News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced the filing of plea agreements that had been reached with Paul Bouraxis, his wife, Freida Bouraxis, and their son, Andreas Bouraxis, all of whom resided in Franklin, Wisconsin. Each of the defendants agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON, Texas - A federal jury has returned guilty verdicts on all 19 counts as charged against a Houston doctor for distributing oxycodone and hydrocodone, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Atttorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Three defendants appeared in Charleston today and pleaded guilty to federal charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: MADISON CO, MS-On Monday, July 25, 2016, at 8:53 a.m., emergency responders were dispatched to a collision involving a motor vehicle and a bicyclist on the Parkway just north of the Boyd Site (milepost 107). Amy Biernat (44), of Brandon, MS, was riding her bicycle north on the Parkway when she was struck...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is accepting public comments on a plan designed to streamline approvals for wildlife habitat improvement projects in the Radium Valley in Eagle and Grand counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: WHO:. United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III. ATF Assistant Special Agent in Charge Trevor A. Velinor. Daytona Beach Police Chief Michael Chitwood. State Attorney R.J. Larizza. WHAT: Press conference to announce the unsealing of indictments and arrests of multiple individuals involved in firearms...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: BRUNSWICK GA - Ronnie Music, Jr.,45, of Waycross, Georgia, pled guilty last week before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to federal drug trafficking and firearm charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Teenager Died of Drug Overdose in Motel Room.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Stole over $135,000 intended for sporting events, dances, clubs and fund-raising.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: A 24-year-old member of the Quinault Tribe was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to three years in prison and three years of supervised release for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. RICKY LEE LOGAN, pleaded guilty in March 2016, to repeatedly...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Craig A. Morgenstern, age 47, of Nine Mile Falls, Washington was sentenced to 12 life terms in federal prison after a jury found him guilty of 12 counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child. Senior...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 As Secretary of Homeland Security, I am often asked “who’s responsible within the federal government for cybersecurity? Who in the government do I contact in the event of a cyber incident?” Today, President Obama’s Presidential Policy Directive/PPD-41 ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— Over the past year, the United States has taken a series of steps to address the ongoing humanitarian challenges in Central America, particularly for the many vulnerable individuals attempting to leave the region and come to the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today in the Eastern District of Michigan to recover damages from the COPOCO Community Credit Union, alleging that it violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by repossessing protected servicemembers’ motor vehicles without obtaining the necessary court orders.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Defendant Sold High-Quality Counterfeit U.S. Currency to Undercover Secret Service Agent Posing as Member of New York-Based Criminal Enterprise On July 22, Louay Ibrahim Hussein had his initial appearance at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lois Bloom. Hussein ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: A Spokane, Washington, certified public accountant pleaded guilty today to three counts of making and subscribing false corporate income tax returns announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Michael C. Ormsby for the Eastern District of Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz for the District of Massachusetts, Director Andrew J. Ceresney of the Division of Enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Secretary Thomas E. Perez of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), announced today that State Street Bank and Trust Company, a ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – Hundreds of workers who prepare and serve meals for Capitol Hill lawmakers and their staffs in the U.S. Senate cafeterias will receive more than $1 million in back wages after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found their employers failed to pay prevailing wages required of federal contractors.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 26, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a four page rule on July 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
