News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: OWENSBORO, Ky. - An Evansville, Indiana man pleaded guilty today in United States District Court, before Magistrate Judge H. Brent Brennenstuhl, to the charge of transportation of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent a letter on Friday to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shaun Donovan and Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) Administrator Howard Shelanski regarding...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: On March 9, 2016, Jeremey A. Phillips, a/k/a "Jeremy Phillips," 29, of Marion, was sentenced for methamphetamine violations, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: Naturalist Programs at Tucson Mountain District (West: 2700 N. Kinney Road).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U.S. Attorney John Parmley (619) 546-7957 and Michael Kaplan (619) 546-7927.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: Lowell, Massachusetts.Downtown Lowell First Thursdays (DLFT) returns on Thursday, April 7, from 5-8:30 pm for 2016. A consortium of galleries, businesses and restaurants will throw open their doors again this year on the first Thursday of the month from April through September.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Candelario Ayala, Jr., 40 of Anthony, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: DENVER - The Bureau of Land Management Colorado is extending the protest period for its May 2016 oil and gas lease sale by 15 days to March 29, 2016, to allow the public additional time to review the parcels.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two men were sentenced today on federal charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Semaj Markes Leondre Figg, 24, of Huntington, was sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. In a separate prosecution, Anthony Lamar Jordan Honeycutt, 35, of Charleston, was sentenced to two years and three months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit drug dealer pleaded guilty today to a federal oxycodone crime, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Chester Lee Estes, 40, entered his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Belleville, New Jersey, woman today admitted leading a conspiracy to illegally obtain and distribute oxycodone in New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - A Schenectady man pleaded guilty on Friday to stealing another person’s identity and using that person’s information to apply for a United States passport and public benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 36 months imprisonment, followed by 12 years supervised release, on a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor. United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer also ordered Stephen Hutchinson to pay $9,000.00 in restitution to victims, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -On March 16th or 17th, Grand Canyon Railway, in consultation with the National Park Service (NPS), will apply herbicide along their railroad tracks including those within Grand Canyon National Park. The purpose of this application is to inhibit the growth of vegetation adjacent to...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: The Hayner Hoyt Corporation to Pay $5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: Dear Madam Attorney General: The Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) provides “authoritative legal advice to the President and all the Executive Branch agencies."[1] In this role, OLC has historically authored numerous opinions that provide “controlling legal advice" to executive branch agencies.[2] At times, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. B A Dodge City woman pleaded guilty Monday to making a video of herself engaged in a sex act with a child under five years old and uploading the video to the Internet, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, provided the below statement regarding the recent U.S. Court of Appeals decision in U.S. v. Ragin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. today sentenced four men to prison terms ranging from 63 months to 39 months for their involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking ring operating in the Henderson county area, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Allen Prout, 44, of Providence, was sentenced on Friday to 13 years in federal prison on firearms and robbery conspiracy charges relating to his June 2014 plan to rob a drug dealer and a robbery conspiracy charge relating to his involvement in an armed robbery in September 2012.
