News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: A Canton man was sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to repay $6.7 million for making false representations about the company’s office location so it could obtain a HUBZone certification and qualify for federal contracts, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Chad Michael Merida (23, Heidrick, Kentucky) today pleaded guilty to interference with commerce by robbery. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A former paramedic, with the Carter County Emergency Medical Service (EMS), has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison, for tampering with a consumer product.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: Debora Huff, 55, of Jamestown, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Kevin H. Sharp, to serve 15 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for making false entries in a bank record, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Chief Judge Sharp also ordered Huff to pay restitution to First Volunteer Bank in the amount of $578,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Phillip L.B. Halpern (619) 546-6964.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A resident of Hammond, Louisiana, was sentenced today to serve 33 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a triple-object conspiracy to defraud the United States, to commit theft of public money, and mail fraud, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite of the Eastern District of Louisiana.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) responded to a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that most U.S. railroads will fail to meet the Dec. 31, 2015 deadline to implement critical, life-saving Positive Train Control (PTC) technology.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: Sept. 15, 2015 BOS 2015-166. Date of action: Sept. 3, 2015. Type of action: Decision and Order. Name of defendant: American Recycling & Manufacturing Co., Inc., Background: An employee of American Recycling & Manufacturing Co. Inc., located in Rochester, New York, lost his left hand in December 2012...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that on Sept. 14, 2015, Steven Nicholas Taylor, aka “Nicky", aka “Louie V", 44, was sentenced in Alaska U.S. District Court for his convictions in two separate federal cases. In the Alaska case, Taylor was sentenced on his pleas of guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Randy Gard Teall, 67, of Post Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to bank fraud, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Teall was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d'Alene on June 17, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Peculiar, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for tax evasion.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: Since U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was established in March 2003, the agency has removed hundreds of thousands of aliens, some of whom fall under the category of high profile removals.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: Today, the Energy Department announced new research and development (R&D) efforts as part of the Department's Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI). These two efforts-a national laboratory-industry collaboration pilot and a competitive solicitation to leverage national labs' high-performance computing capabilities-will contribute to CEMI's work to strengthen U.S. clean energy manufacturing competitiveness.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: Award honors excellence in historic preservation during rehabilitation project.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park programs with the community and visitors in October. All programs are free, but park entrance fees apply. Programs are co-sponsored by the Hawai'i Pacific Parks Association, and your $2 donation helps support park programs. Mark the calendar for these upcoming events.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued a subpoena to the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) for all unedited video footage in their possession relating to the acquisition, preparation, and sale of fetal tissue. CMP is prevented from releasing footage due to a lawsuit filed by the National Abortion Federation to keep the videos out of the public domain.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: Defendant Had Ties to Children’s Charity in the Philippines.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Seven Wichita area residents were indicted in separate cases Tuesday on federal charges of fraudulently receiving unemployment benefits, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Timothy S. Faircloth, 44, a registered sex offender who resides in Pace, Florida, was sentenced to 180 months in prison yesterday for receipt of child pornography. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: The Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability has selected Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as awardees under the Remote Off-Grid Microgrid Design Support Tool Research Call. The purpose of the research call, which was issued in May 2015...
