News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: Employment Opportunities, Educational Needs and Access to Housing among Topics Addressed.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man previously convicted of rape pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Springfield yesterday in connection with unlawfully selling a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal Grand Jury in Scranton has indicted 14 Central Pennsylvania men charging them with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine. Thirteen of the 14 defendants were taken into custody today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: On April 26, 2016, Jeremy R. Colwell, a thirty-three year old man from East Alton, Illinois, was charged by complaint in federal district court, in East St. Louis, for three counts of Conveying a False Threat, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: “Mr. Speaker, I welcome the opportunity to join with the Chairman today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Louisiana resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of mail fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - Bering Straits Technical Services LLC (BSTS) and its parent company, Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC), have paid the Southern District of Texas $2 million in damages to resolve numerous alleged violations of the False Claims Act, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The settlement was finalized April 26, 2016, without an admission of liability.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: LITTLE ROCK- Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, today announced the arrest of Kelvin Hendrix, 47, a Sergeant with the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office for mail fraud. Federal agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Hendrix, a 25-year...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A native of Mexico pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of reentry of removed alien and was sentenced to time served, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By State Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “America as a Pacific Power: Challenges and Opportunities in Asia.".
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on a recent regulation issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regarding methane on federal lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOHN WAYNE THOMAS, age 36, of New Orleans, was charged today in a one-count Bill of Information for possession of stolen mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin today sentenced JOHN DENNIS HASTERT, 74, of Plano, to 15 months in federal prison. Hastert pleaded guilty last year to one count of illegally structuring cash withdrawals in order to evade financial reporting requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Chad Bitgood, 38, of Glenburn, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Magistrate Judge John C. Nivison to two years of probation for the theft of government property and attempted possession of a controlled substance. He was also ordered to pay a fine of $1000. The defendant pled guilty on Jan. 26, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: UpRiver Aquaculture, Inc., a/k/a “MKG Provisions, Inc. (MKG)," a Florida seafood company, located in Miami, Florida, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Federico A. Moreno for falsely labeling salmon, in violation of the Lacey Act.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: Fall River Mills, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management's Pit River Campground and river access area will reopen for the season Friday, April 29, coinciding with the opening of the California stream fishing season.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A New York man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Nicholas Thomas Novak, 32, of Brentwood, New York, entered his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal Grand Jury in Scranton has indicted Michael Miller and Janis Tolan with conspiracy to make a false statement in connection with the purchase of a firearm at a gun show in December 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: A former Saline man pleaded guilty today to identity theft and wire fraud, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: MASSILLON, Ohio - Federal inspectors conducting a monitoring inspection found workers still exposed to falls and machine hazards at a Massillon steel mill operated by Republic Steel, despite the company's promise to address safety hazards at its U.S. steel manufacturing sites.
