News from December 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama has signed into law, S. 611, the Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act - companion legislation to H.R. 2853, a bill introduced by Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Vice Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) and Ranking Minority member Paul Tonko...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Karl Erik Erickson, 33, of Palmer, Alaska, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 48 months in prison followed by three years supervised release for his robbery of a Ponderay credit union, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian, a visiting...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A Charlotte grand jury has indicted Jason Adam Townsend, 39, of Raeford, N.C., on health care fraud and aggravated identity theft charges, in connection with a scheme that defrauded Medicaid of millions of dollars, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The 10-count indictment was unsealed today, following Townsend’s appearance in court.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: SAO PAULO - A Brazilian fugitive, convicted in 2003 and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for forgery of travel documents, was removed to Brazil Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal (ERO) officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced that LAGUARDIA COSTON, age 28, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge James J. Brady to theft and conversion of government funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641. During the guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that ALEX HAXTON pled guilty today to orchestrating a fraudulent Internet-based investment scheme that victimized more than one hundred individuals. HAXTON pled guilty before U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Russell T. Ippolito, Jr., who handled the case, stated that Hernandez fraudulently obtained the authentic credit/debit card numbers of cardholders and then encoded that information onto counterfeit cards possessed by the defendant. The defendant then used the counterfeit cards...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A father and daughter and another defendant have all been ordered to federal prison following their convictions in a long-running effort to smuggle drugs via the United Parcel Service (UPS), announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Justice Department Settles Housing Discrimination Lawsuit Against Owner of North Fort Myers, Florida, Mobile Home and Recreational Vehicle Park.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Starting December 14th, and through the holiday season, citizen scientists will once again fan out across America and America's national parks to count birds. One of the longest running citizen science events in the world, the National Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count (CBC) began in 1900. It provides reliable data that help demonstrate the importance of national parks to birds.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Recent storms have set the stage for winter fun at Mount Rainier for the upcoming holidays, with enough snow at Paradise for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and snowboarding. For visitors without equipment, the National Park Inn and General Store at Longmire offer full-day rentals of cross-country skis and snowshoes, in addition to lodging and dining.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced the conviction of MICHELLE AKRIDGE, age 45, of Prairieville, Louisiana, who pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge James J. Brady to theft of government funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: U.S. Border Patrol Allegedly Found Sixteen Pounds of Methamphetamine Concealed in Defendant’s Vehicle during Checkpoint Inspection.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH -- A resident of Chicago, Illinois, has been sentenced in federal court to 52 months imprisonment, to be followed by 3 years supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy, using unauthorized access devise in aggregate of $1,000, possessing device-making equipment, and possessing 15 or more access devices, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Joshua Ortiz, 23, of Springfield, pleaded guilty yesterday to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. U.S. District Judge Mark G. Mastroianni scheduled sentencing for March 25, 2016.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 Washington D.C. — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced it is seeking proposals from small businesses to address technical challenges in homeland security. Beginning Dec. 16, 2015, ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of $3.4 million for research projects in support of the new International Wheat Yield Partnership (IWYP) program.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: A soldier in the U.S. Army National Guard pleaded guilty today to federal charges that he conspired with his cousin to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization in the Middle East.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: Thirty-four individuals are facing federal and tribal drug charges as the result of an 18-month multi-agency investigation spearheaded by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) into methamphetamine trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. Eighteen defendants, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Received Money from Individuals Overseas to be used for “Operational Purposes” in the United States When Confronted by the FBI the Defendant Allegedly Lied to the FBI and Concealed his Support for ISIL Mohamed Elshinawy, 30, of Edgewood, Maryland, was arrested on Friday, Dec. 11, ...
