News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a North Carolina man has been charged in federal court with sexually assaulting a Joplin, Mo., area child in order to produce child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev.-The British citizen who was arrested for attempting to seize the firearm of a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer at a Donald Trump rally in June 2016, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHRISTOPHER AHERN was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for preparing and filing false and fraudulent tax returns that claimed more than $4.7 million in credits and expenses. AHERN pled guilty on July 5, 2016, before United States District Judge Deborah A. Batts, who imposed today’s sentence.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today hailed the newly released Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report on fracking’s impacts on drinking water sources as “the most thorough review of the issue ever published" and said the Trump administration will have a hard time downplaying...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina ---- Acting United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that DelRico Ramone Eady, age 37, of Allendale, South Carolina was charged in a 3-count indictment with Distribution of Cocaine Base, more commonly known as crack cocaine, a violation of Title 21, U. S. C. §841(a)(1) (two counts), and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking, a violation of Title 18, U. S. C. §924(c)(1)(A)(i).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Scheme Participants Impersonated Federal Reserve Officials to Swindle Over $50 Million from Investors in the United States and Foreign Countries.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: (ALBANY, N.Y - - Justin M. Brooks, age 27, of Rensselaer, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute oxycodone.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Release Date: Dec. 14, 2016. Contact: Kelly Carroll, Lead Park Ranger. Phone: 671-333-4050. Movies in the Park - How the Grinch Stole Christmas. War in the Pacific National Historical Park invites the public for a special holiday edition of Movies in the Park program at Asan Beach on Friday, December...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy announced today they will commence a sale of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as early as January 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown sentenced former Oregon State Police Forensic Scientist Nika Larsen, 36, of Bend, Oregon to 36 months in federal prison for obtaining controlled substances by misrepresentation, fraud and deception. Following her prison sentence, Larsen will be on one year of supervised release that will include 250 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Shelly Binkowski, Inspector in Charge for the Boston Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, today announced that ROBERT KUSS, 54, of Cheshire, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court one count of mail fraud stemming from his role in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Postal Service of nearly $750,000.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, had this to say following passage of the Inspector General Empowerment Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges he aided his cousin and Heather Mack in the 2014 killing of Mack’s mother at an Indonesian resort.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Troy Baldridge, 48, of Richmond, pleaded guilty today to charges related to his role in an investment scheme that caused a loss of over $540,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Dear Governors: Designed as a safety net for the most vulnerable Americans in 1965, Medicaid has historically been limited to low-income children, pregnant women, parents of dependent children, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities. Even before the most recent expansion resulting from the Affordable...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Chicago Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Murder U.S. Citizen in Bali, Indonesia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: A Half-Dozen Defendants from Inland Empire Have Been in Federal Court This Year After Being Charged with Child Exploitation Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Lymon Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Dear President-Elect Trump: We write today regarding the steps you should be taking to address ethical concerns related to potential conflicts of interest as you prepare to become the President of the United States. As a businessman with assets around the world, your holdings have the potential for...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence against Native Women.
