News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that DUSTIN KYLE HARVEY, age 26, of Arthur City, Texas, pled guilty to FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that, JORGE MORALES, also known as “Capone," 30, of Shelton, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: The Social Security Administration has an indispensable job - ensuring that all Americans get their earned Social Security benefits on time and in the correct amount.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) delivered the following opening statement for the full Committee hearing on Worldwide Threats to the Homeland: ISIS and the New Wave of Terror...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Alessandra Serano (619) 546-8104 or Joseph Orabona (619) 546-7951.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 11, 2016, Ashley E. Kitchenakow (age: 28) of Green Bay, Wisconsin, was sentenced by the Honorable William C. Griesbach to 9 years in prison and 5 years supervised release. Kitchenakow pleaded guilty...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: The Energy Department today announced up to $15 million for three projects aimed at reducing the production costs of algae-based biofuels and bioproducts through improvements in algal biomass yields. These projects will develop highly productive algal cultivation systems and couple those systems with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on July 13, Shannon Higgins, age 37, a federal inmate was sentenced by United States District Judge Malachy Mannion in Scranton to 70 months of imprisonment for possession with the intent to distribute heroin, and for attempting to provide heroin to other inmates.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: House Democratic conferees on the Zika and Military Construction-VA Conference Committee today urged Speaker Paul Ryan to consider H.R. 5044, to fully fund President Obama’s $1.9 billion Zika emergency funding request without unnecessary riders, prior to entering into a seven-week recess. H.R. 5044 has 191 cosponsors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that the former Solicitor for Hazle Township, Luzerne County, pleaded guilty today to the theft of approximately $105,586 from the township.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that MARSHA COLE, age 56, of Metairie, Louisiana, pled guilty yesterday before Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson to aggravated identity theft and engaging in a scheme to defraud numerous banks in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. As part of the scheme, COLE embezzled approximately $102,257 from her victim accounts at several banks. She is set to be sentenced on Nov. 17, 2016.
By State Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following remarks in support of 12 different measures marked up in the full Committee: a resolution recognizing the importance of U.S.-Korea-Japan trilateral relations (H.Res.634 ), a resolution...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is inviting stakeholders to provide information to assist in the development of voluntary U.S. Standards for Grades of Catfish and Catfish Products.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: Joshua Aaron Stevens, 35, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on July 14, 2016, for sexual exploitation of a child. Stevens was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received 264 months imprisonment, to be followed by a life-term of supervised release, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Mohammed Jubran, 27, made his initial appearance in District Court Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after being charged with trafficking in firearms in a one-count criminal complaint, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. At a detention hearing Wednesday, the Court issued an order detaining Jubran pending trial, and set a preliminary hearing for Monday, July 18.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: Dade County, GA: On Monday, July 11, a wildland fire was reported on the western slope of Lookout Mountain within the boundaries of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, southwest of Covenant College. Resources were mobilized immediately from the Georgia Forestry Commission with the hope...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Sean E. Jelen, age 33, the former Chief Executive Officer (“CEO") of Scranton-based Valor Federal Credit Union (“Valor"), formerly known as Tobyhanna Federal Credit Union, pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick in Scranton, to bank fraud and attempted bank fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS -The Tombigbee Pioneer Group will demonstrate pioneer era crafts and skills at the Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm on July 23, 2016. The demonstrations will show the challenges faced and creative solutions developed by those Americans who lived in the area from the 1700s to around 1840.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ten individuals are facing heroin trafficking charges as the result of a DEA-led investigation targeting a heroin trafficking ring operating out of Sunland Park, N.M. The eight-month investigation concluded this morning after nine of the 10 defendants had been arrested. Special Agent in...
By State Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today welcomed the approval by the Committee of a resolution which urges respect for the Congolese constitution ahead of upcoming elections (H.Res.780 )...
