News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Today, U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and 56 other members of Congress sent a letter calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to undertake a rulemaking to prohibit forced arbitration agreements in consumer financial services and products.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Darius Henning, 24, of Clarksburg, was convicted today in federal court of unlawful possession of firearms, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Searching for Hopewell in Pickaway County.
By US DOT Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration has made it simpler for the six unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test sites to conduct research by giving them “blanket" authorizations to fly public aircraft operations throughout the National Airspace System at or below 200 feet.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that PAUL E. GARDNER, age 57, of New Orleans, was sentenced today for an embezzlement scheme which took place during GARDNER’s employment with Clovelly Oil Co., L.L.C. (“Clovelly Oil").
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - Sergio Dickerson, a 23-year old Montgomery resident, was sentenced Thursday, May 21, 2015 to 84 months in prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced George L. Beck Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets (OFAC) today has designated Mexican narcotics trafficker Abel Briones Ruiz as a Specially Designated Narcotics (SDNT) pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation (“Kingpin Act") for providing support for the international...
By US DOT Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently added six new accident modules to the agency’s one-of-a-kind “Lessons Learned" online and publicly available safety library. The library captures valuable information learned from some of the world’s most historically significant accidents.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: BALTIMORE - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Baltimore Police Department, Baltimore Fire Department and Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office have released several screen shots of individuals who are suspected of intentionally setting several fires in Baltimore on April 27, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that all six defendants involved in a recent scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and identity theft have now been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier. On February 4, 2014, all six defendants were indicted for Conspiracy to Defraud the United States and five of the six defendants were indicted for Aggravated Identity Theft.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that David Matthew Little, age 37, of Cross Lanes, West Virginia pled guilty in federal court in Charleston to conspiring with other people to distribute more than 5 grams of pure crystal methamphetamine. Little admitted that from early...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Boston - An Upton man pleaded guilty to robbing four banks in a two-week period and making off with $49,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Peter M. Thornton was sentenced on May 15, 2015, to 104 months’ imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, following his pleas of guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin and conspiracy to commit money laundering. In addition to his prison sentence, Thornton was ordered to forfeit $24,300 representing property involved in the drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Celeste Palmer, 54, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to a day in custody followed by three years supervised release, with the first four months of supervised release to be served in a halfway house, and the next six months to be served on house arrest, for scheming to receive disaster relief...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Lashunda Veneice Redd (35, Orlando) with one count of theft of government money, two counts of aggravated identity theft, and nine counts of making, uttering, and possessing counterfeit and forged...
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today gave the following speech on the House floor urging opposition to the Hatch-Wyden-Ryan trade promotion authority legislation (PDF version here)...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A convicted sex offender was arrested yesterday on child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Fritz Blanchard, 28, of Boston, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy Torresen to 46 months in prison and three years of supervised release for aiding and abetting the transportation of women in interstate commerce for prostitution. On Aug. 28, 2014, following a four-day jury trial, a jury found him guilty of the charge.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: County Will Pay More Than $1.1 Million Civil Penalty - the Largest Civil Penalty Ever Imposed Under the Safe Drinking Water Act on an Operator of a Public Water System.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called on the Senate to invoke cloture on the Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (TPA 2015) after a week of procedural delays.
