News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Woman today awarded more than $550,000 in grants to two New Jersey organizations that provide housing assistance to victims of sexual assault, domestic or dating violence and stalking, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Agreement for the Reimbursement of Pumping Costs between the United States and the State of California for Refuge Water Supplies at Wildlife Areas. The Agreement...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas man has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with committing the Sept. 3, 2015, robbery of a First Convenience Bank in Dallas, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Richard Adam Hall, 53, a former Chatham County Deputy Sheriff, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to 206 months in prison based on his conviction for Production of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) funding awards to 10 cities in the Eastern District of California, aimed at creating, and in some cases protecting, 47 law enforcement positions. Over $107 million will be awarded nationally, through the COPS Hiring Program, including $7,651,542 for local law enforcement agencies in the Eastern District of California.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced it will award nearly $3.7 million for three pilot projects designed to make online transactions more secure and privacy-enhancing for healthcare, government services, transportation and the Internet of Things.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced a McCalla woman to two years in prison for food stamp fraud and evading income taxes. The woman currently is in prison for attempting to defraud the Gulf Coast oil spill claims fund, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging six individuals with unlawful cigarette smuggling, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig R. Gestring, who is handling the case, stated that the defendants operated a shipping company located at 500 Trolley Boulevard in Rochester. The shipping company operated under various names, one of which was A.S.A.P. Trans, Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: Employer's name: Pier 1 Imports Inc., Heritage Parkway in Mansfield, Texas, and Trinity Blvd. in Fort Worth
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The U.S. Justice Department today awarded the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) a $250,000 grant to support its body-worn camera program, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney General Loretta E.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of President Obama’s commitment to building trust and transparency between law enforcement and the communities they serve, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch today announced that the Justice Department has awarded grants totaling more than $23.2 million to 73 local and tribal agencies...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: Allegedly asked Marijuana Business Owner for Money during Audit.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: Defendant Sentenced to 188 Months for the March 2015 Bank Robbery and an Additional 24 Months for Committing the Robbery White on Supervised Release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Richard Shawn Edwards, 40, of Cumberland, Maryland, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for failing to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: Man Also is Indicted on Child Pornography and Child Sexual Abuse Charges.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: One of 73 Agencies Nationally to Receive Federal Funding.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: COMMERCE CITY, Colo. - On Tuesday, Sept. 22, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will make a major announcement related to the historic conservation effort for the greater sage-grouse. The long-term decline of the greater sage-grouse and its sagebrush habitat has sparked an unprecedented collaborative, science-based conservation effort across 11 western states.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: A former uniformed police officer with the City of Miami Police Department is charged with accepting bribes.
