News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: A Willoughby man was indicted on child pornography charges, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Second Woman Earlier Sentenced for Her Role in Fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Dear Commissioner Koskinen: As you are aware, the United States Committee on Finance (“Committee") has been conducting a review of long-term employee travel practices within agencies under its jurisdiction. Recently, my staff concluded their review of all documentation and written responses provided...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federally licensed firearms dealer from Parsons, Kan., was sentenced Wednesday to six months in prison followed by a year on probation for knowingly selling a firearm to a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Steven Paschell, 47, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possessing with intent distribute heroin and fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Michael Chrisman, an Ohio bookbinder, has been sentenced to one year and nine months in federal prison for stealing nearly $500,000 from his Atlanta business partner in a bookbinding project. The defendant sent false invoices claiming that he completed more than 70 sets of replica Gutenberg Bibles, but he failed to complete all but a handful of sets and instead pocketed the victim’s money to pay for personal expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Dec. 14, 2016, Michael D’Shon Aguilar, age 23, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to one year and one day in prison for three counts of making False Statements During the Purchase of a Firearm, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Aguilar was ordered to serve a three-year term of supervised release following his imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, who pled guilty to distributing fentanyl which caused the overdose death of a pregnant Fayette County woman, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Indiana, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of embezzling from a federally insured bank, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park (ADIP) programs with the public throughout 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced today that Arthur Leyon Penn, 39, of Monroeville, Alabama, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Callie V. S. Granade to 48 months of imprisonment for aggravated identity theft in connection with tax fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Leslie R. Caldwell, the Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Katherine Grobes, 45, of Chesapeake, pleaded guilty today to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) today announced nearly $35 million, subject to appropriations, for 28 higher education institutions from 25 states across the country to set up and operate regional Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs). The centers will...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Victim Was Robbed at Gunpoint by Defendant and an Accomplice.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Allen Dwight Gailliot, age 62 of Fayetteville and Leslie Erin Curtis, age 45 of Bella Vista, were sentenced today on one count each of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. Gailliot...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Jose Reynaldo Cardenas, Jr., 29, of Porterville, California; Angelo Angel Rivas, 41, of Nampa, Idaho; Lance Ryan Ward, 44, of Boise, Idaho; Joshua James Alford, 34, of Garden Valley, Idaho; and Rodolfo Hernandez Gonzalez, 33, of Nampa, Idaho, were all sentenced to federal prison today for their...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists and their collaborators have developed a mobile system for removing phosphorus from cow manure that may offer dairy farmers greater flexibility in where, when, and how they use the nutrient to fertilize crops.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Peter DeFazio, Ranking Member of the and House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: DEC. 14, 2016 - Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released the latest findings from its Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates program. The program provides the only up-to-date, single-year income and poverty statistics for all counties and school districts - roughly 3,140 counties and over 13,000 school districts nationally.
