News from September 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders this week continued their investigation of Planned Parenthood’s abortion practices and the handling of fetal tissue. The committee leaders sent letters to Novogenix Laboratories and Advanced Bioscience Resources, Inc. (ABR ), demanding more...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -John Steven Keplinger, 56, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud in connection with an auto engine scam, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: Peoria, Ill. - Jim Lewis, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, announced today that a federal grand jury in Peoria returned an indictment late yesterday that charges Terrence J. O’Connor, 52, of the 800 block of East Kerr Ave., Urbana, Ill., with receipt and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: These are tumultuous times for law enforcement officers. Tragic events in places like Ferguson, Missouri, and North Charleston, South Carolina have ignited a national debate concerning police methods. The debate is entirely appropriate - the wholesale condemnation of law enforcement officers is not.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on Sept. 23, 2015, a Sacramento, California, man was sentenced to 97 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug offense. Anthony Shaquille Harris...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles announced that Larry Thomas Stambeck was sentenced today for his role in the concealment of Stamp Farms’ assets that should have been disclosed in a bankruptcy case. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Holmes Bell noted that Stambeck had no prior criminal...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Nashville District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 10th state-wide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 from...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: The Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Broadcasting Ownership in the 21st Century" scheduled for Friday, Sept. 25, will now begin at 9:30 AM. Witness testimony will be posted at the same link as it is available.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Raymond Rodriguez (52, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Get outdoors and take part in the celebration for National Public Lands Day 2015, with Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and Obed Wild and Scenic River on Saturday, September 26. One night of free camping has been authorized at Alum Ford Campground (Big South Fork) and Rock Creek Campground (Obed) as well as for all backcountry permits.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that James M. Kruger, 38, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 15 years in federal prison for twice possessing firearms as a felon. Kruger pleaded guilty to these charges on July 2, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Aaron Osborne, 53, of Clarksville, was convicted by a federal jury yesterday, after a seven day trial, of carrying out a scheme to defraud a military recruiting program, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Specifically, Osborne was convicted of aiding and abetting the theft of government funds.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the deadline to enroll for the dairy Margin Protection Program for coverage in 2016 has been extended until Nov. 20, 2015. The voluntary program, established by the 2014 Farm Bill, provides financial assistance to participating farmers when the margin – the difference between the price of milk and feed costs – falls below the coverage level selected by the farmer.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Training Will also Help Returning Service Members, Underserved, and Urban Producers PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22, 2015 – Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden today announced that $2.5 million in grants is now available for projects to educate new and underserved farmers about more than 20 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency programs that can provide financial, disaster or technical assistance to the agricultural community.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determines federal land management plans and partnerships with states, ranchers, and NGOs avert ESA listing by conserving America's "Sagebrush Sea" DENVER, CO – An unprecedented, landscape-scale conservation effort across the western United States has significantly reduced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: A Chapel Hill and Durham, North Carolina, millionaire businessman was sentenced to prison yesterday for his involvement in a decades-long scheme to evade paying his federal income taxes, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Ripley Rand of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Eight members of Band Crew, a northwest Detroit street gang, were charged in an indictment unsealed today with various offenses based on their roles in gang-related attempted murders, robberies and shootings. The charges are the result of the Detroit One initiative, a collaborative effort between law ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, at the request of the Federal Trade Commission, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., against Leucadia National Corporation for violating the premerger notification and waiting period requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Patrick Sheridan, an Irish national, who was arrested on Jan. 9, 2015, in the United Kingdom pursuant to a request by the United States, was extradited to the United States on Friday and appeared in federal court in Waco, Texas yesterday. The U.S. sought Sheridan’s extradition for his role in trafficking black rhinoceros horns, announced Assistant Attorney General John C. Cruden for the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: A former specialist with the U.S. Army stationed at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Gardez, Afghanistan, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for accepting a $20,000 bribe from a truck driver in exchange for allowing him to take thousands of gallons of fuel from the base.
