News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- Acting United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Takenya Gallman Rookard, a/k/a “Takenya Natori Gallman," age 34, of Greenville, South Carolina has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Anderson, South Carolina to Theft of Government Funds, a violation of...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Thomas G. Atteberry of the Phoenix Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will hold a press conference at 10:00 A.M. TODAY, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2016, to announce the results of a significant ATF-led multi-agency law enforcement operation. They will be joined by the leadership of the agencies participating in the operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Thomas G. Atteberry of the Phoenix Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) today announced the results of a four-month, multi-agency investigation targeting violent crime in Bernalillo County, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Dennis Joseph Machado, 44, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to numerous federal felony offenses arising out of illicit conduct in Sutter, Sacramento, and San Joaquin Counties, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - One of the principal defendants charged in a major drug distribution conspiracy that operated in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and elsewhere was sentenced yesterday afternoon by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to a lengthy federal prison sentence after pleading guilty last year to felony offenses stemming from his role in that conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: Appomattox, Va. -On Thursday, Aug. 18, at 1:00 p.m., the cremated remains of Private Jewett Williams, 20th Maine Infantry, Company H, will be brought to Appomattox Court House National Historical Park for a ceremony honoring his military service.Pvt. Williams' remains were recently discovered in Oregon and are being transferred back to his home state of Maine, but will pass through Appomattox Court House National Historical Park as part of that trip.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: In Austin today, five individuals, including three sisters, were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a scheme that involved over 3,200 fraudulent income tax returns that claimed refunds totaling more than $9 million announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge William Cotter.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: Kenneth Godsey Faces Between 5 to 10 years’ Federal Imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announces that the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the life sentence of Luciano Camberos-Villapuda who was convicted in March 2015 by a federal jury in Sioux Falls of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: City Lost More Than $6 Million in Longstanding Scheme in Which Commercial Trash Haulers Paid Bribes to Dump Trash Without Paying City Disposal Fees.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today the extradition of a Cuban national arrested in Venezuela for his alleged role in the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Stolen Identity Refund Fraud case.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
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By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: Pipestone, MN: In celebration of the National Park Service Centennial, Pipestone National Monument is hosting an Open House at the visitor center on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016 from 8am to 5pm. The Pipestone Indian Shrine Association will provide complimentary refreshments to visitors at the Pipestone...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Earlier this week the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the U.S. Department of Energy's application of the Social Cost of Carbon in rulemakings that govern the federal government’s evaluation of environmental impacts under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Created...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez issued the following statement upon learning of the passing of Officer Jose Chavez of the Hatch Police Department, who died tonight as a result of injuries sustained when he was shot during a traffic stop earlier today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Agiltron, Inc., a Woburn research and development company financed largely by federal government funding, and its President, Jing Zhao, have agreed to pay $2.25 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by seeking disbursements from federal agencies for falsified labor costs in order to maximize charges to grants and contracts awarded by federal agencies.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park to Host Naturalization Ceremony.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: Cottonwood, ID - The BLM Cottonwood Field Office is planning an office closure on Monday, Aug. 29, to allow the office to move from their temporary quarters into the newly constructed office building. Visitors, both in person and by telephone, are asked to wait until Tuesday, Aug. 30, to contact the office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: LEWISTON, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking public comment on the Draft Environmental Assessment for the proposed Lewiston Orchards Project Water Exchange and Title Transfer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: In Austin today, 30-year-old Deqwon Saquod Lewis and 24-year old Starisha Shontel Moore, both of Flint, Michigan, were sentenced to 300 months and 235 months in federal prison, respectively, for sex trafficking of minors announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Steven McCraw, Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
