News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Ukiah restaurateur pleaded guilty today to corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the due administration of the internal revenue laws and to harboring illegal aliens for profit, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: LAKE HAVASU CITY, Arizona - The Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District and Lake Havasu Field Offices will celebrate the grand opening of their new facility with a public ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday, Aug. 24, at 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CRAIG QUINTAL, age 41, of River Ridge, pled guilty today to crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- As the United States and the European Union (EU) continue to negotiate an insurance agreement, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and United States Trade Representative...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A Chicago woman who previously pled guilty to her role in a scheme to overbill Illinois’ Medicaid program has been sentenced. On Aug. 15, 2016, U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough ordered Tina Kimbrough, 44, of Berwyn, Ill., to serve 30 months in federal prison. Kimbrough and Gregory...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA -A doctor residing in Mammoth Lakes recently pleaded guilty to removing archeological resources from Death Valley National Park and the Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after receiving a letter from the FBI confirming that not one of the emails former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received was properly marked classified...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: CAREY, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation has replaced the hand pump and made improvements to a well head located at the Little Wood Campground at Little Wood Reservoir Road, 11 miles northwest of Carey, Idaho.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kingman Field Office is extending the public comment period to obtain feedback on the Environmental Assessment (EA) of a fertility management pilot program as proposed by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The EA, released July 18, will have a new deadline for comments of Aug. 22, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County man who pleaded guilty to embezzling approximately $1.4 million from his employer - while he was pending sentencing in another $2.6 million embezzlement case - has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: A Monroe County man was sentenced today to more than 58 years in prison for producing child pornography documenting his own sexual assaults of young children, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CHAD LANDRY, age 45, of Houma, was sentenced today after having previously pled guilty to conspiring to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine, and unlawfully possessing a firearm in furtherance of his methamphetamine conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Wakpala, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on Aug. 15, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County man who pleaded guilty to embezzling approximately $1.4 million from his employer - while he was pending sentencing in another $2.6 million embezzlement case - has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 Washington, D.C. – Aug. 16, 2016 - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced a funding opportunity for Scientific Leadership Awards (SLAs) at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). DHS expects to award six grants totaling $3.6 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice today released A Record of Progress and a Roadmap for the Future – a report of the Federal Interagency Reentry Council (Reentry Council) that provides an overview of the Council’s accomplishments to date and lays out a path forward. Originally an informal collaboration among ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: The Departments of Justice, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Homeland Security and Transportation today issued joint guidance to help ensure that recipients of federal financial assistance do not discriminate against individuals and communities on the basis of race, color or nation origin when providing emergency preparedness, response and recovery services.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Ohio Man to be Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst” Anti-Violence Initiative Jesse Denver Hanes, 38, of Columbus, Ohio, has been charged with federal firearms and carjacking offenses arising out of an Aug. 12, traffic stop in Hatch, New Mexico, during which Hanes allegedly shot and killed Hatch ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Court Orders Return Preparer to Return to Her Customers the Portion of Their Refunds Diverted to Her Own Account A federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland, held Barbara Lynn McCarthy in contempt for preparing federal income tax returns in violation of a prior order that prohibited her from acting as a return ...
By Fed Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Tennessee State Bancshares, Inc. and Tennessee State Bank, both of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee Written Agreement dated Aug. 31, 2009 Terminated Aug. 10, 2016 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.
