News from December 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House, by a bipartisan vote of 249-174, passed H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act, which includes two bipartisan energy infrastructure bills from the Committee on Natural Resources, H.R. 2295, the National Energy Security Corridors Act, and H.R. 2358, the Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: Owner of Arkansas Juvenile Mental Health Facilities Indicted on Bribery Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Thomas G. Atteberry of the Phoenix Field Division of ATF and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy of DEA’s El Paso Division announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment charging Albuquerque resident Davon Lymon, 34, with violating the narcotics trafficking and firearms laws. An arraignment hearing on the indictment has yet to be scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Ralph Daniel Smith, 41, of Ilion, New York, was arrested today on a federal indictment, charging him with sexual exploitation of a child, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Chadwick L. Reese, 44, the Executive Director of the Chatham Area Transit Authority (CAT), and Joel T. Morris, 53, CAT’s Director of Maintenance, were indicted this week by a federal grand jury sitting in Savannah, Georgia for their alleged roles in a bribery and kickback scheme. According...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA DEC. 4 TO 27.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Brenon Lawrence, 28, of Kuna, Idaho, was sentenced today to 77 months in prison for possession and distribution of methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Lawrence to pay a $500 fine and serve five years of supervised release following his incarceration. Lawrence pleaded guilty on July 21, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: Office also Partnered with Other Justice Department Components in Civil Cases that Collected another $78,200,000 in Addition to Collecting More than $2,000,000 in Asset Forfeiture Actions for Total Collections Exceeding $92,300,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: A Certified Public Account (CPA) was sentenced to 78 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $3,684,921.20 for using her tax preparation business to facilitate an income tax refund fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Kurt Eichert, 51, of Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Indictment with one count of production of child pornography, two counts of distribution of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: Defendants Face Up to Life in Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Antonio Fortes, 25, of Cranston, an associate of the YNIC street gang, was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison on drug trafficking and firearm charges, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of ATF.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: Sex Trafficking And Possession Of A Handgun In Furtherance Of A Crime Of Violence.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: The House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, five-year legislation to improve America’s roads, bridges, public transit, and rail transportation systems and reform federal surface transportation programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - Billy Slick, age 54, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison as a result of his conviction for conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute and distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Brenon Lawrence, 28, of Kuna, Idaho, was sentenced today to 77 months in prison for possession and distribution of methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Lawrence to pay a $500 fine and serve five years of supervised release following his incarceration. Lawrence pleaded guilty on July 21, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: The New Defendants Include Five Current or Former FIFA Executive Committee Members and the Current Presidents of CONCACAF and CONMEBOL.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ELIJAH GRIFFIN, 25, of New London, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to being a felon in possession of firearms.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), bipartisan legislation from Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) to fix the broken No Child Left Behind law. Since the final proposal was released on Monday, the legislation has received widespread support from advocates.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that NATHAN PHILLIP WEBSTER, age 40, of McKinney, Texas, pled guilty to MONEY LAUNDERING CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(h), punishable by not more than 20 years imprisonment, up to a $500,000 fine or both.
