News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A jury has found a former Drug Enforcement (DEA) task force officer/Mission Police Department investigator guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 35-year-old Miranda Davee to 29 months in federal prison for her role in mail theft, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and United States Postal Inspection Service Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that BRITTANI M. ROSS, age 26, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 4 years probation for USE OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE IN FURTHERANCE OF DRUG TRAFFICKING, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 843(b).
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) verification review of the Transportation Security Administration’s Behavior Detection and Analysis (BDA) program, previously known as the Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Scott A. Clapper, Jr., age 31, of Schoharie, New York, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for making false statements and submitting false documents in connection with government benefits he received following Hurricane Irene.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: Bundle of 500 Cards Discovered by TSA Screeners.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: EL PASO - This morning, federal, state and local authorities arrested a Sureños gang member and an associate charged in connection with methamphetamine trafficking in El Paso announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., 34th Judicial District Attorney Jaime Esparza, Federal Bureau of (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist, and El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and other law enforcement authorities this morning arrested six people charged in three federal indictments that allege illegal firearms sales and drug distribution.
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 State Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today welcomed approval by the Committee of his comprehensive legislation to address the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. The STAND for Ukraine Act (H.R.5094 ), which he introduced in April along with a bipartisan...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: Candidates from numerous countries will become new citizens during a ceremony at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Thursday, July 21, 2016. This year, 100 ceremonies will be held in parks nationwide to commemorate the National Park Service's Centennial and invite a new generation of Americans...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: Columbia Admits to Seeking and Receiving Cost Recoveries at the Higher “On-Campus" Rate for 423 Research Grants Even Though the Research Was Primarily Performed in Space Not Owned or Operated by Columbia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, and Tracey D. Montaño, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Criminal Investigation, announced today that Henry Daryl Smith, age 34, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, was sentenced to 37 months...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By State Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, released the following statement regarding the attack in Nice, France...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: School Provided Improper Incentive Compensation to Enrollment Personnel and False Job Placement Information to Students.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSEPH DEL VALLE, an owner and partner of various investment companies, was sentenced yesterday in Manhattan federal court to 98 months in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges for operating...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Kelvin Lee Pratt, age 35, of Harrison, Arkansas, was sentenced to 180 months imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release for Advertising Visual Depictions of a Minor Engaging in Sexually Explicit Conduct. The sentencing took place before the Honorable P.K. Holmes, III in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following the Senate’s passage of the opioid package yesterday, by a vote of 92 to 2, the bill was sent today to Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) before moving to the White House for the president’s signature. The House passed the package on July 8, by a vote of 407 to 5.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 14, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will fund 80 Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) projects in 32 states. These projects will help connect rural communities with medical and educational experts in other parts of the country, increasing access to health care, substance misuse treatment and advanced educational opportunities.
