News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: A South Florida resident was sentenced to 48 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for her involvement in the filing of a false claim in connection with the Deepwater Horizon explosion and pollution incident in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine that led to several overdoses and deaths in Cedar Rapids in 2015 was sentenced yesterday to life in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court today, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced WILLIAM EDWARDSON, JR., 56, of Jacksonville, North Carolina to 72 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. The Court also ordered EDWARDSON to register as a sex offender.
By State Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement after the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) issued a ruling that invalidates China’s expansive sea claims surrounding disputed areas of the South China Sea. In 2013, the Philippines ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Gary Tuggle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Philadelphia Division, announced today that 3,383 drug-related overdose deaths were reported across Pennsylvania in 2015; an increase of 23.4% from the total number of overdose deaths reported in 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory A. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that the grand jury has returned an indictment against Geffrey Sawtelle (age: 62) of Neshkoro, Wisconsin, charging him with executing a scheme to defraud Farmers Exchange Bank, a federally insured financial institution operating at various Wisconsin locations, and related criminal charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Nevada woman was convicted by a federal jury today for her role in a drug trafficking ring that supplied between 150 and 250 pounds of methamphetamine annually to the Jersey City, New Jersey, area from 2004 through 2014, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Janice Sarabia, 47, of Carlsbad, N.M., pled guilty this afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing an unregistered firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Kilwa Jones, St. Louis, MO, pleaded guilty on multiple charges involving the Sept. 25, 2015, shooting of Christopher Sanna, as well as the robberies of both Sanna and his companion, Lisa Simpson. The robberies and the assault occurred near the Old Cathedral in the northbound lanes of Memorial Drive, which is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court today, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced JAMES WALTON WILLIAMS, 32, of New Bern, North Carolina, to 132 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: Glacier National ParkMedia Release. July 12, 2016. Margie Steigerwald 406-888-5838. Tim Rains 406-888-7895. MEDIA16- 40. Glacier Presents Program about George Grant, the First Chief Photographer of the National Park Service. Public Invited to Free Brown-Bag Luncheon Presentation. WEST GLACIER, MONT -The...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -This morning, on the one-month anniversary of the deadly shooting spree at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida that killed 49 people and injured dozens of others, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has scheduled a hearing on anti-LGBT legislation known as the...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: Joshua Tree National Park, Twentynine Palms, CA -.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), and Shantelle P. Kitchen, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service...
By State Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Democratic Members of the House Committees on Foreign Affairs and Armed Services issued the following statement regarding the International Tribunal’s decision in the case of The Republic of the Philippines vs. The People’s Republic of China...
By State Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - During a hearing today to examine the State Department’s 2016 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, noted improvements over last year’s report but argued for continued progress to strengthen the integrity ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: The next commercial-free day at Haleakalā National Park will occur on Monday, July 18, 2016 (Lolopua, one of the two days commonly known as zenith noon). As specified in the park's Commercial Services Plan, commercial-free days are opportunities for Kanaka Maoli to conduct traditional cultural practices in the park without commercial tours present.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: DETROIT - A medical doctor has been sentenced on charges of unlawfully distributing prescription drug controlled substances, including the Schedule II prescription drug (oxycodone), and health care fraud, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By State Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing to examine the troubling increase of human rights violations around the globe. The hearing is entitled “Human Rights Under Siege Worldwide." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Five current and former employees of one of the nation’s leading proxy solicitation firms were charged today with conspiring to bribe an employee of a prominent proxy advisory firm to obtain confidential information about how the advisory firm’s clients had voted on numerous shareholder proposals.
