News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: CLEVELAND - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) National Response Team (NRT) joined the investigation into the fire at the Truly Blessed trucking company. The fire started just after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former postal worker who allegedly used stolen identities to assist in the filing of fraudulent tax returns to generate false U.S. Treasury checks was charged today for his involvement in the scam, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Wakpala, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and four counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor was sentenced on May 15, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann. The convictions were the result of a jury trial held in Pierre in September of 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Terry M. Dickinson, 56, of Millport, NY, who was convicted following a jury trial of distribution of child pornography, receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 40 years in prison and lifetime supervised release by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Doyle J. Blevins Jr. has been ordered to prison following his conviction related to the preparation of false client tax returns, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Lucy Cruz, special agent in charge of Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). Blevins pleaded guilty in February 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -Patrick Miles, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan announced today that Christopher T. Bryant, 25, of Detroit was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for sex trafficking three minor girls in Lansing, Michigan, and one woman in Phoenix, Arizona. This is the second...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that yesterday in federal court Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced SAIKU GANDO BARRIE, 28, of Raleigh, to serve a total of 7 years in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, on charges of Aggravated Identity Theft and Conspiracy to Commit Access Device Fraud. BARRIE was also ordered to make restitution to numerous victims.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: Case Is One of Many Prosecuted By United States Attorney Stephen R. Wigginton’s.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: Idaho U.S. Attorney’s Office Declines Prosecution.
By US DOT Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released a statement following the Senate passage of a two-month extension to authorize spending in the Highway Trust Fund...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Keith Mixon, 23, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to five years in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: Area residents will celebrate history at the Old Settlers' Picnic on Sunday, June 7. The festivities will begin at 12:30 pm in the picnic area at Devils Tower National Monument. There will be free entrance into the monument.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: The Hatch-Wyden Amendment takes a smart approach to curbing currency manipulation and ensures American job creators and workers can compete and win in today’s 21st century global economy.
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting applications for its Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grant program, which provides increased access to education, training and health care resources in rural areas.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management in Alaska announced it is seeking public nominations for open positions on its Resource Advisory Council (RAC). As published in a notice in the Federal Register, the BLM will consider nominations for 30 days. Nominations must be received no later than June 20, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) outlined how an overreaching currency amendment proposed to the Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (TPA 2015) threatens the workability of Trade Promotion Authority and the health of the American economy.
By US DOT Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... Contact... Donelle Harder/Kristina Baum (Inhofe) - 202.224.1282 Mary Kerr/Kate Gilman (Boxer) - 202-224-8832 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today praised the passage ...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.- Grand Canyon National Park will host guests Todd and Gary Himaka for a special Ranger Rendezvous program on Thursday, May 28th at 6:30 pm at Yavapai Geology Museum in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage (AAPIH) Month. Visitors are invited to join in on this...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Keith Mixon, 23, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to five years in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Middletown Police Chief William McKenna, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment...
