News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: Three Florida Men Charged with Conspiring and Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of two counts of Child Abuse and one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine was sentenced on July 18, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Thereafter, Judge Lange also sentenced a Mission, South Dakota, woman for her role in the offense of Child Abuse.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordofSuccess, President Obama today signed sweeping legislation to fight the nation’s opioid epidemic. The legislation includes over a dozen bills passed by the Energy and Commerce Committee. Full committee Chairman...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: Mary’s Gone Crackers Inc. Agrees to Pay $1.5 Million and Establish a Corporate Compliance Program in a Nonprosecution Agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jonathan Leigh Wienke, 45, of Martinsburg, West Virginia with multiple firearm charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that KEVIN RICHARD, age 26, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty yesterday to engaging in mail fraud for his role in submitting a fraudulent application for disaster assistance money in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of two counts of Child Abuse and one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine was sentenced on July 18, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Thereafter, Judge Lange also sentenced a Mission, South Dakota, woman for her role in the offense of Child Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that California-based medical device manufacturer Acclarent Inc., a subsidiary of Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson company, has agreed to pay $18 million to resolve allegations that it caused health care providers to submit false claims to Medicare and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: BOISE - John Vernon McLeod, 36, of Payette, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 87 months in prison and four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered McLeod to forfeit $1,600 in drug proceeds. McLeod pleaded guilty on April 26, 2016.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordofSuccess, President Obama today signed sweeping legislation to fight the nation’s opioid epidemic. The legislation includes over a dozen bills passed by the Energy and Commerce Committee. Full committee Chairman...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today applauded the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) decision to release documentation for the Vehicle-to-Vehicle Public Key Infrastructure (V2V PKI) initiative proposed by the agency. The documentation was published in the Federal Register on Thursday following the committee’s urging that the information be made public.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today applauded the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) decision to release documentation for the Vehicle-to-Vehicle Public Key Infrastructure (V2V PKI) initiative proposed by the agency. The documentation was published in the Federal Register on Thursday following the committee’s urging that the information be made public.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: $10,000 Reward for Information Concerning the Disappearance and Death of Victoria 'Vicki' Jane Eagleman.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former deputy with the Bullitt County, Kentucky, Sheriff’s Office was convicted today by a federal jury of two counts of willfully depriving a Bullitt County resident of his constitutional rights under color of law, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn Jr. of the Western District of Kentucky.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: Charles Pinckney National Historic Site is celebrating the 100th birthday of the National Park Service with a Day in Your National Park on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016 from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm. Come out and enjoy this free event with family friendly crafts, activities, and music. We encourage you to bring...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on July 19, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Kliton Xhemali, 33, of Bangor was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock today to eighteen months imprisonment and a three-year term of supervised release on his conviction for distribution of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that California-based medical device manufacturer Acclarent Inc., a subsidiary of Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson company, has agreed to pay $18 million to resolve allegations that it caused health care providers to submit false claims to Medicare and...
By Federal Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
WASHINGTON – Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Friedman signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Energy and the American Public Power Association (APPA). This agreement aims to electrify personal and fleet transportation in public power communities across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2016
News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced federal criminal charges against Peggy Marcelino, 55, and William St. George, 57, both from Burlington.
