News from December 2016
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: The Effigy Mounds Winter Film Festival is celebrating its 54th anniversary beginning Saturday, January 7th, 2016. The free film festival has been in existence since January of 1963 and through the years there has been great support from the community. Great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, and children...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - American Management Services LLC, based in Seattle, agreed to pay approximately than $1.6 million pursuant to a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve criminal charges that the company defrauded the U.S. Army and Virginia-based Clark Realty Capital LLC (Clark) while performing property management services for military housing at Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Irwin, California; and the Presidio at Monterey, California.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a St. Robert, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for leading a Nigerian fraud scheme in which thousands of victims across the country were tricked into cashing up to $3 million in counterfeit money orders and cashier’s checks.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney, Emily Gray Rice announced today that Jazzmyn Rood, 42, of Gonic, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison and one year supervised release after pleading guilty to misprision of a felony in connection with the distribution of a controlled substance resulting in the death of her daughter Evangelique Tarmey.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Democrats today unanimously voted to re-elect Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) for the 115th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Derrick Bernard Farmer (41, Tampa) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute crack cocaine and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He pleaded guilty on July 6, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Gregory Kwiatkowski, 52, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to deprivation of rights under color of law, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy. The charge carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a fine of $100,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Deborah Branch, Melissa Harr and Bryan Harr Sr. Charged by Federal Grand Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Oliver W. Hamilton, 62, of East St. Louis, Illinois, entered a plea of guilty to an Information charging wire fraud in a scheme to defraud the citizens of the East St. Louis Township, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today. Hamilton faces a statutory maximum prison sentence of up to 20 years, a fine of up to $250,000, and up to 3 years supervised release. Sentencing is scheduled for March 1, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Pablo "Paul" Plaza, who was convicted by a federal jury of the murder of Francisco Santos, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute large quantities of illegal narcotics, and possession and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of the drug conspiracy, was sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Quintin Thompson, 26, and Montell Jones, 28, both of Buffalo, NY, were sentenced in connection with two shootings by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man and a Boston man were sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston for sex trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Douglas Humilestewa, 52, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEVAUGHN WATSON, 23, of Bridgeport, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, heroin. This prosecution is part of an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl or opioids that cause death or serious injury to users.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - Six members of a marijuana distribution and money laundering organization that operated in Alamance, Guilford, and Wake Counties were sentenced on drug trafficking and money laundering charges, announced Ripley Rand, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that it issued a district specific opioid strategy to address the prescription opioid and heroin epidemic plaguing our nation and the Middle District of Pennsylvania. United States Attorney Bruce...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) will host an industry day to connect technology startups and investors to new opportunities for research and development of cybersecurity active defenses for the nation’s financial services sector critical infrastructure.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Allows Consumers to Make More Informed Decisions WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today proposed a critical step in ensuring that consumers have updated nutritional information for meat and poultry products, helping Americans make better informed decisions when purchasing meat and poultry products.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Company to Pay $40 Million and Implement Remedial Measures on All Carnival Companies Visiting U.S. Ports Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. (Princess) has agreed to plead guilty to seven felony charges stemming from its deliberate pollution of the seas and intentional acts to cover it up. Princess will pay a ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: A Cumberland, Virginia resident was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for his involvement in a scheme to evade paying his federal income taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney John P. Fishwick ...
