News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Iberia Parish, Louisiana, Sheriff and Lieutenant Colonel Charged in Conspiracy to Assault Inmates.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Raul Ulises Badillo-Guzman, age 49, of Yakima, Washington, was sentenced today for one count of Production of Child Pornography and one count of Attempted Production of Child Pornography. Chief...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Defendant is One of 34 Individuals Charged as Part of Investigation into Methamphetamine Trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A four-count indictment was unsealed today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging sixteen defendants with four narcotics trafficking conspiracies, including conspiracies to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine (crack cocaine), (molly), and marijuana. The defendants are scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Anne Y. Shields at the federal courthouse in Central Islip.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Florida man today admitted trading on material, nonpublic information concerning Gilead Sciences Inc.’s $11 billion acquisition of New Jersey-based Pharmasset Inc., U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that HARVEY LEE STONE, age 52, of Ferris, Texas, pled guilty to FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: March 9, 2016 BOS 2016-035. Employer name: Continental Construction Group, 177 North Common St., Lynn, Massachusetts. Citations issued: Five repeat and two serious citations. Investigation findings: Continental Construction Group exposed employees to falls of 13 to 24 feet while constructing decks at...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today proposed a rule that overhauls the airworthiness standards for small general aviation airplanes. The FAA’s proposal, which is based on industry recommendations, would reduce the time it takes to get safety enhancing technologies for small airplanes into the marketplace while also reducing cost.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Kentucky Man Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison for Possession and Distribution of Methamphetamine and Carrying a Firearm During a Drug Trafficking Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of West End Diner in Leominster pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with setting fire to his restaurant in order to collect the insurance proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Douglas W. Scott, 46, and Azar Ardestani, 33, both of New Market, Alabama, pleaded guilty on March 3, 2016, to Bank Fraud and Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DAVID MOREL, age 32, of New Orleans, was sentenced today for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: A 13-count superseding indictment was unsealed in which tax charges were added to a conspiracy involving harboring undocumented and illegal aliens in relation to their operation of a restaurant in Akron, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A former employee of United Transport Tankcontainers Inc. (UTT) has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Marcella Jones aka Marcella Jones-Hatch, 45, of Houston, pleaded guilty Oct.6, 2015, admitting she caused a loss of nearly $1.8 million to her former employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Lucy Girard, 78, of Townsend, Mass., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to stealing over $200,000 in Social Security and federal housing benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Janet Cabral (619) 546-8715 and Michelle Pettit (619) 546-7972.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Steven Banks, Commissioner of the New York City Human Resources Administration/Department of Social (HRA), and New York State...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This week, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Michael Capuano (D-MA) strongly urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Environmental...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: The Energy Department plays an important role in helping states develop high-impact, innovative solutions that can achieve economic benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced today a settlement with Dr. William Sher, an otolaryngologist in Port Jefferson, New York, under title III of the Americans With Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12181- 12189 (ADA). Title III prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in places of public accommodation such as hospitals. Individuals with HIV fall within the protection of the ADA.
