News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: Thank you, Roy [Austin], for that kind introduction - and for the extraordinary work that you and so many of your colleagues at the White House do to lift up our communities, to inspire our young people and to mobilize change agents like those we’re here to honor today. It’s a pleasure - and an immense...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. -The entrance fee for Glacier National Park will be waived on Saturday, Sept. 26, in recognition of National Public Lands Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - A Charleston, Ill., man, Arnett Deshaun Brown, 42, made his initial appearance in federal court today in Urbana. Brown, aka Shaun, of the 1500 block of Woodlawn, was indicted on charges of possession of heroin, crack cocaine, and marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of firearms...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - A Charleston, Ill., man, Arnett Deshaun Brown, 42, made his initial appearance in federal court today in Urbana. Brown, aka Shaun, of the 1500 block of Woodlawn, was indicted on charges of possession of heroin, crack cocaine, and marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of firearms ...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - United States Senators Ron Johnson, Claire McCaskill, Chuck Grassley, Joni Ernst, Tammy Baldwin, Tom Carper, John Cornyn, James Lankford, Susan Collins, Kelly Ayotte, Mark Kirk, and Barbara Mikulski filed a bipartisan substitute amendment to S. 579, the Inspector General Empowerment Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: $2.5 Million in law enforcement grants to help make neighborhoods safe.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that BRIAN LEE FEAR, 40, of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced on Sept. 18, 2015, to 84 months’ imprisonment, 4 years’ supervised release, a $500 fine and a $300 special assessment. There is no parole...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Sterling Biomedical LCC (Sterling), a biotechnology company in Lynnfield, and its president and CEO, Dr. Michael Szycher, have agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for National Science Foundation (NSF) grants. In addition, Sterling and Szycher have agreed not to apply for National Science Foundation funding for five years.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Betty Martin, 54, and Duane Rush, 44, both of Buffalo, NY, who were convicted of bank fraud, were each sentenced to 12 months in prison and three years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. Martin was ordered to pay restitution totaling $59,683 to the Transportation Aides of Buffalo Union (TAB). Rush was ordered to pay $61,746 in restitution to TAB.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Joseph Tigano, III, 51, who was convicted of manufacturing in excess of 1000 marijuana plants; possession with intent to distribute marijuana; maintaining a premises for the manufacturing of marijuana; conspiracy to manufacture...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of Michigan. Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. Former Detroit City Treasurer Jeffrey Beasley was sentenced to eleven years in prison today for taking bribes and kickbacks from businessmen who sought and received hundreds of millions of dollars from...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today announced that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing in the coming weeks on recently discovered issues with Volkswagen diesel engines (sold from 2008-2015) that resulted in emissions levels exceeding state and federal limits throughout the United States.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: Washington - Under regulations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), La Galera Produce LLC, operating in Chicago, Ill., posted a $100,000 surety bond.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: San Francisco, CA - Get an early start on Filipino American History Month, learn about the rich and complex legacy of Filipino Americans in SF Bay Area history and culture, and help celebrate National Public Lands Day with free admission to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park on Saturday Sept. 26, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) funding awards to two cities in the Eastern District of Louisiana, aimed at creating, and in some cases protecting, 17 law enforcement positions. Over $107 million will be awarded nationally, through the COPS Hiring Program (CHP), including $2,095,846.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) funding awards to five police departments in the Western District of Washington aimed at creating, and in some cases protecting, ten law enforcement positions. Over $107 million will be awarded nationally, through the COPS Hiring Program (CHP), including $1.25 million for Western Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded federal grants to buy law enforcement body cameras in Wyandotte County, Wichita and Dodge City, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Hearthside Food Solutions LLC, McComb, Ohio
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man who assisted in the distribution of heroin in Huntington in 2013 and 2014 was sentenced today to four years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Ramone L. Wells, 20, previously pleaded guilty in June of 2015 to conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Leavenworth man was sentenced Friday to a year in federal prison for fraudulently collecting more than $46,000 in government benefits, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
