News from November 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Robert Iracheta, 27, of Vale, Oregon, was sentenced today to180 months in prison for possession and distribution of methamphetamine, and for unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Iracheta to serve five years of supervised release following his release from prison. Iracheta pleaded guilty on Aug. 27, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A disbarred New York attorney was convicted today by a federal jury for his role in a ticket resale fraud scheme and a real estate investment fraud conspiracy that bilked multiple victims out of more than $3 million from 2011 to the present, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: Cumberland Island National Seashore has announced the award of a concession contract (CC-CUIS001-15) to Lang Seafood, Inc. The 10 year contract will begin on Jan. 1, 2016. Lang Seafood, Inc., the current operator, submitted the selected offer in response to a prospectus issued earlier this year.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: Nov. 24, 2015 BOS 2015-218. Employer name: St. John Cemetery Corp., 80-01 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, New York 11379, which owns and operates five cemeteries throughout the greater New York City area. Reason for inspection: An employee of St. Charles/Resurrection Cemeteries in Farmingdale, ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith announced today that three men who were involved in a scheme that distributed in excess of 1,000 kilograms of illegal synthetic cannabinoid products have been sentenced in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Two men have been handed some of the largest sentences imposed in the Southern District of Texas following their convictions on multiple firearms charges and the violent robberies of mobile phone stores, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Robert Elder, special agent in charge ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that today, Brandi Kniebes-Larsen (age: 37) of Neenah, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison followed by 10 years of supervised release by Chief United States District Judge William C.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: MADISON, Wis. -. John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that James Britton, 26, Madison, Wis., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 37 months in federal prison for distributing heroin. Britton pleaded guilty to this charge on September...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Gary Howard, 35, most recently of Weatherford, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 240 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By State Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: Dear Mr. President: We write to urge you to prioritize U.S. - Argentina relations over the next year. The United States and Argentina should be natural partners. We both have highly educated populations, diverse economies and vast natural resources. As a renewed partnership would be a win-win for the...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: Guest blog post by Stephen A. Cauffman, Manager, NIST Community Resilience Program
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: Former Family Assistance Analyst to Pay $181,398.76 in Restitution to U.S. Department of Agriculture.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad, for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that yesterday Khee Vang (age: 36) of Appleton, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 65 months in federal prison followed by 5 years of supervised release by Chief United States District Judge William C. Griesbach.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Liban Hassan, age 23 of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced to two years, nine months imprisonment by the Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, for Interference With Commerce By Threats or Violence. On Aug. 13, 2015, a federal jury found him guilty of robbing the Kum & Go at 13149 Fort Street, Omaha. He was also ordered to serve a three-year term of supervised release and pay $455.53 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Erik D. Harbin, age 30, of Mishawaka, Indiana was sentenced on Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, in federal court by Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr., after his guilty plea of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan A. Tokash, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, the defendant is accused of selling heroin and fentanyl at his residence on Elmwood Avenue in Lockport. A search warrant executed at the residence recovered two digital scales, cash, baggies, as well as heroin, crack cocaine and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced a Birmingham man to nearly 22 years in prison for two armed robberies of pharmacies in 2014, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: Beginning on Jan. 3, 2016, the Jockey Hollow Visitor Center building will be closed. The building will reopen on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, Drug Enforcement (DEA), and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Joseph Thompson, 58, of Lockport, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute heroin, crack...
