News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Robberies committed in Schenectady, Utica and Columbia, South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DELORES TROUILLET, age 59, of Waggaman, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to wire fraud for embezzling over $200,000 from her employer.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks at a hearing on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in America: Priorities, Challenges, and Opportunities. In her remarks, Murray highlighted that while progress has been made toward improving the health and wellness of families, more work must be done to address the challenges faced by those living with mental illness.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on Wednesday to assess the state of America’s biodefense, a term used to define the nation’s readiness for a manmade or intentional biological event, such as the release of a weaponized pathogen.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - ALEXSANDR RABIKOV, a native of Belarus and permanent resident of the United States living in the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida area, pled guilty to charges involving a conspiracy to file false tax returns, which called for refunds, in the name of individuals, which he collected and deposited into accounts he controlled.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 30-year-old Larksville man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion in Scranton, for conspiring with others to distribute and possess with intent to distribute alpha-pvp, commonly known as “bath salts.".
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following statement during a Committee hearing to explore solutions and promote self-sufficiency for families living in poverty...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Mikal C. Watts, 48, David Watts, 50, Wynter Lee, 37, of San Antonio, Texas, Gregory P. Warren a/k/a Greg Warren, 51, of Lafayette, Louisiana, Hector Eloy Guerra, 48, of Harlingen, Texas, Thi Houng Le a/k/a Kristy Le, 48, of Pascagoula, Mississippi, and Thi Hoaug Nguyen a/k/a Abbie Nguyen...
By State Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that on Wednesday, November 4, the Committee will convene a hearing that examines U.S. policy in Syria. The hearing, entitled “U.S. Policy After Russia’s Escalation in Syria, " will begin at 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - DEA announced today, the results of an investigation of an Allentown, PA, based chemical company, who pleaded guilty to six charges including failing to report the disappearance of shipments of (MMA), a precursor for the manufacture of methamphetamine. Taminco US, Inc. (“Taminco") has also...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Defendant Ordered to Pay $384,579.11 in Restitution to Social Security Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Three New Mexicans Charged with Fraudulently Selling Filipino-Made Jewelry as Native American-Made.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) was elected to serve as the Speaker of the House of Representatives...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston yesterday in connection with his possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Philadelphia, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 30 months in prison and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: MISSOULA - Roy Eugene Baker, Jr., 71, of Missoula, MT, was sentenced today in Missoula federal court. In July, Baker pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Jeremiah Lynch to one count of Aiding or Advising a False Tax Return. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Dana Christensen Sentenced Baker to five years’...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: New Jersey Man Admits Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: It was Ronald Reagan who said, “the best social program is a job." I think it’s fair to say that for most Americans, a principal goal of the social safety net is to help individuals and families in their times of struggle and reconnect them to gainful employment so they can pay their rent, pay for groceries, and take care of their children.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy, making counterfeit currency and passing counterfeit money, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
