News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX - DEA announced today that the 11th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place April 30th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous 10 Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can anonymously return their unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe disposal. (DEA cannot accept liquids, needles or sharps.)
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) welcomes the Bright Star Touring Theatre of Arden, North Carolina to the area for two free performances of “Lift Every Voice: The Black Experience in the Heartland." Everyone is invited to experience this very special production on Saturday...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Jefferson County, Kentucky, dentist was charged by federal Information today with the illegal distribution of controlled substances announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: Flint, MI - The Department of Justice has designated the week of April 24-30, 2016, as National Reentry Week. Supporting successful reentry is an essential part of the Department’s mission to promote public safety - because helping individuals return to productive, law-aiding lives can reduce the rate of recidivism.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - One of the owners of a now-defunct Southern California real estate investment firm was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to participating in a fraudulent scheme that ended with the bankruptcy of the company and hundreds of investors collectively losing as much as $169 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio is observing National Reentry Week with a variety of activities designed to remove barriers for those returning to society after prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Genfry Martinez, 20, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to a federal indictment charging him with one count of possession with intent to distribute the Schedule II controlled substance fentanyl, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - After collecting and destroying 5.5 million pounds-2,762 tons-of unused prescription drugs in the past five years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) is continuing its efforts to take back unused, unwanted and expired prescription medications. The DEA invites the public to bring their potentially...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced JASON DEAN, 30, of Henderson to 51 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to strengthening the criminal justice system, Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the Department of Justice have designated the week of April 24-30, 2016, as National Reentry Week.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: Imported and Distributed “Bath Salts" from China.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: A long-ago chapter of California history is deeply personal to Dennis Carlos of Nuevo, California.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of April 25.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of April 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Benjamin Easley, 38, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 144 months in prison in connection with a fraud and identity theft ring in which the conspirators stole and attempted to steal approximately $1.1 million from the banks they targeted. Easley pleaded guilty in November...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore J. Chuang sentenced Anthony Lamont Payne, age 27, of District Heights, Maryland, today to five years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for involuntary manslaughter in connection with a fatal car crash that occurred on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway on March 20, 2015. A federal jury convicted Payne on Jan. 19, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation will conduct a negotiation session for a storage contract with the City of Fernley, Nevada. Under Title II of Public Law 101-618,
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A former employee of Southwestern Energy Co. has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $450,000 from the company, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Two Allen County, Kentucky, farmers were charged by federal Informations today with crop insurance fraud announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
