News from February 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-This afternoon, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) issued the following statement upon learning of the retirement of U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Donna Seymour...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - Rebekah Riddell, 30, of Dayton, Ohio, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and Rebekah Fairchild, 53, also of Dayton, Ohio, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud today in U.S. District Court. Riddell’s and Fairchild’s guilty pleas were both in connection with an alleged $70 million Ponzi scheme.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Media Contact: Leni Fortson, 215-861-5102, uddyback-fortson.lenore@dol.gov. Release Number: 16-362-PHI (OSHA 16-019 U.S. Steel 11(c). -------------------------------. U.S. Department of Labor news materials are accessible at
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: BOISE - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Boise District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) subcommittee for the Proposed Tri-State Fuels Breaks Project will meet on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at the Boise District Office, 3948 S. Development Avenue, Boise, Idaho, 83705. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end no later than 3:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former state district magistrate judge in southeast Kansas pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling approximately $24,000, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Law enforcement rangers recently arrested a local man for poaching at the Sandy Hook unit of Gateway National Recreation Area. Law enforcement rangers, in conjunction with New Jersey State Fish and Game, the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service investigated the individual after he was stopped in the park for suspicious activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that this morning, United States District Judge David R. Herndon sentenced Christopher William Kreider, 29, of Alton, IL, to 37 months in federal prison on his conviction for bank fraud and submitting false loan applications to a financial institution.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senators Orrin Hatch, Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson today released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the steps the Department of Health and Human Services can take to monitor unaccompanied minors in the United States who illegally crossed the southern border.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Defendant Attempted to Sell Ten Pounds of Methamphetamine to Undercover Agent.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 100,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Colombia during the 2015/2016 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., Western District of New York, announced today that Blake Rivera, 31, of Greece, NY, his brother Chayanne Rivera, 25, of Gates, NY, and their father, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that David S. Duffin, age 44, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to 420 months in prison followed by supervised release for life and a $15,000 fine on one count of Transportation of...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Defendant Spent Money at Casinos and on Other Personal Expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Vaughn Watrous, 39, of Providence, was sentenced on Thursday to 92 months in federal prison for robbing four banks in four days in February 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today that Gary Alan Hoekstra of Grandville, Michigan was sentenced to one year and one day confinement by U.S. District Court Judge Janet T. Neff for wire fraud. Hoekstra pleaded guilty to the charge in November of 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY - WHAT: Opportunity for media to view helicopter spreading wood shreds on Butte Fire site and talk to project managers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: A Euclid man was charged in federal court with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and crack cocaine after he was arrested with more than 900 pills of fentanyl, law enforcement officials said.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Employer(s) name(s): Richmond American Homes of Colorado Inc.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the announcement that Donna Seymour, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), will retire...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: OSHA renews alliance with the West Texas Safety Training Center to promote
