News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Peculiar, Mo., man was convicted by a federal jury today of tax evasion.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: What: Help send off 80-100 tractors at they conduct the Monument to Monument Tractor Relay Across Nebraska.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - The fourth of 20 defendants convicted in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and money laundering scheme has been ordered to prison, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Juan Manuel Vargas Aguilar aka “Chacalilla," 46, of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, previously pleaded guilty for his role in two separate drug conspiracies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: Receives DOJ Director’s Award for Executive Achievement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A registered sex offender from Kansas was charged in federal court here Thursday with picking up a 16-year-old girl in Virginia and taking her across state lines to have sex with him, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said today.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Nautic Star LLC. Inspection site: 500 Waterway Drive, Amory, Mississippi 38821. Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on June 2 for 15 serious and eight other-than-serious safety and health violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Clint Gregory, 53, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to six and a half years in prison for a mail fraud scheme involving bid rigging in connection with contracts issued by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Jerel Jackson, 30, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for five counts of sex trafficking of minors and adults by force. On March 18, 2015, Jackson pleaded guilty to the charges. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge C. Darnell Jones ordered a $500 special assessment and five years of supervised release. A separate restitution hearing will be held at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Matthew Castricone, 27, of Salem, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison by the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire after pleading guilty to one count of possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: For the fifth year in a row, every sixth grader in Morgan County has had the opportunity to participate in the award-winning “National Park in Your Backyard" program at Obed Wild & Scenic River. Approximately 300 students took part in the program over a 6-day period in May.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Maxine Waters, and Bobby Scott, Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement on news that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, and other industry groups have filed a lawsuit to overturn the Department of Labor’s conflict of interest rule...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The FBI today arrested one of two Tuscaloosa men indicted in May on charges that they conspired to distribute marijuana and to bribe U.S. Postal Service employees to deliver the drug, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton, U.S. Postal Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez and West Alabama Narcotics Squad Capt. Wayne Robertson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Piedmont, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Withhold, Properly Account For, and Pay Over Tax, and Concealment of Bankruptcy Assets was sentenced on May 27, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court. The Defendant was charged on Jan. 26, 2016, and pleaded guilty on Feb. 12, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A citizen of the Republic of Bulgaria was sentenced to 46 months in prison today for his involvement in a $6 million fraudulent tax return scheme that used personal identifying information stolen from multiple accounting firm networks, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: GALVESTON - West Columbia resident Joseph Robert Shoemake, 36, has been sentenced to federal prison following his conviction of distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Shoemake pleaded guilty Dec. 16, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: Date: Saturday, June 18, 2016. Time: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Location: Mound City Group Visitor Center. Celebrate International Picnic Day by discovering your national park. Pack your picnic lunch and join us for a fun day appreciating the great outdoors and 100 years of the National Park Service. Participate...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Hermosa, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on May 27, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: HEYBURN, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation is planning to increase flow in the Snake River below Palisades Dam June 2 to reach about 19,000 cubic-feet-per-second by June 8. Reclamation will be monitoring the flow for debris accumulating on irrigation structures. If no major problems are found increases will continue until the maximum flow is reached June 8. Flow will be reduced by 5 percent each day beginning June 9 until a seasonal norm of about 13,000 cfs is reached.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) issued the following joint statement on the one year anniversary of the enactment of the USA Freedom Act...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: Moab, Utah -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM ) Moab Field Office is seeking input on an Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzing potential impacts of renewing a ten year grazing permit for the Scharf Mesa, Hotel Mesa, and Sand Flats allotments. These grazing allotments cover about 77,671 acres located...
