News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Harrisburg has indicted Melton Minto of making a false statement in a passport application, falsely claiming United States citizenship, and aggravated identity theft.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Defendant is One of 34 Individuals Charged as Part of Investigation into Methamphetamine Trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today the resolution of its investigation of Dr. Gamal H. Eltabbakh for submission of false claims for payment to Medicaid and Medicare. Under the terms of the agreement between the parties, Dr. Eltabbakh and his company...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two defendants appeared today in federal court in Charleston on heroin charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Two Texas Men Sentenced for Federal Hate Crime Against Gay African-American Man.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Three Rivers, Calif. - Save the Redwoods League and Sequoia Riverlands Trust (SRT) announced today the donation of the 66-acre Craig Ranch in Tulare County to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), providing access to a popular area for recreationists.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva today questioned the timing and manner of the Republican majority’s newly announced subpoenas seeking federal documents on the Gold King Mine spill. The subpoenas, which Republicans took the unusual step of issuing during a recess week so as to avoid...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: An 84-count indictment was filed in federal court charging 12 people for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in the Youngstown area, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Poppell’s Produce Inc.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Airiz A. Coleman, 39, of Warren, with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Ordered To Pay $25,955.06 Restitution. MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that PAUL DANIEL MORRISON, age 55, of Poteau, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 3 years of probation for THEFT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS, in violation of Title 18...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Coordinated Methamphetamine And Heroin Deliveries From Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Taydor Yoayat, age 20, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today to six years imprisonment by the Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, for robbery and possessing a stolen firearm. On Sept. 28, 2015, Yoayat pleaded guilty to robbing the Quik Trip at 1704 South 72nd Street. He also admitted to selling a stolen firearm. He was ordered to serve a three-year term of supervised release upon his release from prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Former Army Reserve Staff Sergeant Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison for Bulk Cash Smuggling and Theft of Government Property while Serving in Afghanistan.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Midwest Farmers Cooperative. Inspection site: 17700 South 1st St., Martell, Nebraska. Citations issued: Feb. 11, 2016. Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Omaha area office cited Midwest Farmers Cooperative for three repeat...

By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Crothall Laundry Services Inc.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: FARGO - U. S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on Feb. 17, 2016, Keith Alexander Graves, 39, Los Angeles, Calif., was sentenced before U. S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland to serve 33 years and nine months in prison following an eight-day jury trial. Graves was found guilty of five (5)...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretary Burwell and Acting Administrator Slavitt...

By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) released today, for public review, an environmental assessment (EA) for the consideration of modification to the final rule for off road vehicle (ORV) management. The Seashore is holding public comment meetings to consider changes to the ORV special regulation...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 106,162 metric tons of corn for delivery to Costa Rica during the 2015/2016 marketing year.