News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose Maria Agustin, 43, a native and citizen of Mexico, most recently of Elba, NY, pleaded guilty to reentry after deportation subsequent to an aggravated felony conviction (Rape), before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: Brady Praises Passage of Bill to Strengthen Enforcement of U.S. Trade Laws.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) congratulated Lori Harju on her retirement from Capitol Hill. Lori currently serves as Senior Advisor to Chairman Brady on the Ways and Means Committee and previously served as the long-time Chief of Staff of the Chairman’s personal congressional office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALPHONZO DIXON, also known as “Fonz," 29, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 12 months and one day of imprisonment for violating his conditions of supervised release that followed a 2014 conviction for drug and firearm offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials will lift the fire ban on Friday, December 23. Campfires and open grills have been banned in the backcountry since November 1 and throughout the park and frontcountry areas since November 15. Beginning Friday, visitors can have campfires in designated backcountry...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: Law Enforcement Arrests Man Suspected in Verona Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A jury has found a 49-year-old Lavon, Texas man guilty of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Ayodele Amon Olukotun, a/k/a 40 Caliber and Bizzle, age 28, of Laurel, Maryland, today to 11 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and for possession with intent to distribute phencyclidine, commonly known as PCP.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Today, MICHAEL DEAN BILLINGS, 61, a former attorney from Oklahoma City, was sentenced by United States District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange to serve 168 months (14 years) in federal prison for traveling from Oklahoma City to Iquitos, Peru, to engage in illicit sexual conduct with Peruvian girls under 18 years of age, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Wadsworth, Nevada, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Child Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Hattiesburg, Mississippi. - Larry Carlton Jenkins and Annie Elizabeth Jenkins, both age 60, of Stringer, Mississippi, pled guilty on Dec. 16, 2016, for their roles in a case involving making false statements to Medicare, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: A 52-year-old employee of Most Wanted Well Service suffered fatal fall injuries and burns. Two other company employees also suffered burn injuries. OSHA cited the Rock Springs, Wyoming-based company for two serious violations for failing to...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - As part of a new federal reentry initiative, the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office has published a list of governmental and private-sector agencies throughout Maryland that are available to assist people recently released from state and federal jails and prisons, announced U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein. The resource list can be accessed through a link on the U.S. Attorney’s Office home page, at www.justice.gov/usao/md.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: National Park Service and Northwest Youth Corps announce that their American Sign Language (ASL) Inclusion Conservation Crew has been honored with Corps Network Project of the Year Award.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 Washington, DC—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $527,112 to Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, to develop a web authentication middleware tool that would significantly upgrade the current Internet website authentication process and improve online security.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Organic Producers and Handlers May Apply for Certification Cost Share Reimbursements; Expanded Eligibility for Transition and State Certification Cost WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that starting March 20, 2017, organic producers and handlers will ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Addition of 88 projects brings federal, partner investment to over $2 billion since 2014 WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that 88 high-impact projects across the country will receive $225 million in federal funding as part of the USDA's Regional Conservation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Odebrecht S.A. (Odebrecht), a global construction conglomerate based in Brazil, and Braskem S.A. (Braskem), a Brazilian petrochemical company, pleaded guilty today and agreed to pay a combined total penalty of at least $3.5 billion to resolve charges with authorities in the United States, Brazil and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Second Defendant Agrees to Plead Guilty in Ongoing Investigation The current senior vice president of trade marketing of a leading packaged seafood company has agreed to plead guilty for his role in a conspiracy to fix the prices of packaged seafood such as canned tuna sold in the United States, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2016
News Release: Following a comprehensive investigation, today, the Justice Department released its findings that Louisiana unnecessarily relies on nursing facilities to provide services to people with mental health disabilities, in violation of the community integration mandate of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead v. L.C.
