News from July 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Steamtown National Historic Site continues a full schedule of diesel-powered train rides this summer, beginning our August schedule with a trip to a Mid Valley community, Dickson City, Pennsylvania on Saturday, August 6.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted John Kays, age 42, of Bel Air, Maryland, and Matthew Barrow, age 42, of Toledo, Ohio, on conspiracy and bribery charges related to contracting at the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), in...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Rochester, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that JAMES HENRY McAULEY, JR., 67, of Oakfield, New York, who previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to 300 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. McAuley was also prohibited by Judge Siragusa from being a member of or.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Vidal Sandoval, 46, of Cimarron, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a superseding indictment charging him with drug trafficking and theft of government property charges. Sandoval was a Deputy of the Colfax County Sheriff’s Department at the time he committed the crimes. The guilty plea was entered without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Today the United States launched a new trade case challenging export restrictions China maintains on nine raw materials used by American manufacturers across a wide range of sectors, including aerospace, automotive, and electronics. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., praised the action and urged the administration to continue using all available tools to crack down on foreign trade practices that hurt American workers.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: I’d like to address two issues today, both of which are examples of how the Senate is leaving work undone on its way out the door. First I’d like to begin with the opioid bill.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission will convene for its regular quarterly meeting at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, July 19 at park headquarters located on the corner of Red Jacket Road and Hwy. US-41 in Calumet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that an Arizona man pleaded guilty last week to traveling from Texas to Louisiana in order to engage in sexual activity with a minor.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today introduced a bill to promote transparency and accountability at the Department of Treasury regarding federal debt management, especially when breach of the statutory debt limit is impending.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the sentencing of a Roanoke man on federal drug charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Matthew Jaskula, 26, of Buffalo, NY, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for one count of willful deprivation of rights under color of law resulting in bodily injury. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Remaining Defendants Sentenced for Roles in Sex Trafficking Scheme.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered the following statement after the Senate voted 90-2 to advance the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), legislation intended to help address the nation’s opioid epidemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota announced the guilty plea of DAVID BLAINE WELLIVER, 56, for defrauding investors in the Dblaine Fund, a mutual fund for which WELLIVER acted as investment adviser, of at least $1.2 million. WELLIVER pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud today before Senior U.S. District Judge Paul A. Magnuson.in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Some of the victims’ information was used to file false tax returns with the IRS.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today offered a statement following the passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA), which authorizes programs to address the nation’s epidemic of opioid abuse...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: On July 11, 2016, two residents of the Florida Keys pled guilty to illegally trafficking in marine life.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Chinese National Who Conspired to Hack into U.S. Defense Contractors’ Systems Sentenced to 46 Months in Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Charlton man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with soliciting hundreds of teenage girls on several social media platforms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - William M. Richmond, 60, formerly of Atkinson, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for tax evasion, reports United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
