News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. Magistrate Judge William Connelly sentenced former Charles County Circuit Court Judge Robert C. Nalley, of La Plata, Maryland, today to one year of probation for deprivation of rights under color of law for ordering a deputy sheriff to activate a stun-cuff worn by a pro se...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2016
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On March 31, 2016, Dennis Richard Smith, 55, of Knoxville, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 235 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Karim Messaoud, 47, a foreign national of Senegal and Morocco, made his initial appearance today after being extradited from Lebanon to the United States, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: POCATELLO - Juan Carlos Sepulveda-Castro, 31, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty today to one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Sepulveda-Castro was indicted by a federal grand Jury in Pocatello on Feb. 23, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced that Dr. Beth Vrabel has joined the Democratic Finance Committee staff, where she will serve as senior health counsel focusing on Medicare issues including Part B.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: A Jackson party store owner was sentenced today to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to a fraud scheme to burn down his store to collect insurance proceeds, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Daniel Rice, 53, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to wire fraud before U.S. Senior District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Lawrence Marks, 35, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, appeared in United States District Court today and was sentenced to 12 ½ years in prison after pleading guilty to transportation of a minor in interstate commerce for illegal sexual activity, announced U.S. Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of Justice announced that the Southern District of Ohio will serve as one of 10 regional Elder Justice Task Forces. These teams will bring together federal, state and local prosecutors, law enforcement, and agencies that provide services to the elderly, to coordinate and enhance efforts to pursue nursing homes that provide grossly substandard care to their residents.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: This spring the North Olympic Library System (NOLS) is teaming up with Olympic National Park to offer a third season of Poetry Walks. This year's program will begin April 1 and continue through May 31, and feature inspiring poetry along five dazzling trails in Olympic National Park. The Library and National...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Eleven Universities Receive Grants to Research Food Safety, Plant and Animal Health, Other Uses for Nanotechnology Solutions WASHINGTON, March 30, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced an investment of more than $5.2 million to support nanotechnology research at 11 universities. The ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: The former President of the North Carolina Board of Funeral Service and his business partner were sentenced to prison yesterday for their involvement in a conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Ripley Rand of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today it has reached a comprehensive settlement with the city of Newark, New Jersey, that will bring wide-ranging reforms and changes to the Newark Police Department (NPD). The agreement, which is subject to court approval, resolves the department’s findings that NPD ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates released the following statement following President Obama’s clemency announcement today: “Today’s announcement by the President to commute the prison sentences of another 61 individuals demonstrates his commitment to ensuring a fair and just criminal justice system. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice announced the launch of 10 regional Elder Justice Task Forces. These teams will bring together federal, state and local prosecutors, law enforcement, and agencies that provide services to the elderly, to coordinate and enhance efforts to pursue nursing homes that provide ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: An Alabama man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Birmingham, Alabama, on charges related to the production of child pornography involving four minor victims, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Joyce White Vance of the Northern District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: A California man who was a vice president of a wholesale equipment company pleaded to fraud charges today in connection with a bank fraud scheme that resulted in more than $9 million in losses to a California bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: A man who stomped on and kicked the head of an African-American man because of the victim’s race was convicted by a jury today after a three-day trial in the Northern District of Iowa.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Mobile banking use continued to rise last year as smartphone adoption grew and consumers were increasingly drawn to the convenience of mobile financial services, according to a Federal Reserve Board report,Consumers and Mobile Financial Services 2016, released on Wednesday.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews delivered keynote remarks at the Strata + Hadoop Conference, one of the largest gatherings of technology, data and web development professionals in the United States.
