News from July 2015
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: YAKIMA, Washington - The Bureau of Reclamation's July 2, 2015 Total Water Supply Available forecast for the Yakima Basin indicates a full water supply for senior water rights during this irrigation season, but an estimated 44 percent supply for junior water rights.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kenneth Colby Miller, 31, of Alamogordo, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by possessing an unregistered firearm. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Miller will be sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by more than three years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: Envisioning the Earthworks. Presented by John Hancock. Date: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015. Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Mound City Group visitor center. Fees: No Fees. The architecture of the Hopewell-era earthworks presents perceptual challenges to modern visitors. The reasons for this are not only their degradation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Former State Senator Leland Yee, Brandon Jackson, Keith Jackson, and Marlon Sullivan all pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to charges that they engaged in racketeering activity announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- Jeffrey Neely, the former Acting Regional Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), was sentenced to three months imprisonment, to be followed by three months of home confinement, in connection with his guilty plea for making a false claim to the United States, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and GSA Office of Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge David House.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara issued the following statement today in connection with the filing of the proposed settlement agreement among the parties in Nunez v. City of New York.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON- The National Park Service has completed the first phase of turf restoration at Lincoln and Stanton Parks, and will open the newly refurbished grassy areas in time for the July 4th holiday. The turf restoration is part of a long-term park commitment, with the end goal of healthy, beautiful...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - A total of six people have been taken into custody on allegations related to a cocaine conspiracy dating back to April 2011, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the Drug Enforcement (DEA).
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement following the news that the United States and Cuba have reached an agreement to formally restore diplomatic relations and reopen embassies in Washington, D.C. and Havana...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Kansas City man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal bank robbery charge and admitted threatening employees with a gun and dragging a woman by her hair, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Acino Products LLC, of Hamilton, New Jersey, and its president, Ravi Deshpande, to prevent the distribution of unapproved and misbranded drugs, the Department of Justice announced today. Acino ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that Southeastern Community and Family Services Inc. (SCFS), a public housing agency that administers the Section 8 voucher program in Scotland County, North Carolina, and two of SCFS’ former employees have agreed to pay more than $2.7 million in monetary damages ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: Sex Trafficking Scheme Used Threats, Violence and Coercion to Compel Women into Prostitution in New Orleans and Elsewhere Today, a motel owner pleaded guilty to financially benefiting from a sex trafficking scheme operated out of the Riviera Motel in New Orleans in which multiple adult women were compelled ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: A Jamaican citizen residing in Virginia was sentenced to prison today for his role in an international lottery scam, the Justice Department and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) announced. Carlos O’Brien Ricketts, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: Four individuals were arraigned today in Newark, New Jersey, based on charges for allegedly smuggling counterfeit Sony Camcorders, Apple iPhones, iPads and iPods, from China for sale in the United States, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today seeking to block the acquisition of General Electric Company’s appliance business by AB Electrolux and Electrolux North America Inc., whose brands include Frigidaire. The department said that the $3.3 billion acquisition would combine two ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, Head of the Civil Rights Division, issued the following statement today in connection with the filing of the proposed settlement agreement among the parties in Nunez v. City of New York: “The unprecedented reforms announced today further the Civil ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: Ex-DEA Agent Used Undercover Status to Fraudulently Obtain Digital Currency Worth Over $700,000 A former DEA agent pleaded guilty today to extortion, money laundering and obstruction of justice, which he committed while working as an undercover agent investigating Silk Road, an online marketplace used to facilitate the purchase and sale of illegal drugs and other contraband.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: On her first official visit to her home state of North Carolina, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch traveled today to Durham and Raleigh to attend meetings with civil rights leaders and individuals combatting human trafficking.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday released its first determination of the aggregate consolidated liabilities of all financial companies in accordance with section 622 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which prohibits any financial company from combining with another company if the resulting company's liabilities exceed 10 percent of the aggregate consolidated liabilities of all financial companies.
