News from December 2016

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: A Toledo man was indicted for having more than 11 pounds of cocaine, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: This press release corrects a press release sent out on Tuesday, December 6 to clarify that the FAA suspended the company’s certificate, and did not revoke it.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 59-year-old Leandro Cardenas Luna, to five years in federal prison for retaliating against a federal judge by filing false documents in bankruptcy court announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.

By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: National Park Service News Release. - December 8, 2016. Contacts Name: ERIC CAMPBELL (540) 868-0937. National Park Service Announces. Park Advisory Commission Meeting to be Held December 15th. Middletown, VA.- Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park announces the next meeting of the Park Advisory...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.

By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: The House of Representatives today approved comprehensive water resources infrastructure legislation that addresses the needs of America’s harbors, locks, dams, flood protection, and other water resources infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EROS DIAZ, also known as “Red," 21, of West Hartford, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 45 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine, heroin and fentanyl. Judge Covello also ordered DIAZ to perform 100 hours of community service while on supervised release.

By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced passage of his bold, bipartisan initiative to end modern slavery worldwide. The National Defense Authorization Act of 2017 (NDAA) overwhelmingly passed the Senate today and includes authorizing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that today in Federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced JOSEPH W. HORNER, JR., 73, of Fayetteville, North Carolina to 24 months imprisonment and three years of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Mark F. Speakman, 60, of Grove City, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to one count each of wire fraud, money laundering and filing a false federal income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). As part of his offered guilty plea, he agreed to pay nearly $1.2 million in restitution to the victims of his investment fraud scheme.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Denver Carolissen, 42, of Kuilsrivier, South Africa, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to sexually exploiting a minor and transporting child pornography. He was indicted on November 4, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Several pharmaceutical executives and managers, formerly employed by Insys Therapeutics, Inc., were arrested today on charges that they led a nationwide conspiracy to bribe medical practitioners to unnecessarily prescribe a fentanyl-based pain medication and defraud healthcare insurers.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: December 12th Presentation at Hudson Valley Community College on the Nationwide Epidemic.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: Armed Robbery of First Citizens Bank on Gunbarrel Road Chattanooga, Tennessee on Nov. 21, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: Douglass Gurney Wood, Jr., 53, of Fort Collins, Colorado, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on December 8, 2016, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Wood was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received 180 months of...

By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: DENVER - Today, the Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office sold 28 parcels totaling 19,095 acres for $1,591,471 including rentals and fees at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The highest per-acre price was for an 80-acre parcel in Garfield County, sold to Chevron U.S.A. for $260 per acre.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Silas Duane Boston, 75, charging him with two counts of first degree maritime murder, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: .PHILADELPHIA - Following a three-month jury trial, Jeffrey Bado, formerly a physician with two practices in the Philadelphia area, was convicted today in federal court of 308 felony counts, including two counts of maintaining a drug-involved premises, one count of drug distribution resulting in death...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Carl Javan Ross, age 30, of Essex, Maryland, for receipt and possession of child pornography. The verdict was returned on December 7, 2016, after 30 minutes of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Nicholas Cooper, 32, of Hotevilla, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 37 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Cooper, an enrolled member of the Hopi Tribe, had previously pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms.