News from March 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore, today pressed European Union Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom for cooperation on strong enforcement with respect to China and outlined U.S. priorities in negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, a trade agreement with the European Union.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that FRANK BIANCUR, JR., 41, of West Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 30 days of incarceration in a halfway house, followed by two years of supervised release...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced that former Fronteras, Sonora, Mexico Mayor Arturo Reyes Trujillo was sentenced to over 21 years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering. Trujillo was elected municipal (mayor) in Fronteras, Sonora, Mexico in 2012, and was arrested in September...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Victor R. DeAnthony, Jr., 47, of Leesburg, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for wire fraud for embezzling over $2.9 million from a business based in Herndon. DeAnthony was also ordered to pay $2,902,868 in restitution and forfeiture as well as serve three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that three members of a Westbank gang associated with the Harvey Hustlers were sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act and the Federal Firearms Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Demario Stewart, 27, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy involving murder and drug dealing, was sentenced to 216 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The defendant is a member of the “Rounds Crew" led by Johnny Rounds.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on Senate passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA). CARA provides federal grants through the Department of Justice to improve prevention and treatment of opioid addiction, especially for those who have passed through the criminal justice system.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Washington -Leaders from 34 U.S. agribusinesses and organizations will accompany Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on a trade mission to Peru and Chile, March 14 to March 18, to expand export opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products. Peru and Chile are also members of the 12-nation Trans-Pacific...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Fraud Charges Relating to Securities of Avon, Rocky Mountain, and Tower Group.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian J. Counihan, who is handling the case, stated that the defendant requested and received sexually explicit pictures from a child who had not yet reached the age of 18. The pictures were transmitted to the defendant via text message picture attachments on a cellular telephone.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that 33 small businesses have been selected to work directly with DOE national labs to accelerate the transformation toward a clean energy economy. The selected businesses will be afforded access to world-class laboratory resources to help move these innovative ideas and technologies closer to the marketplace.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Ian Daniel Ugol, age 24, of Ellicott City, Maryland pleaded guilty today to distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - Ricky Lasley, 37, of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 52 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management will install a fence along the perimeter of the popular 27 ¼ Shooting Range beginning March 14. The barrier will keep cattle and the public from wandering onto the range and creating a safety hazard.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: On Tuesday, March 8 at approximately 2:30 p.m. a vehicle traveling east on New York Avenue (Route 50) approaching the Baltimore Washington Parkway was fired upon and struck by gunfire from the driver of a black colored newer model BMW.The black colored BMW was last seen heading east along Route 50 from that area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Travis Ware (24, Jacksonville) to two years in federal prison for his role in an identity theft and counterfeit check scheme. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 12, 2015.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today announced three hearings over the next three weeks. The full committee will examine the President’s recent memorandum on mitigation and the effects that it would have on domestic energy production. The Subcommittee on National Parks will examine ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Loves Park, Ill. man appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Iain D. Johnson on child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Miguel Rodriguez-Juarez, 40, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that on or about Feb. 11, 2016, Rodriguez-Flores, an alien, and native and citizen of Mexico, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about Jan. 19, 2001.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that WALTER OIL & GAS COMPANY, a Texas corporation residing in Houston, was sentenced today on a one-count Bill of Information which charged the company with failing to provide notification to the National Response Center of a hazardous discharge, in violation...
