News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against five individuals for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: An Indictment[1] was unsealed today charging Sean Donald Premock, 43, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, with nine counts of mail fraud, nine counts of wire fraud, one count of securities fraud, and one count of investment adviser fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: RUPERT, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Upper Snake Field Office will hold its annual C.A.S.T. for Kids fishing event Saturday, July 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will be held at a new location, the Burley Golf Course Boat Docks located off Interstate 84, exit 211 about three miles south of Heyburn, toward Burley.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Amerway Inc., an industrial soldering and metal brazing manufacturer
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Dean Lynn Christiansen, 70, of Sacramento, was sentenced today to eight years and one month in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for receiving child pornography, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. also ordered Christiansen to pay a $17,500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Orlandor Branch, 43, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced before Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr., for felon in possession of a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Jason Chaffetz regarding his statements at today’s hearing that he is considering sending a referral to the FBI to investigate whether former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lied when she testified before Congress that she did not send or receive emails marked classified.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: SAN JOSE - Remon Issa Daniel pleaded guilty in federal court late yesterday to three counts of wire fraud for his scheme to defraud produce vendors, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The plea follows charges...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Mister Chairman, I am glad that we are here today-this bill has not made it before the subcommittee nearly enough in recent years, and I appreciate Chairman Cole’s efforts to bring the Labor-HHS bill to markup both years of his Chairmanship. I look forward to going to full committee markup next week-the committee must debate these issues in public.
By State Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following passage of the Global Food Security Act in the House of Representatives yesterday, U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, highlighted further progress in their bipartisan effort to ensure U.S. food assistance ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas - With summer in full swing, it’s time for artists to warm up their creativity and shed some sunlight on one of Southern Nevada's icons by applying for fall residencies at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Applications will be accepted until August 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to distributing child pornography following an undercover operation in which he attempted to meet two minor girls for sex.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that FRANCISCO MENDOZA-ZAVALA, age 41, a citizen of El Salvador, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford man was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston for robbing the St. Anne’s Credit Union in New Bedford in September 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - A jury sitting in Galveston has returned guilty verdicts against a Galveston man on one charge of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors and four counts of sex trafficking of minors, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury convicted Charles Devan Fulton Sr., 39, late yesterday following a six-day trial and approximately four hours of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in conspiracies to distribute methamphetamine in Jackson County, Mo., and to engage in money laundering.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking non-federal partners to join with Reclamation and other federal agencies on prize competitions to solve critical water and water-related issues. Several prize competitions may involve solving issues related to water availability, aquatic ecosystem protection and restoration, and sustaining water and water-related infrastructure.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement regarding passage of an amendment to the FY2017 Financial Services & General Government Appropriations bill barring federal or local funds to enforce the District of Columbia’s Reproductive Health Nondiscrimination Amendment Act (RHNDA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Joseph Lavoie allegedly assaulted teller, set fire to the bank during the robbery.
