News from November 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Senior United States District Judge Henry Lee Adams today sentenced John Thomas Humphreys (46, Texas) to four years and six months in federal prison for manufacturing counterfeit Federal Reserve notes and for false representation of a Social Security number. As part of the sentence, the Court also ordered Humphreys to pay restitution to the businesses that he had defrauded.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Between Oct. 26 and Nov. 9, 2015, four more individuals involved in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in northeast Tennessee, southwest Virginia and western North Carolina, were sentenced to serve time in federal prison by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Court Judge.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Inhofe Statement on the Conferees Named to the Transportation Reauthorization Bill
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Charles W. Parker, Jr., age 49, of College Park, Maryland, today of conspiring to file false federal income tax returns and six counts of filing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriquez, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that ELLIOT HALBERSTAM was arrested today and charged in a criminal complaint with three counts stemming from his sexual exploitation and enticement of a minor and his receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Darrick Negale, 30, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court to violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and U.S. Marshal Conrad E. Candelaria.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) reached out to the National Football League and the National Football League Players Association late Monday seeking an update on implementation of its policies and procedures relating to domestic violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that there is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against former Milwaukee Police Officer Christopher Manney for the death of Dontre Hamilton on April 30, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former employee at the North Kansas City, Mo., post office pleaded guilty in federal court today to stealing money from a cash drawer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Three individuals were charged in an indictment unsealed today with an international scheme to hack into E*TRADE Financial Services Corporation and Scottrade Financial Services, Inc. to steal sensitive personal identifying information from millions of customers and build their own securities brokerage using the companies’ proprietary databases.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE-Keith E. Lucero, 27, a member and resident of Taos Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to 37 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on involuntary manslaughter and assault resulting in serious bodily injury charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Member of Colombian Terrorist Organization Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Hostage-Taking of U.S. Citizens.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Co-Defendant Sentenced to Forty Years of Imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Terence Wyatt, 58, of King of Prussia, PA, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison for possession of child pornography. Wyatt pleaded guilty on April 22, 2015, to possessing in excess of 600 images and videos from the Internet that depicted children being sexually abused by adults as well as videos that depicted sadistic and masochistic images of prepubescent children.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Marionville, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for child sexual exploitation. Darren Eugene Schaefer, 37, of Marionville, was sentenced by U.S. District...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: Employers' names: Genesis Today Inc. and Texas Management Division Inc., doing business as TMD Temporaries, in Austin, Texas
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man who murdered a witness against him pleaded guilty today, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Marlon Dewayne Dixon, 39, entered his guilty plea in federal court in Charleston, West Virginia, to witness tampering by killing.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded $1.8 million to the Medical Device Innovation, Safety and Security (MDISS) Consortium based in the ...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On November 12-13, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will visit Beijing, China to participate in meetings with senior Chinese officials to advance implementation of bilateral commitments on cyber issues and prepare for ...
