News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: A Uniontown man was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for operating a scheme in which 19 investors lost approximately $5.6 million, law enforcement officials said.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: With Tropical Storm Colin now moving off the Outer Banks, National Park Service facilities at Cape Hatteras National Seashore are starting to reopen. Rainfall from Tropical Storm Colin, combined with historic rainfall over the past month has flooded multiple sites within the seashore.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: BOISE -- Bernard Saul, 58, of Bliss, Idaho, the owner of Saul Farms, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 36 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for the crimes of wire fraud and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Thomas E. Shaffer, 63, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 200 months in prison and five years of supervised release for robbery and armed robbery at six locations in Central Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Defendant faces 10 years in prison for enticement of minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Greene County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of production, distribution, and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As part of a nearly yearlong effort to obtain information regarding the source of funding for the Basic Health Program, the House Ways and Means Committee and House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The committees...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Nicholas Michael Teausant, 22, of Acampo, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to 12 years in prison, to be followed by 25 years of supervised release, for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The government has “a long way to go" to address long security lines plaguing travelers at the nation’s airports, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) learned Tuesday as he questioned a federal watchdog overseeing the problem.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Ways and Means to Markup Commonsense Proposals to Advance Hospital Reforms and Improve TANF.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Yesterday afternoon, a federal jury convicted Robert E. Youman, 32, of Tallahassee, of possession with intent to distribute the controlled substance alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone (“alpha-PVP"). The verdict was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Moises Jimenez-Salas, 37, a Mexican national illegally in the United States who previously has been deported to Mexico three times, was arraigned this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., on an indictment charging him with violating the federal firearms and narcotics trafficking laws. During this morning’s proceedings, Jimenez-Salas entered a not guilty plea to the indictment. He remains in federal custody pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that the former Solicitor for Hazle Township, Luzerne County, has been charged with the theft of $105,586.80 from the Township, a local government agency which receives federal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Vermont. Tuesday, June 7, 2016. The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Donald Ray Boles, 59, of Wilmington, Vermont, was convicted on June 3, 2016, in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Juana M. Diaz, of Bronx, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to three years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: A dead adult female moose was discovered near the Denali Post office inside Denali National Park and Preserve this morning. Park staff quickly determined the cow moose had been shot and killed one or two days prior to its detection.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: REXBURG, ID. - On Thursday June 9, University of Idaho 4-H members from around eastern Idaho will arrive at the Madison County Fairgrounds in Rexburg to pick up wild horse yearlings (aged 12 - 18 months) that they will then train in preparation for the Eastern Idaho Fair in Blackfoot September 3 - 10, 2016. The yearlings, gathered from Idaho’s rangelands following last year’s Soda Fire, will be showcased during the Fair, and then offered to the public for adoption.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to taking part in an interstate sex trafficking business, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today a plea of guilty by Manuel Geovanny Rodriguez-Perez, a/k/a “Shorty," to his role as a leader of a massive and violent racketeering (the “Rodriguez Enterprise") whose members sold large quantities...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson today made the following statement on the release of the House Republican Task Force proposal on poverty. The plan includes changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) under the Agriculture Committee’s jurisdiction.
