News from December 2015
By DOT News Wire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON – New data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) show that U.S. driving reached 273.5 billion miles in October 2015, the highest of any October on record, and more than 2.63 trillion miles so far this year. The new data, published in FHWA’s latest “Traffic Volume Trends” report – a monthly estimate of U.S. road travel – illustrate the growing demands facing the nation’s road system.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Dec. 15, 2015, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Steven R. Schenian Jr. (age: 37) of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, with one count each of kidnapping in violation of Title...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - David Wayne Doyle, 42, of Bartow, West Virginia, was convicted in federal court for his role in manufacturing methamphetamine, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Michael E. Ho, age 69, of Grand Junction, Colorado, was sentenced earlier this week by U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello to serve 24 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, income tax evasion, United States Attorney John Walsh and IRS Criminal Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Dec. 15, 2015, a federal grand jury returned a 15-count indictment against Michael Anthony Benanti, 43, of Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania, and Brian Scott Witham, 45 of Waterville, Maine, for their involvement in armed bank extortions of the Y-12 Federal Credit Union in Oak Ridge, Tenn., in April 2015; SmartBank in Knoxville, Tenn., in July 2015; and Northeast Community Credit Union in Elizabethton, Tenn., in October 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: OXFORD, Miss.- Felicia C. Adams, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi and Donald Alway, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi announce that.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Three Fort Worth, Texas, residents have been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to lengthy federal prison sentences for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta’s visited Israel this week as part of his commitment to further U.S. global leadership in aviation. As part of the visit, the FAA is released a joint statement with the State of Israel:
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: St Louis, MO - Three former Postal employees of the Network Distribution Center in Hazelwood have entered guilty pleas on charges of diverting mail believed to contain clothing, marijuana and other items to addresses that they controlled for their personal gain.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: Former Executive Sentenced for Conspiracy to Bribe Panamanian Officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting U.S. Attorney Donald Feith announced today that Gordon Potter, 35, formerly of Hampstead, New Hampshire, was sentenced to a term of 92 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a 3 year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted on two counts related to human trafficking, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - A State of Tennessee probation officer has been indicted on identity theft and wire fraud charges in relation to a tax fraud scheme that defrauded the government of more than $50,000. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the indictment today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury sitting in Raleigh, North Carolina, returned an indictment, which was unsealed today against a Raleigh man, charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit theft of public money and 22 counts of theft of public money, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas G. Walker for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: On Dec. 10, 2015, Krystle N. Statler, 28, of Johnston City, was sentenced for methamphetamine related offenses, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement criticizing a rule finalized by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which failed to impose strong initial margin requirements on the overwhelming majority of transactions among affiliates, allowing big Wall Street banks to continue insuring risky trades with taxpayer dollars...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks in the United States House of Representatives supporting the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (H.R.2297 )...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Mark White (40, Tampa) with knowingly aiming a laser at an aircraft. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Eyad Farah (42, Barrington, TX) to three years and one month in federal prison for conspiring to export firearms without a license, exporting firearms without a license, and smuggling firearms from the United States. The Court also ordered him to forfeit seven firearms that are traceable to the offenses. Farah pleaded guilty on Sept. 22, 2015.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed inclusion in the year-end spending bill of language she has long championed to repeal the decades-long ban on crude oil exports.
