News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: Private Contractor Pleads Guilty to Bribing Former U.S. Postal Service Contracting Official.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: This afternoon, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging two El Paso residents for scheming to smuggle thousands of rounds of ammunition into the Republic of Mexico announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge William A. Temple, Dallas Field Division.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: BELTSVILLE, Md., Feb. 10, 2016-Temperature extremes during shipping and elevated pathogen levels may be contributing to honey bee queens failing faster today than in the past, according to a study just published by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in the scientific journal PLOS One.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, delivered the following statement at the House Transportation and Infrastructure Aviation Subcommittee’s hearing, “Review of ATC Reform Proposals." The remarks are as prepared for delivery.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Secretary Lew, for appearing before the Finance Committee to outline President Obama’s budget proposal one final time. Here’s where I’d like to begin today. There are, in America right now, two different tax systems. The one most people deal with is mandatory - their taxes come directly out of the paycheck. Then there’s another system for the well-connected, and under that system, you pay what you want, when you want to.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), is scheduled to mark up the H.R. 4441, the Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act of 2016 (AIRR Act), at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: Jackson, TN - A West Tennessee man has been sentenced to federal prison for unlawfully possessing an improvised destructive device. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: DAYTON - Timothy Hock, 51, currently of Chicago, was sentenced to 42 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $1.3 million in restitution for his role in the embezzlement from a bankruptcy estate and income tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: GREENBELT, Md. - A federal jury today convicted Andracos Marshall, a/k/a “Draco," 41, of Bowie, Maryland, for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and for money laundering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-A jury sitting in the Northern District of Oklahoma convicted Antonella Carpenter, former owner of Lase Med Inc., a purported cancer treatment clinic, today of committing a fraudulent scheme claiming to cure patients’ cancer, announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Michelle Ford, 61, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Information with one count of theft of government funds and one count of theft from an employee pension plan, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the Information, the defendant received...
By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: Dear Mr. President: I am writing to respectfully request that you act to stop the transport of certain weapons parts from the United States to Mexico where they frequently fall into the hands of the country’s brutal drug cartels. Because many weapons parts only need to be minimally modified to become...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: Ex-Sheriff Admits in Plea Agreement that He Lied to FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office about Deputies Contacting FBI Agent who was Threatened with Arrest.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
Release: Flint, MI, Feb. 10, 2016 - As part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ongoing efforts to support residents in Flint, Mich., Dr. Kathryn Wilson, Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services today announced that USDA will temporarily allow Michigan to use WIC funds to conduct lead testing for WIC participants. An estimated 3,800 WIC participants could potentially be tested as a result of this action.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: Every Kid in a Park Program Aimed at Next Generation of Leaders.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Child Abuse was sentenced on February 8, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Salah Sood, age 34, of Lutherville, Maryland, faces federal charges of aggravated identity theft and bank fraud. Sood has also been indicted in Baltimore County with four counts of abuse of vulnerable adults and one count of operating an unlicensed assisted living home. The state...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce today released details of the President's budget request for fiscal year 2017 for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The total discretionary request for NIST is $1 billion, a $50.5 million increase over the FY 2016 enacted level. The funding supports NIST's cutting-edge research in areas such as computing, advanced communications and manufacturing, including biomanufacturing.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - LARRY SANFORD WATERS, of Edmond, Oklahoma, pled guilty yesterday to check forgery and signing a false federal income tax return, in connection with a $1.5 million embezzlement from a local oil and gas company, announced Mark A. Yancey, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Haynes Timberland, Inc., a Maine corporation, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine for managing and controlling property used to manufacture marijuana.
