News published on Federal Newswire in August 2016

News from August 2016


Third Man Indicted for Armed Robbery Conspiracy

News Release: Shoot-out with Police Resulted in Fatality.


Upton & Walden on FCC’s Adoption of Media Ownership Proposal

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement regarding the FCC’s adoption today of its media ownership proposal.


Porcupine Woman Indicted in Death of Child

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Porcupine, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for First Degree Murder, Felony Child Abuse-Aggravated Battery of an Infant, and Felony Child Abuse & Neglect.


Mississippi Woman Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL

News Release: Mississippi Woman Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL.


Third Man Indicted for Armed Robbery Conspiracy

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a third man has been indicted for his role in a conspiracy that included at least 10 armed robberies, culminating in the armed robbery of a Walgreens in Blue Springs, Mo., which resulted in a fourth suspect being fatally shot by law enforcement officers.


News Release: This press release is issued jointly with the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This morning a U.S. Magistrate Judge sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., found probable cause to support a criminal complaint charging Gerry Billy Olivas, 39, of El Paso, Texas, with a cocaine trafficking offense after Olivas waived a preliminary hearing. Olivas was remanded into custody pending trial.


Indianapolis contractor prosecuted for illegal asbestos removal

News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh Minkler today announced that Paul Walker, 56, Indianapolis was prosecuted in federal court for illegally removing asbestos from an inhabited apartment building. Walker was charged with negligent endangerment under the federal Clean Air Act. On Monday, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced by U.S. Magistrate Judge Debra McVicker Lynch to four months of house arrest, two years of probation, and a $2,000 fine.


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News Release: Justice Department Finds a Pattern of Civil Rights Violations by the Baltimore Police Department The Justice Department announced today that it found reasonable cause to believe that the Baltimore City Police Department (BPD) engages in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the First and Fourth ...


News Release: Douglas daCosta of Livermore, California, has agreed to pay $40,000 to resolve allegations that he submitted false claims to the government for paid sick leave when he worked as a federal law enforcement agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Department of Justice ...


News Release: An identity document supplier pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit identification fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit human smuggling for financial gain in relation to his role in trafficking the identities of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens and corresponding identity documents.


News Release: A final rule revising the Justice Department’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II and Title III regulations to implement the requirements of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) was made available for public inspection by the Federal Register today. The final rule will be published in the Federal Register tomorrow and will take effect 60 days after publication, which will be Oct. 11, 2016.


News Release: The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, at the request of the Federal Trade Commission, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. against Caledonia Investments plc for violating the premerger notification and waiting period requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino ...


News Release: Case Marks First Time the Justice Department has Filed Suit Alleging Unlawful Eviction of Active-Duty Servicemembers The Justice Department announced today that Lincoln Military Housing, which owns and operates dozens of on-base and off-base military housing communities throughout Southern California, ...


News Release: Authored by Secretary Penny Pritzker and Representative Jared Polis In the United States, we grow up learning that anyone with a good idea can start a business and become a successful entrepreneur. We are taught that if you can conceive of it, and if you are willing to work for it, you can achieve it. Throughout our history, the stories of once-unknown innovators like Ben Franklin, Oprah Winfrey, and Mark Zuckerberg prove that in this country, anything is possible.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a two page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.