News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Karl William Calhoun (40, Sanford) with being a felon in possession of a firearm. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. Calhoun is the first person federally charged as part of a new local violent crime reduction initiative - “Operation Ceasefire."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A former senior analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago admitted in federal court today that he stole confidential financial documents from the bank shortly before resigning his position and accepting a new job.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Douglas J. Plate, 53, of Navarre, Florida, was arraigned today in the U.S. District Court in Pensacola after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with receipt, possession, and access with intent to view child pornography. The indictment was announced by Christopher P. Canova, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Lafayette Buddhist monk pleaded guilty to wrongfully taking more than $263,000 from his own temple.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: ASHLAND, Ky. - An Ohio doctor has been convicted by a federal jury of traveling to Morehead, Ky., to engage in sex with a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (“ICE"), Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), announced that MATTHEW GOLDFARB was sentenced in White...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominations for the National Processed Raspberry Council.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: New Nonpartisan Report Details Administration’s CO-OP Shortfalls.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: Acquisition Would Monopolize Newspapers in Orange and Riverside Counties in California.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today the conviction of Moshe Mirilasvhili, a board-certified, state-licensed doctor, ...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: The Energy Department today announced up to $3 million in available funding for manufacturers to use high-performance computing resources at the Department's national laboratories to tackle major manufacturing challenges. The High Performance Computing for Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) program leverages supercomputers...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: Pair Committed a String of Armed Robberies of Gas/Convenience Stores in DFW Metroplex in June 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: Defendant was Deported following Prison Term for Murder, Returned Using Victim’s Identity.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Brattleboro, Vt., man was charged in federal court today with sexually assaulting a 6-year-old child at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said this Thursday after the Senate unanimously passed a resolution to hold Backpage.com in contempt...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Aaron M. Richardson (27, Jacksonville) guilty of attempted murder of a United States District Judge, multiple federal firearm offenses, multiple false statements, failing to appear at scheduled court hearings, and impersonating a military officer. Richardson faces life in federal prison. His sentencing will be scheduled for a future date.
By State Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today announced the House Foreign Affairs Committee will convene a hearing on Tuesday, March 22 to examine the important roles women play in ending conflict and promoting security, and the implications of women’s participation in conflicts like the Syrian civil war. The hearing, entitled “Women Fighting for Peace: Lessons for Today’s Conflicts, " will begin at 10:45 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH -- A resident of Grove City, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to a term of two years of probation and full restitution in the amount of $27,309.85 on his conviction of theft of government property, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: LAFAYETTE - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Lafayette man pleaded guilty to stealing approximately $1.5 million from an insurance settlement his sister received while she was incapacitated.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held an oversight hearing raising bipartisan concerns about the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) waste, abuse and incompetence concerning its law enforcement records system. Since 2003, DOI has spent over $50 million in federal funds on a database that is still not fully functional.
