News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announces that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and five counts of Distribution of Methamphetamine was sentenced on April 18, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that two men from the Pine Ridge reservation have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Robbery, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Tampering with a Witness, and Use and Brandishing of a Firearm during the Commission of a Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a San Pablo, California, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Arson was sentenced on April 21, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact and Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury was sentenced on April 18, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Sexual Exploitation of a Child, Distribution of Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of Minors, and Failure to Appear was sentenced on April 19, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2016
News Release: Release Date: 23 April 2016. Contacts: Jody Mays, jody_mays@nps.gov, 229-924-0343, ext. 115. NR16-04. Tourism to Andersonville National Historic Site creates $9.2 Million in Economic Benefit. Report shows visitor spending supports 128 jobs in the local economy. ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - A new National...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announces that the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man’s conviction for being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 LONDON – Today, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas concluded a four-day trip to Germany and the United Kingdom, where he engaged with international partners on a range of homeland security issues, met with DHS employees, and participated in a panel discussion at the Aspen Global Security Forum.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 22, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the following statement on the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement: "By signing the historic climate agreement reached with nearly 200 nations in Paris this past December, the U.S. is moving forward on our commitment to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: A Guatemalan woman was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for conspiracy and human smuggling related to a scheme to smuggle undocumented migrants from India into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that according to its comprehensive investigation, the University of New Mexico’s (UNM) handling of reports by students of sexual harassment – including sexual assault – fail to comply with federal law. The Justice Department delivered a letter setting forth these findings to President Robert G. Frank of UNM this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi permanently barred Teresa Chism of Durant, Mississippi, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that OXY USA Inc., a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Company, has agreed to clean up contaminated water and sediments in the Ocoee River and one of its watersheds at the Copper Basin Mining District Superfund ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Attorney General Lynch and Secretary Castro to Kickoff National Reentry Week in Philadelphia Justice Department to Announce New Efforts to Improve Outcomes for Justice-Involved Individuals Including Youth As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to strengthening the criminal justice system, the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: ORB Exploration LLC Will Pay Civil Penalties, State Response Costs and Take Corrective Measures to Resolve Clean Water Act and State Law Violations at Louisiana Facilities in Iberville and St. Martin Parishes In the most recent federal-state coordinated enforcement efforts against oil spills in and around ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Used Stolen Personally Identifiable Information to Gain Access to the Get Transcript Database An Austell, Georgia husband and wife pleaded guilty today to charges relating to their involvement in a stolen identity income tax refund fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney John A. Horn of the Northern District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The owner of several Reno, Nevada landscaping and rock hauling businesses pleaded guilty in federal court today to one count of failure to file over employment taxes, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the District of Nevada. The bookkeeper for the businesses pleaded guilty to one count of willful failure to file taxes.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced that the public comment period has been extended through May 16, 2016, for the application by Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, Columbus, to acquire FirstMerit Corporation and thereby acquire FirstMerit Bank, N.A., both of Akron, all of Ohio, pursuant to ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: In 1970, when Earth Day first began and renewable technologies were in their infancy, few Americans could have imagined the ability to plug in their car rather than refuel at the gas station. Few would have dreamt of a world in which our homes, businesses and communities could be powered entirely by solar energy – let alone wind or the waves of the ocean.
