmer, 40, of Chattanooga, was sentenced by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, U.S. District Judge, to serve 210 months in federal prison for sex trafficking of children. Farmer was also ordered to complete a 500 hour mental health program. Additionally, upon his release from prison, he will be supervised for five years by U.S. Probation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- Lennox Phillips, 58, pleaded guilty today in District Court on St. Thomas to one count of transportation of a minor for sex, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. At the conclusion of the hearing, District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez remanded Phillips into the custody of the United States Marshals Service. Phillips’ sentencing is scheduled for April 7, 2016.
