News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Contact Person: Nancy Wicker (803) 929-3000.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: The former program director of supplemental educational services provider, Priority: My Education pleaded guilty today to federal program fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: James P. Griffin Ordered to Pay Victims Over 2 Million Dollars in Restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Conagra Subsidiary Sentenced in Connection with Outbreak of Salmonella Poisoning Related to Peanut Butter.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Bernardino man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for production of child pornography, including sexually explicit pictures of a 5-year-old girl.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that yesterday in federal court, DONNIE LEE PHILLIPS, II, 37, of Greenville, North Carolina, was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison and 3 years of supervised release following his prior guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: During its final session of the 114th Congress, the Senate passed the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016 (S.2854/H.R.5067). In the Senate, the bill was led by Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former JetBlue flight attendant who tried to bring nearly 60 pounds of cocaine through a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport by using her “known crewmember" credentials has pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic narcotics.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee and the State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, today issued the following statement about the nomination of ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson for U.S. Secretary of State.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Money will fund coastal environmental projects.
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: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Keith Bennett Gordon Studhorse, II, age 43, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced today for being a previously convicted violent felon in possession of body armor and previously convicted felon...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Justin M. Brooks, age 27, of Rensselaer, New York, pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute oxycodone.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - At approximately 12:30 am on Dec. 12, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call alerting rangers to an overdue individual at Grand Canyon National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On Dec. 12, 2016, U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Daunte Antonio Jones, age 27, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, to 150 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and sentenced Ernest Ingram, Jr., age 32, of Washington D.C., to 87 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for armed robberies of pharmacies.
By State Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the one-year anniversary of the “12/12 massacre" in Burundi...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jibreel Williams, age 27, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: (HAVRE, Mont.) - The “Hills" rise 3,000 feet above the surrounding prairie and have both spiritual and historical associations to many northern plains Indian tribes. This island mountain range surrounded by a sea of prairie is also known for its abundant wildlife and as a source of water for area residents.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Souha Yazbek, age 27, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced today as a result of her guilty pleas on September 9, 2016, to the charges of Possession of a Counterfeit Postal Key, Possession of Stolen Mail, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Two local police officers are being honored this week by the United States Attorney’s Offices for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for their commitment to reducing drug abuse in their communities. The recipients of the 2016 Enrique S. Camarena Award are Officer Al Fear of the Cedar Rapids Police Department and Officer Dustin Lindaman of the Waterloo Police Department.
