News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: U.S. Conspirators Paid Over $2 Million to Influence Russian Nuclear Energy Official and to Secure Business with State-Owned Russian Nuclear Energy Company.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: “Through his criminal conduct, the defendant turned a public housing project into a virtual prison for seniors, children, and those most in need of assistance," said U.S. Attorney Hochul. “Thanks to today’s conviction, the defendant will soon experience the sort of confinement he inflicted upon these innocent residents. We are committed to prosecuting all gang and narcotics traffickers, wherever they are found.".
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to hold Iran accountable for an illicit ballistic missile test after a panel of experts assessment confirmed the October launch violated UNSC Resolution ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Keith David Killingsworth, 38, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, was sentenced today to 75 months in prison for possession of sexually explicit images of minors, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. United States District Judge Stanley A. Bastian, a visiting judge from the Eastern District...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Middleton, Mass. mortgage broker was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with his role in 20 fraudulent loan transactions in the North Shore area.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) announced a bipartisan, bicameral deal on legislation to provide permanent tax relief for hard-working American families, college students, charities, small business and enterprises on the forefront of innovation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that three defendants who were part of or associated with the Cheko’s Crew/7th Street Gang, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH- A Pittsburgh resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former U.S. Army major and his wife were sentenced today for abusing their adopted children, who all were less than 4 years old and developmentally delayed, through neglectful and cruel acts, including by breaking their bones, denying them medical attention, withholding water and force-feeding them hot sauce, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Earlier today, Besnik Llakatura pled guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, to two counts of Hobbs Act extortion conspiracy and one count of brandishing a firearm in relation to an extortion conspiracy. The proceeding took place before United States District Judge Eric N. Vitaliano.
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 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 freedom of press in Latin America and the Caribbean and condemning violations of press freedom and violence against journalists, bloggers, and individuals exercising their right to the freedom of speech (H.Res.536 )...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that JESSICA SUZANNE FELIX, age 33, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 77 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release for Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Tyshawn Bradley, 29, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or more of crack cocaine within 1000 feet of the Perry Housing Projects, conspiracy to commit money laundering and possession of an unregistered, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An associate of the DeCavalcante organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra today admitted his role in distributing more than 500 grams of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Park rangers say “Let it snow!" so you can explore Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) on snowshoes this winter! On Dec. 28, there will be a holiday hike (snowshoe hike; weather permitting) at 1:00 p.m. Meet at the National Lakeshore’s Philip A. Hart Visitor Center in Empire. Reservations are required.
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement after the U.N. Security Council acted today to extend the peacekeeping mission in South Sudan...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Justice Department Agrees to Termination of Consent Decree Concerning Children in Ohio Juvenile Correctional Facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A local doctor who sold prescriptions for pain medications to persons who did not have a medical necessity for them, and deposited the cash proceeds in a manner designed to avoid tax laws, has been sentenced to two years in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to forfeit over $1.3 million, announced United States Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Dec. 14, 2015, Michael Dekota McRae, 28, appeared.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Husband also Convicted of Tax Evasion.
