News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, delivered remarks during a Civil Rights Symposium hosted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi in Jackson today, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. You and I disagree about this matter, so I would like to take a few minutes to explain my view.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Additional Defendants Sentenced for Roles in Sex Trafficking Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: This school year, more than 2,500 fourth graders across Tucson and southern Arizona connected with the 100th birthday of the National Park Service through 100 classroom presentations about the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: An East St. Louis man, Deondre Jones, 45, convicted of bank robbery, was sentenced to 56 months in federal prison on June 7, 2016, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today. Following release from imprisonment, Jones will serve three years...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: GROTON, 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 an investigation into a recent drug overdose death of a teenager in Groton has resulted in federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Sharma Sukdeo, age 21, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to serve 15 months in prison for dealing firearms without a license.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that two Hartford men who were involved in a gang-related narcotics trafficking ring were sentenced this week in New Haven federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Versailles, Mo., woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to a fraud scheme in which she stole nearly $400,000 from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that an investigation into a recent drug overdose death of a teenager in Groton has resulted in federal heroin...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Defendant stole customer information to promote tax fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - William Bucci, 59, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty today to one count of securities fraud, four counts of mail fraud, one count of mortgage fraud, and pleaded nolo contendere to five counts of subscribing a false tax return. U.S. District Court Judge Joel H. Slomsky scheduled a sentencing hearing for Nov. 17, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced jason william wheelEr, 37, of Clayton, North Carolina, to 180 months imprisonment, followed by a five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Shreveport man was sentenced last week to 38 months in prison for stealing more than $397,000 from a privately held hospice company.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Update: Persons of interest located for recent vandalism incident at Grand Canyon National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Joplin, Mo., business owner has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a $3 million disaster fraud scheme in which his company received a government contract, designated for a service disabled veteran-owned small business that hired local workers, to clean up debris following the May 2011 tornado.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
Release: Washington, DC, June 8, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today awarded $16.8 million in competitive grants to help Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants increase their purchases of fruits and vegetables. The funding comes from the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) program, authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill and administered by USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Shreveport man was sentenced last week to 38 months in prison for stealing more than $397,000 from a privately held hospice company.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: FREDERICK: Experience over 220 years of history that truly is the story of America. The land encompassing the Best Farm has been home to Native Americans, immigrants seeking a new beginning in America, and a family literally caught in the middle of the Civil War. The Best Farm at Monocacy National Battlefield has a unique history that spans three centuries.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Dr. Hailu T. Kabtimer, 56, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, was indicted by a federal grand jury today, charging him with five counts of violating the federal anti-kickback act, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
