News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - After a three-day trial, a federal jury found a man guilty of trafficking a minor for sex. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Fayette County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of union embezzlement, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ALEX JAVIER HERNANDEZ-MEJIA, age 22, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging DAMIEN BRYANT, 41, of Ledyard, with one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (“crack") and cocaine. The indictment was returned on March 29, 2016.
By State Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Iran has yet to see the economic growth it wants from President Obama’s nuclear deal, and it’s demanding additional concessions - above and beyond the agreement - in return for nothing. Specifically, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wants the United States to end sanctions aimed at curbing Iran’s funding for terrorism and illicit weapons so Iran can gain access to the U.S. financial system, where the majority of international business is conducted.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jerome Tallington, 28, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to narcotics conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-Mauricio Arevalo-Magana, 25, pleaded guilty in federal court to the charge of Alien Unlawfully in the United States in Possession of Firearms, announced Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma. United States District Court Chief Judge Gregory K. Frizzell will sentence Arevalo-Magana on July 12, 2016.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: BOLINGBROOK, Ill. - A Bolingbrook metal stamping company exposed workers to amputations and other serious injuries repeatedly by allowing numerous machines to operate without safety guards.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Washington County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of trafficking in heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jeremy Scouten, 37, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominations to fill 12 openings on the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee. The Secretary of Agriculture appoints representatives from the list of nominees to serve two-year terms.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Bruce J. Clifton Jr. Admits to Conspiracy Charge.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Curt Musselman, Gettysburg National Military Park's Employee Wellness Team Chairman, has created a Peep Diorama for the "Healthy Parks, Healthy Peeps: A National Park Service (NPS) Centennial Diorama Contest.".
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - Anyone interested in public lands in Shasta, Trinity, Siskiyou, Butte and Tehama counties has an opportunity to share with the Bureau of Land Management their values regarding these lands, in public meetings set for this month in Redding and Weaverville.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Michael Jenkins, 24, of Barre, Vermont was sentenced today to 12 months and one day for possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. Jenkins also agreed to the forfeiture of a 12-gauge shotgun as part of his plea agreement with the government. U.S. District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford also ordered that Jenkins serve a three-year period of supervised release following his incarceration.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Arthur Frank Cardenas, age 37, of Moses Lake, Washington, was sentenced after a jury previously found him guilty on April 16, 2015, of.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Delaware's Congressional Delegation of U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congressman John Carney (all D-Del.) highlighted the beginning of the application period for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Fire Prevention & Safety (FP&S) Grant Program. Applicants...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA), full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) today applauded the Senate Committee...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), and the Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), have scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, April 13, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Flint Water Crisis: Impacts and Lessons Learned."
