News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Sycamore attorney was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges of bankruptcy fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: DEA-Led OCDETF Operation Targeted Cocaine Trafficking in Southern New Mexico.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Members of the bipartisan encryption working group - established in March 2016 by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) - today released a year-end report laying out key observations and next steps.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Members of the bipartisan encryption working group - established in March 2016 by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) - today released a year-end report laying out key observations and next steps.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Charles J. Senke, age 59, of Syracuse, New York, was indicted by a federal grand jury for traveling in interstate commerce to meet a minor for illicit sexual conduct, as well as online enticement.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Members of the bipartisan encryption working group - established in March 2016 by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) - today released a year-end report laying out key observations and next steps.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Mary B. McCord, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced that JIANG YAN, 34, of Shenzhen, China, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to approximately 12 months...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: OTHELLO, Washington - The Bureau of Reclamation began ramping up excess storage water releases from Potholes Reservoir via the O’Sullivan Dam spillway into Lower Crab Creek at noon today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: KEYSTONE, S.D. - Tuesday, December 20 Mount Rushmore National Memorial will implement a prescribed burn to reduce accumulated slash piles in support of the park’s fire management plan. The burns will be ignited in the south east part of the memorial today.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today released a white paper, Sustainability in the Workplace: A New Approach for Protecting Worker Safety and Health, highlighting the importance of including worker safety and health in the growing movement toward sustainability and corporate responsibility.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: A Central City Woman who stole her grandfather’s identity to obtain credit cards in his name and make over $27,000 in purchases was sentenced today to 14 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Roy E. Friend, 52, of Newport News, was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for stealing government property.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Interested in experiencing a beautiful location with your family or friends over the holidays? Looking for something fun and rewarding to do? Death Valley National Park is hosting several volunteer events, including the annual Christmas Bird Count and Junior Ranger service projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - An Ohio man will be arraigned today on a federal drug charge in the first Chicago-area prosecution related to the synthetic opioid carfentanil.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Nanoparticles -- those with diameters less than one-thousandth the width of a human hair -- are increasingly prevalent in high technology, medicine, and consumer goods. * Their characteristics, both desirable and undesirable, depend critically on their size.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ISAAC LONG, 37, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday in New Haven federal court to one count of possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Scheme Targeted Hundreds of Investors in Over 30 Countries, Including the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for producing and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years for taking part in an armed robbery at a Stillwell bank and leading police on a high speed chase with a child in his car, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Rodrigo Ramirez, 22, and Irwin Camacho, 19, both of Phoenix, Arizona, were sentenced to federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Ramirez was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill to serve 70 months imprisonment...
