News from June 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces the selection of five projects across California to receive a total of $2.9 million in CALFED Water Use Efficiency grants for fiscal year 2016. Combined with local cost-share contributions, approximately $10 million in water management improvement projects will be implemented during the next 24 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Jeffrey Dean Coble, 41, of Mobile, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for distribution and receipt of child pornography. Coble pled guilty to the offense in February.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: A Tennessee man was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for traveling to Ohio to sexually exploit a 14-year-old, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Gregory M. Cox, 51, of Vallejo, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of a short-barrel shotgun, and unlawful possession of a short-barrel rifle, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Angel F. Garcia, 37, formerly of North Platte, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 70 months in prison by United States Senior District Judge Richard G. Kopf, for receipt and distribution of child pornography. Following his release from prison, Garcia will serve 5 years on supervised release and be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Eric Fabian Cruz, 25, of Dallas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to serve a total of 188 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in January 2016 to methamphetamine distribution and firearms charges, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Wei-Chuan U.S.A. Inc. Inspection site: 80 Amity St., Jersey City, New Jersey. Citations issued: On June 22, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to Wei-Chuan U.S.A. Inc. for one willful, one repeat and six serious violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: Douglas M. Davis, 46, of Crossville, Tenn., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 47 years in prison, for crimes committed in October 2014 during a two-day violent crime spree, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Kentucky man on charges of enticing a minor and attempting to produce child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton and Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Sec. Stan Stabler.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg man was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for possessing over 600 images and videos of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Charles Tom Davisson II, 56, previously pleaded guilty to the federal child pornography crime. After Davisson is released from prison, he will be on supervised release for 25 years and will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: One Defendant Was Allegedly Reimbursed over $18,000 in Fraudulent Travel Vouchers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Kyandre Banks, 27, of Lilburn, Georgia, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. He pleaded guilty on Feb. 18, 2016. Visiting U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: The Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts, a culinary school in Austin, Texas, has agreed to settle charges of disability discrimination brought by the United States Department of Justice, announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. this afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: According to Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joel L. Violanti and Wei Xiang, who handled the case, between 2004 and June 2010, the defendant was the head of the Rounds Crew which committed numerous acts of violence and narcotics trafficking on the East Side of Buffalo encompassing Broadway and several intersecting...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: Government Impersonators Targeting North Florida Residents.
By State Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
By USDA Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: USDA Rural Development Under Secretary Lisa Mensah and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree announced that 13 Maine businesses and farms have been selected to receive a total of $108,001 to help them lower their energy costs and implement renewable energy systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: One Victim Repeatedly Raped and Assaulted Before Law Enforcement Rescue.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: Peoria, Ill. - A September sentencing date has been scheduled for a Peoria, Ill., man, Jordan D. Salem, 24, of the 600 block of S. Byron Court. Salem appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan E. Hawley on June 28, 2016, to enter his pleas of guilty to production of child pornography while registered...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: A Cleveland man was charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin and cocaine, law enforcement officials said.
