News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: The collaboration of local, state and federal law enforcement under the Detroit One initiative has resulted in the indictment of nine more members of the 6 Mile Chedda Grove street gang from Detroit’s east side, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - The final defendant in the notable armored car robbery that occurred on the University of Houston (UH) Central Campus exactly three years ago today has been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Allen Bernard Roundtree, 31, of Houston, pleaded guilty Aug. 6, 2014, to one count of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery and one count of aiding and abetting interference with commerce by robbery.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement and additional information in response to the release of a flawed Republican staff report on embassy construction...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: Charles Sturgill Previously Convicted of Methamphetamine Charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on December 6, 2016, George David Treece, 38, Alabama, pled guilty to an indictment charging him with Bank Robbery. Treece faces a term of imprisonment of not more than twenty (20) years, a fine up to...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called on colleagues to support the 21st Century Cures bill and highlighted a number of bipartisan Senate Finance Committee provisions included in the bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: A South Florida resident was ordered to pay $607,566 for her involvement in the filing of false claims in connection with the Deepwater Horizon explosion and pollution incident in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - The final defendant in the notable armored car robbery that occurred on the University of Houston (UH) Central Campus exactly three years ago today has been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Allen Bernard Roundtree, 31, of Houston, pleaded guilty Aug. 6, 2014, to one count of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery and one count of aiding and abetting interference with commerce by robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: Federal prosecution resulted from “Project Recoil".
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ALONZO KNOWLES, a/k/a “Jeff Moxey," was sentenced today to five years in prison for criminal copyright infringement of scripts of movies and television shows that had not yet aired, as well as theft of personally...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: Update: Drug Trafficking Fugitives Captured. FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) William Woods has announced the capture of all three fugitives of an alleged drug trafficking organization (DTO). The three are part of a larger group of people who have been federally indicted in U.S. District Court, Eastern...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: Charges include murders, assaults, illegal use of weapons.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: CORTEZ, Colo. - Walk in ancient footsteps. Soak in the silence. Marvel at a night sky overflowing with stars. Hear a lone coyote’s howl. Experience the past at Hovenweep National Monument.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: Yesterday, a federal judge sentenced Khar Abdulah, 40, of New Castle, Delaware to ten years in prison for his role in schemes to distribute oxycodone, commit health care fraud and commit aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The Honorable Paul S. Diamond, United...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), is scheduled to mark up several General Services Administration (GSA) Capital Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a Request for Information on whether to propose a standard to prevent workplace violence in healthcare and social assistance settings. The agency has also scheduled a public meeting on Jan. 10, 2017, in Washington, D.C., to discuss strategies for reducing incidents of violence in these workplaces.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 40-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of attempting to entice a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Michael James Corsten, of Lake Jackson, pleaded guilty Dec. 15, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Toronto couple who were extradited earlier this year to the United States have been sentenced for their roles in a mass marketing scheme that targeted hundreds of victims across the United States with counterfeit checks that accompanied bogus claims they had been selected to become “secret shoppers" at MoneyGram counters inside Walmart stores.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: The collaboration of local, state and federal law enforcement under the Detroit One initiative has resulted in the indictment of nine more members of the 6 Mile Chedda Grove street gang from Detroit’s east side, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: Winter has arrived in Crater Lake National Park! With an average snowfall of 43 feet per year, the park offers spectacular winter recreation including skiing, snowshoeing, and more.
