News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. Senior District Judge Richard A. Lazzara has sentenced Jetmir Qose (23, St. Petersburg) to 8 years in federal prison for transportation and possession of child pornography. The Court also ordered him to forfeit certain items used in the commission of the offenses, including a laptop computer and two external hard drives.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: Northside daycare employee guilty of producing child pornography of four year old.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: Feb. 26, 2016 BOS 2016-031. HARTFORD, Conn. - Employees at PCC Structurals-Groton faced the risk of chemical burns, fire, lacerations, amputations, electric shock and other injuries, inspections by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration have found. "Our inspections...
By State Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: LEWIS CO., TN:NatchezTraceParkwayofficialsannouncethat the Tennessee Department of Transportation has contracted with Jamieson Construction, LLC to begin work on the Parkway bridge over TN 412 (milepost 391) in Lewis County, Tennessee the week ofFeb. 29, 2016. This work includes repairs to cracks, and deck seal and rail replacement. The project should be completed by late fall 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: SALMON, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to use aerial application methods (aircraft) to spray noxious weeds and other non-native, invasive plants (together, invasive plants) on public lands within the Salmon Field Office (SFO). The purpose of the proposed action is to expand the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., announced today that Navid Salehvaziri, 34, of Tehran, Iran, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa to illegally circumventing technological measures protecting a copyrighted work for private financial gain. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a $500,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JACQUELINE RAY, 60, of Biloxi, Mississippi, pled guilty as charged today to a Bill of Information which charged her with one count of stealing over one million dollars from Ochsner Clinic Federal Credit Union in connection with bank larceny during her employment there.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: Victims Accosted and Robbed in Capitol Hill Neighborhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A criminal charge filed Friday alleges a Kansas woman unlawfully transferred guns to a convicted felon who was killed Thursday in a shootout with police in Hesston, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on Feb. 26, 2016, Marlon Romere Rupert, Jr., 33, of Lincoln, was sentenced to 21 years and 10 months (262 months) in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominations for the National Peanut Board. Applications are due by May 2, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: Saipan, CNMI - ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced the successful forfeiture of $2,500,000 from Hong Kong Entertainment (Overseas) Investments Ltd., d/b/a Tinian Dynasty Hotel & Casino (“TDHC"). The forfeiture comes months...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Shawn Taft, age 46, of Amsterdam, New York, pled guilty today to being a felon in possession of five firearms and to distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Lorenzo Verduzco-Benitez, age 28, of West Jordan, Utah, head of a drug organization which sold heroin and methamphetamine in Utah, will serve 144 months in federal prison. U.S. District Court Judge Jill N. Parrish imposed the sentenced Thursday afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JESSICA HENDERSON BERTHELOT, age 28, of Ponchatoula, was indicted yesterday for Bank Fraud, Attempted Bank Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: "Watching our ROV dives is exciting. Broadcasting these dives allows the public to follow along as NOAA explores these remote protected areas and the unique natural and cultural resources within them," said Craig McLean, assistant NOAA administrator for NOAA Research. "The information we collect helps resource managers make key decisions to manage and protect this vast area of the ocean."
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: Volunteers from the Alabama Chapter of the Natchez Trace Parkway Association and Boy Scout Troop #284 assisted the Natchez Trace Parkway with a project to conduct stream bank stabilization along the Rock Spring trail in Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: A Miami-Dade woman is charged with stealing immigration application payments from her clients when she prepared at least 146 fraudulent petitions filed with United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: Received $1.2 Million in Kickbacks for Using Straw Purchasers and False Financial Information to Buy Three Dozen Baltimore Row Houses.
