News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that SHAD JAMES HUSTON, 40, of Havre, Montana, pleaded guilty during a federal court hearing in Great Falls, Montana, on Sept. 17, 2015, before U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris to ignoring federal reporting requirements when more than...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that two Anchorage residents were charged in a 48-count indictment alleging that the two conspired to obtain checks from vehicle break-ins, burglaries, and mail theft, and then negotiated the stolen checks and opened bank accounts using stolen identification.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo announced that $400,000 in grant funds have been awarded to the DNA People’s Services to continue providing legal services, case evaluation, and representation to low-income victims. The grant funds were awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women (“OVW"), which is a component of the Department of Justice (“DOJ").
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TREVOR PIERCE, 30, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for planning to conduct an armed robbery of narcotics stash house.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: Lexington, South Carolina, Man Indicted for Misprision of a Felony and Making False Statements Relating to Mother Emanuel AME Church Shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: Defendant Defrauded 74 Investors for Nearly Ten Years.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Anand Venkatraman, age 41, of Clarksburg, Maryland today to 15 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for installing code that intentionally caused damage to a computer. Judge Chasanow also entered an order requiring Venkatraman to pay restitution of $157,300.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: A tax return preparer pled guilty to filing a false claim with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: Defendant Recruited and Prostituted Minor Victims in New York and Other States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: MISSOULA - Yusuf Deshawn Reeves, 47, of Spokane Valley, Washington, was sentenced Thursday in Missoula federal court to drug and prostitution-related racketeering charges. In May, Reeves plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin and one...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed civil penalties totaling $735,000 against the City of Cleveland for failing to meet FAA requirements for maintaining a safe airport during winter weather.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of September 21.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing to consider four more commonsense bills to strengthen the Medicaid program. The subcommittee last week discussed six additional bills in its ongoing commitment to strengthen Medicaid.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 3134, the Defund Planned Parenthood Act, by a vote of 241 - 187. This bill would invest $235 million in Federally Qualified Health Centers in support of women’s health care, a policy championed by committee member Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County man pleaded guilty and another was sentenced today to prison in connection with their roles in a large-scale drug trafficking organization that distributed heroin in Ocean and Monmouth counties, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: Caused the Army Research Laboratories to Fund a Research Project, and Then Persuaded the Defense Contractor to Subcontract with a Company He Secretly Controlled.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: Three individuals were convicted in federal court for committing armed robberies in Miami, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced today that Gioacchino Campo (57, Palm Coast) has pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography over the Internet. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.‐U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Ramel Robinson, 21, of Rochester, NY, was charged by criminal complaint in connection with his unlawful possession of firearms which had been stolen from the residence at 184 Clay Avenue in Rochester. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON — Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson brought together leadership from across the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Departments of Defense, Justice, Transportation, and Interior, the Federal Aviation Administration, ...
