News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: On June 27, 2016, Paula L. Summers, 61, of Percy, was sentenced for methamphetamine and heroin offenses, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Robert Lonardo, 67, of Burrillville, treasurer of the Rhode Island Association for Cardiac Children (RIACC), admitted in federal court today that he converted nearly $186,000 from the charity for his own personal use. RIACC, founded by Lonardo’s mother, raised funds to purchase hospital equipment, support children’s cardiac treatment and research, and help meet the needs of Rhode Island families whose children were undergoing surgery for cardiac disease.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA - Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Philip Hooge announced today that a 13-knot vessel speed restriction will be implemented in lower Glacier Bay due to a high concentration of humpback whales in the area. At the same time, the 13-knot vessel speed limit in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - The United States Attorney’s Office has partnered with the YWCA and Panhandle Cleaning & Restoration in Wheeling, West Virginia to collect donations for the flood victims in southern West Virginia, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Wilfred Wylie, 35, of Buffalo, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit money laundering, was sentenced to 63 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Robert Lonardo, 67, of Burrillville, treasurer of the Rhode Island Association for Cardiac Children (RIACC), admitted in federal court today that he converted nearly $186,000 from the charity for his own personal use. RIACC, founded by Lonardo’s mother, raised funds to purchase hospital equipment, support children’s cardiac treatment and research, and help meet the needs of Rhode Island families whose children were undergoing surgery for cardiac disease.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) today issued the following statement after a settlement was announced in the Volkswagen emissions scandal.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) today issued the following statement after a settlement was announced in the Volkswagen emissions scandal.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On June 28, 2016, a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Darius Jermaine Blakemore, a.k.a. Tank, 27, of Chattanooga, Tenn., Joshua Corbett, 27, currently of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Jessica Rachels, 25, currently of Chattanooga, Tenn., with conspiracy to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: British Man Sentenced to 85 Years in Prison for Trafficking Child Pornography.
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the below statement following the release of the Select Committee on Benghazi’s report today...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Charles A. Marker, 40, of Wellsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced to 120 months in prison today for distribution of methamphetamine, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2016
News Release: Body of Stephen DiSarro unearthed in Rhode Island in March 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two men pleaded guilty today to federal drug crimes, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Matthew Michael Meadows, 31, of Charleston, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin. In a separate prosecution, Arthur James Canada, 25, of Huntington, entered his guilty plea to using a phone to facilitate a felony drug offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2016
News Release: Laundered Proceeds from the Sale of Synthetic Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A former accountant for an investment advising company was charged and arrested today in connection with embezzling nearly $3.4 million from employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached an agreement with the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts to resolve its review of the provision of language assistance service to limited English proficient (LEP) state court users.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2016
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Wa Heng Dou-Fu & Soy Sauce Corporation doing business as Wa Heng Dou-Fu & Soy Sauce International Enterprises (Wa Heng) and the firm’s co-owners, Peng Xiang “Martin” Lin and Yuexiao “Opal” Lin, to prevent the distribution of adulterated and misbranded soy products, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2016
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released the following statement today on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt: "For many years, the Supreme Court has maintained that regulations with the purpose or effect of presenting a substantial obstacle to a woman seeking an abortion ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it will train all of its law enforcement agents and prosecutors to recognize and address implicit bias as part of its regular training curricula. The new training, based on the latest social science research and best practices in law enforcement, will begin ...
