News from July 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) today sent a letter to Theranos requesting information on the company’s failure...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - William M. Johnson, 57, of North Chesterfield, pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of theft of government property.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - An Illinois man was indicted yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield in connection with exploiting boys through online video games.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: KEYSTONE, SD: Independence Day and National Park Service Centennial celebrations held at Mount Rushmore National Memorial come together in July.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: FBI Houston Launches Spanish Twitter Handle @miFBIHouston.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Avery Frazier has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for a series of violent armed robberies of title loan stores in Rockdale County, and Cobb County, Georgia.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, met with federal and local partners to discuss security operations at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Clifford Sprague, 38, of Exeter, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 41 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release making false statements to obtain Social...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: The lightning caused Big Hat Fire, now at 87 acres, is meeting management objectives to benefit resources within the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Fire managers will continue to take advantage of favorable conditions to burn out sections of land initially prepped to be burned this fall.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced the sentencing of MYKEL LAMAR HARRIS, 25, for trafficking a teenage girl who he sold for sex. HARRIS, who pleaded guilty on Jan. 25, 2016, was sentenced Thursday before U.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Illinois man was charged today with felony computer hacking related to a phishing scheme that gave him illegal access to over 300 Apple iCloud and Gmail accounts, including those belonging to members of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces today that a federal jury has found Russel Lee Orr (41, Trinity) guilty of attempted online enticement of a child to engage in sexual activity, attempted production of child pornography, and eight counts of advertising for child...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Michael W. Kelly (29, Largo) guilty of possessing a firearm and ammunition as convicted felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for October 5, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Roberto Torres, also known as “Tony," 49, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A woman caught transporting a significant load of crystal methamphetamine from California to West Virginia pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Kelly Newcomb, 56, of Nevada, entered her guilty plea to interstate travel in furtherance of a drug crime.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: FREDERICK, MD - During the Battle of Monocacy, the beautifully situated Worthington Farm became a staging area for the Confederate Army to attack Union forces defending the roads leading to Washington D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland. Stand at the window where Glenn Worthington watched the battle and was inspired to write Fighting for Time, a book that aided in preserving the battlefield.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former bookkeeper pleaded guilty Friday to embezzling $247,000 from a Wichita steel company where she worked, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., announced today that Laree Greggs, 39, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor before, was sentenced to 80 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today announced a hearing for Friday, July 8, 2016, at 9:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The ACA’s Cost Sharing Reduction Program: Ramifications of the Administration’s Decision on the Source of Funding for the CSR Program."
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: THOUSANDS EXPECTED TO CELEBRATE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND AT LAKE MEAD, LAKE MOHAVE.
