News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Cowey Edsitty, 32, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the federal firearms laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Henderson Shorty, 53, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 30 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his conviction on an abusive sexual contact charge. Shorty also will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management denied the renewal of two long-held federal mineral leases in the Iron Range region of northeastern Minnesota. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced a 13 count indictment against Gregory Brown, 36, and Shakyia Bunch, 30, of Chicago, Illinois along with Jeneva Sutton, 31, of Michigan City, Indiana for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and unauthorized access device fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A member of Teamsters Local 25 was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with his attempted extortion of a reality television production company in June of 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Bart Dutch Marshall, 61, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 66 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking and firearms conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: This morning, federal, state and local authorities arrested 15 individuals, including ringleaders Corey Jefferson and Talmage Sedberry, for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution ring operating in the Central Texas area announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Temple Police Chief Floyd O. Mitchell.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Adrian Austin, age 35, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty on Dec. 14, 2016, to possession of a stolen gun. The guilty plea occurred just before Austin’s cross-examination was scheduled to resume on the third day of his trial in U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - Alan Bittner, a natural resource manager with experience in three western states, has been named the new district manager for the Bureau of Land Management’s Northern California District.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: This morning, federal, state and local authorities arrested 15 individuals, including ringleaders Corey Jefferson and Talmage Sedberry, for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution ring operating in the Central Texas area announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Temple Police Chief Floyd O. Mitchell.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 I congratulate the Newark Field Office of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations for the surge operation conducted December 5-9. This operation resulted in the arrest of 82 priority targets for removal, and every arrest was of ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 While we are disappointed with the Department of Homeland Security’s overall 2016 ranking in the Partnership for Public Service’s “Best Places to Work in the Federal Government,” I am pleased that our employee engagement score ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: FY 2016 Rural Development Progress Report Released WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the final year-end report of the Obama administration's results creating jobs and investing in rural communities nationwide.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Agencies deny sulfide-ore copper lease renewal application; Commit to further study of potential impacts of mining near pristine watershed WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2016 - The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture today announced important steps to protect the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), a spectacular area in northeastern Minnesota comprised of more than a million acres of lakes and forests.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Grand Jury Has Now Indicted Total of Nine Individuals in Long-Running Conspiracy A federal grand jury returned a second superseding indictment today charging three more executives from two different companies for conspiring to fix prices of electrolytic capacitors sold to customers in the United States ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: A 33-year-old woman was arrested yesterday in Boca Raton, Florida, following her eight-count indictment by a grand jury in the Western District of North Carolina, the Department of Justice announced. Shashana Stacyann Smith, a Jamaican citizen residing in Florida, was charged with conspiracy to commit ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Officials Announce Largest Natural Resource Damage Settlement in Virginia’s History The Departments of Justice and the Interior joined with the Commonwealth of Virginia today to announce a proposed settlement with DuPont valued at approximately $50 million to resolve claims stemming from the release ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: Forest Laboratories LLC, located in New York, New York, and its subsidiary, Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc., have agreed to pay $38 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce physicians to prescribe the drugs Bystolic®, Savella®, and Namenda®, the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against Sterling Heights, Michigan, alleging that the city violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) when it denied special land use approval to allow the American Islamic Community Center Inc. (AICC) to build a mosque on five adjoining parcels of land located in the city.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department today opened a civil pattern-or-practice investigation into the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
