News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Dennis Bernard, 29, of Cranston, arrested by Cranston and Warwick Police on Thursday on federal drug trafficking charges, was ordered to home confinement with GPS monitoring following an initial appearance today in U.S. District Court in Providence, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Cranston Police Chief Colonel Michael J. Winquist and Warwick Police Chief Colonel Stephen M. McCartney.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Wade Branch, 63, pleaded guilty today to one count of failing to register as a sex offender in U.S. District Court in Springfield. Branch was indicted in March 2015. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 24, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Princess Grace, a/k/a Princess Rutley, 36 of Meridian, was sentenced on June 25, 2015 by U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 36 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute actual methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and DEA Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that James Richard Currey, 55, of Winter Park, FL, was sentenced in federal court this morning on one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with telemarketing. Currey was sentenced...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: In the final video introducing the Republican members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska., calls for an upgrade to our nation’s energy policies in order to make energy abundant, affordable, clean, diverse, and secure.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: Lawrence Kevin Paille, 60, of Kapaa, Hawaii, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on June 24, 2015, for conspiracy to defraud the United States by obstructing the assessment and collection of federal income taxes. Paille received a sentence of 3 years of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: Former Chairman of International Credit Union Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: Beckley, W.Va. - U. S. Attorney Booth Goodwin and IRS Special Agent in Charge Thomas Jankowski will be presenting forfeited cash to the Wyoming County Prosecutor’s Office, Wyoming County Sheriff’s Department and the Pineville Police Department as a result of their assistance in the cases of U. S. v. Jerry Harvey, Jr. and U.S. v. James Trent.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement following the release of an open letter from several former prominent Obama Administration advisors. The letter warns that the agreement now being negotiated “may fall short of meeting the administration’s own standard of a ‘good’ agreement.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MICHAEL MENDEZ, age 51, of Houston, was charged today in a three-count Indictment alleging violations of federal drug and firearms laws. Specifically, the Indictment charges MENDEZ with: conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 25, 2015—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement: "Congress took a bipartisan stand to support American businesses, communities and families, rural and urban alike. Passing Trade Promotion Authority legislation helps to secure the future of American agriculture and the rural way of life, and will protect American workers, create new opportunities for rural businesses, and protect the environment.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: USDA official notes positive impact on individuals and communities when local farmers markets provide fresh fruits and vegetables to SNAP participants PHILADELPHIA, June 25, 2015 – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants are spending more of their benefits to make purchases at roadside ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: Audio (MP3, 25.0 MB) SUNOL, Calif., June 25, 2015 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday joined Interior Deputy Secretary Mike Connor and California Secretary for Natural Resources John Laird to announce a new partnership focused on conserving and restoring the Sierra-Cascade California Headwaters, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: Phase II Will Build on Momentum of Highly Effective Phase I to Further Enhance Interagency Anti-Trafficking Efforts The Departments of Justice, Labor (DOL) and Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the launch of Phase II of the Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team (ACTeam) Initiative aimed at streamlining federal criminal investigations and prosecutions of human trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released the following statement today after the Supreme Court ruling in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project Inc.: “I am pleased that the Supreme Court has affirmed that the Fair Housing Act encompasses disparate impact ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the owner and operator of a payment processing company that was involved in the unauthorized withdrawal of millions of dollars from consumers’ bank accounts was charged with fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: Espar Inc. has been sentenced to pay a $14.9 million criminal fine after pleading guilty to participating in a scheme to fix prices for parking heaters used in commercial vehicles, the Department of Justice announced today. Espar Inc. pleaded guilty to a one-count felony charge in the U.S. District Court ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with Abercrombie & Fitch Inc. (Abercrombie), a clothing retailer headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The agreement resolves a complaint filed with the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice today sued four Michigan hospital systems that for years unlawfully agreed to allocate territories for marketing, depriving consumers and physicians of important information about competing providers and other benefits of unfettered competition. Three of the systems – Hillsdale ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: Samuel J. Cusumano Jr., 65, of Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon to wire fraud in connection with his fraudulent solicitation of more than $17 million from 400 investors of the Swedish-registered Storehouse Credit Union. The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Pamela C. Marsh for the Northern District of Florida.
