News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Law enforcement authorities this morning arrested four defendants who are charged in a federal indictment with participating in a conspiracy that planned and executed a series of brazen smash-and-grab robberies that targeted millions of dollars worth of Rolex and other high-end Swiss watches being sold at retail outlets across Southern California.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: On Thursday, June 23 at 9:00 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled, “Next Steps for K-12 Education: Examining Recent Efforts to Implement the Every Student Succeeds Act." Part of the committee’s ongoing oversight of the ...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan committee leaders today sent a letter to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office requesting a review of the Office of Emergency Communications’ (OEC) handling of funds. The OEC, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is tasked with supporting various programs and organizations aimed at improving public safety communications and interoperability.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Conspired to Transport Cocaine Through the U.S. Mail from Puerto Rico to New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: A Youngstown man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Bradley Earman, Acting ATF Special Agent in Charge for the Columbus Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter was sentenced on June 14, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Tallulah based tax preparer pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of a tax return containing false information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Norman Preston Stephenson, 35, and Samuel Gray, aka Pig, 36, both of Portsmouth, were sentenced today to 264 months, and 120 months in prison, respectively, for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine. Additionally, Stephenson was sentenced to 10 years of supervised release and Gray was sentenced to five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Jarrod Terrell Hazelton, age 33, of Parkville, Maryland, a former employee at the Quarantine Road Landfill (Landfill), today to two years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy and wire fraud in connection...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: A 27-year-old Seattle man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to threatening a federal official, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. JASPER KILMER HILLMAN BELL admits he made multiple phone calls to the staff of Congressman Jim McDermott in mid-April 2016, and in one call threatened...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Politce announced that BOUBACAR DIALLO, age 36, of Metairie, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to trafficking in counterfeit goods.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - The United States Attorney’s Office was selected as one of 10 nationwide districts to form an Elder Justice Task Force. The task force’s charge is to foster a collaborative working relationship among all levels of government, advocacy groups, and others charged with the care and protection...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Law enforcement authorities this morning arrested four defendants who are charged in a federal indictment with participating in a conspiracy that planned and executed a series of brazen smash-and-grab robberies that targeted millions of dollars worth of Rolex and other high-end Swiss watches being sold at retail outlets across Southern California.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan committee leaders today sent a letter to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office requesting a review of the Office of Emergency Communications’ (OEC) handling of funds. The OEC, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is tasked with supporting various programs and organizations aimed at improving public safety communications and interoperability.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 23-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been arrested for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled an informal stakeholder meeting July 13, 2016, in Washington, D.C. to collect information on hazards in the tree care industry. The agency will use the information to determine the need for a proposed rule to protect workers from fatalities, injuries and hazards in tree care operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JERRY COX, age 72, of Franklinton, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to structuring financial transactions to avoid federal reporting requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging Robert Hall, 40, of Buffalo, NY, with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, and attempted possession...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) sent a letter earlier this week to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew calling on the Treasury Department to stop obstructing Congressional oversight into the administration’s implementation of Obamacare’s cost sharing reduction (CSR) program.
