News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that DANIEL JESSE CONRAD, 31, of New Hartford, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with production and possession of child pornography, and enticing minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct during online video chats and to send him sexually explicit pictures.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that HERBERT COOPER, age 42, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to one count of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over 28 grams of cocaine base (“crack cocaine").
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - The former chairman of Merrimack College’s Civil Engineering Department pleaded guilty yesterday to possession of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Boulder City, Nev. - This week, the Bureau of Reclamation’s Lower Colorado Region began lowering water levels in Lake Mohave to aid in harvesting razorback suckers, a species native to the Colorado River, from lakeside rearing ponds. The work is part of annual river operations which have been timed to...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), today held a hearing to discuss an issue of growing national concern: campus sexual assault. Members learned about efforts to address sexual assault, as well as how existing federal and state policies affect the ability of colleges and universities to prevent and respond to these crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Gardner, Mass. woman pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Worcester to fraudulently receiving over $100,000 in public benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS - U.S. District Judge Larry R. Hicks sentenced a Reno man to 12½ years in prison and five years of supervised release following his arrest and conviction for possessing approximately one kilogram of pure methamphetamine in his vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Two family members have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions for conspiracy and committing bank fraud, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Tonya Beverly, 39, and her cousin Demetria Jones, 41, pleaded guilty in February 2015 and August 2014, respectively.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ken Sarna, 50, of Vallejo, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to two years and six months in prison for one count of selling unregistered securities, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: The United States Department of Justice announced that the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office and its partners will receive nearly $2 million over the next three years to accelerate the work of bringing rapists to justice, assisting the survivors of those crimes and changing the culture of law enforcement here and throughout the country when it comes to investigating sexual assaults.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Duke Energy Corporation to resolve Clean Air Act violations at five coal-fired power plants across North Carolina. The settlement resolves long-standing claims that Duke violated the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that BRIAN DWAIN JORDAN, age 40, of Wilburton, Oklahoma, pled guilty to FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: STURGIS - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) National Response Team (NRT) arrived Wednesday night and will begin the scene investigation today at the Full Throttle Saloon fire, located on 12997 South Dakota Highway 34 in Sturgis, S.D.
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, issued a joint statement expressing their concern about the erosion of freedom of expression in Ecuador after the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, ordered the closure of Fundamedios, an Ecuadorian non-governmental organization dedicated to media transparency.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Thad Steele (left), president of T&T Staff Management Inc., and Diego Alvarado Jr. (right), area director in El Paso for the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, signing the alliance agreement today at the T&T Staff Management's office in El Paso.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Contact Person: Nancy Wicker (803) 929-3000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Faces 27 Years in Prison. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Independence, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that resulted in the shooting deaths of three persons...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Part of $79 Million Grant Initiative to Address National Backlog Announced Today by Vice President Biden, Attorney General Lynch and N.Y. County District Attorney.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The deputy director of the Hudson County Correctional Facility was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for illegally wiretapping his co-workers and another individual, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Patchogue, New York - Fire Island National Seashore is proud to help launch the Every Kid in a Park program as part of President Obama's commitment to protect our nation's unique outdoor spaces and ensure that every American has the opportunity to visit and enjoy them.
