News from November 2015
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper, ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a vote of 91 to three and the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill by a vote of 93 to zero.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment on November 5, 2015, charging Kevin Greaves, 43, of St. Thomas, with Bulk Cash Smuggling, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging a Cleveland man with robbing three banks and attempting to rob a fourth during a one-week period, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A former waiter at an Annapolis restaurant, Andrew Anamanya, age 25, of Glen Dale, Maryland pleaded guilty today in connection with his role in stealing customers’ credit card information, as part of a conspiracy to commit access device fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Wayne Tiffany, 57, of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, was charged by Information with one count of theft of government funds, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the information, the defendant received Social Security benefits intended for his deceased paramour, after her death in April 2010 until his fraud was discovered in February 2015. The defendant’s alleged actions resulted in a loss to the government of approximately $39,028.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Atlantic City, New Jersey, man today admitted engaging in a conspiracy to distribute heroin with members of the “Dirty Block" criminal street gang that allegedly used threats, intimidation and violence to maintain control of the illegal drug trade in Atlantic City.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: VERNAL, UTAH-Nature has prepared the Jarvie Ranch for the Harvest Festival with a layer of snow on the mountains above Brown’s Park. Throughout the ranch, pine wreaths and boughs are being hung, supplies for crafts are being set out, games are being organized, musicians are tuning their instruments, and logs are being placed in the fire pit in preparation for the arrival of Harvest Festival visitors.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Stephen Paul Cotton (43, Palm Coast) to 23 months in federal prison for failing to register as sex offender after traveling from Florida to North Carolina. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender and to serve a five-year term of supervised release. Cotton has been in the custody since his arrest in Suwanee, Georgia on April 11, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A man who was recently extradited from Mexico to face federal charges related to the illegal trafficking of the world’s largest freshwater fish pleaded guilty this afternoon to smuggling two Arapaima gigas to Canada.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $68,000 civil penalty against Unical Aviation Inc. of the City of Industry, Calif., for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOHN EARVIN, the former president of the United Federation of Law Enforcement Officers (“UFLEO" or the “Union"), was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer to three years of probation, including six months of home confinement. EARVIN pled guilty on June 19, 2015, to one count of wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - District Court Chief Judge Wilma A. Lewis on November 6, 2015, sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Defendants alleged to have staged car crashes and filed false insurance claims totaling more than $600,000.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on President Obama’s intent to nominate Beth Cobert to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - David B. Pick, age 47, of Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to making false statements arising from a real estate closing.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: WALNUT GROVE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will close the Delta Cross Channel Gates on Thursday, Nov. 12, at approximately 9 a.m. The temporary closure is needed to meet the State Water Resources Control Board Decision D-1641 requirements on the Sacramento River at Rio Vista. The gates will reopen on Friday, Nov. 13, at approximately 9 a.m. Please be advised that the gates may need to be closed on short notice, so please check the status prior to travel.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Michelle S. Kidd, 39, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of oxycodone distribution, was sentenced to one year and one day imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Former Vice President Of Investor Relations At Rovi Corporation Illegally Provided Tips For Codefendant And Others To Act Upon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Christina Hingorani, 30, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on Nov. 10, 2015, by United States District Senior Judge Joseph F. Bataillon. This case involved a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone in Omaha. The defendant was sentenced to time served, a three year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review a Draft Environmental Assessment for the Firebaugh Canal Water District First Lift Canal Lining Project Phase 3 (Project), which will be partially funded by a $500,000 grant through the CALFED Water Use Efficiency Grant Program. The Project is located within the District, south of the community of Firebaugh.
