News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Charlottesville Man Charged with Federal Methamphetamine Charge.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: NINETY SIX, SC -The National Park Service (NPS), Ninety Six National Historic Site (Historic Site) will host a stakeholders meeting for the equestrian community on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Arts Center at the Federal Building located at 120 Main Street, Greenwood, SC 29646.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: WACO, Texas - Federal inspectors found that the nation's largest chicken producer failed to use proper safety procedures that allowed a release of 79 pounds of anhydrous ammonia and endangered workers at its Waco facility on Sept. 28, 2015. Anhydrous ammonia is a dangerous chemical that can be fatal when inhaled and cause serious burns to the skin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Three People Suffered Significant Injuries; Defendant Was Under Influence of Alcohol and Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Dimas man who was a vice president of an Ontario-based wholesale equipment company pleaded guilty today to federal charges 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: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MATTHEW VOLOSHIN, 30, of East Haven was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking marijuana and unlawfully possessing firearms.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the publication of a high-impact, informational resources toolkit through its Better Buildings Energy Data Accelerator developed in partnership with 18 cities and utilities across the nation. The Energy Data Access: Blueprint for Action Toolkit is a compilation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that JAZZ ELLINGTON PIERCE, age 28, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 33 months of imprisonment, followed by 4 years of supervised release for Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of mail fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - Today the Department of Justice announced the launch of ten regional Elder Justice Task Forces. These regional teams will bring together federal, state and local prosecutors, law enforcement, and other agencies with the primary purpose to coordinate and enhance efforts against nursing homes that provide grossly substandard care to their residents.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Warrensburg, Mo., man who was previously indicted for crossing state lines to engage in illicit sexual activity with a minor, was indicted by a federal grand jury...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two men were sentenced in federal court today, in separate and unrelated cases, for failing to register as sex offenders after moving to St. Robert, Mo., and Branson, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Craig S. Coffee, 48, of Detroit, Michigan, pled guilty to heroin trafficking today in federal court, admitting his role in a Detroit to Morgantown heroin trafficking scheme, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Peter Anthony Vargas, III, 23, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of distributing the designer drug 5-MeO-DiPT, more commonly known as “Foxy Methoxy" or “Foxy," to a person under 21 years of age, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management has added Hagerman to the locations for open house public meetings on the Gateway West draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury sitting in Houston has returned guilty verdicts against Dr. Warren Dailey, 68, on five counts related to health care fraud following a three-day-trial, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury deliberated for approximately three hours this afternoon before finding Dailey...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, The National Electrical Contractors Association Center Ohio Chapter, (NECA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union 683 and 1105 (IBEW)
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two New Jersey men were sentenced to prison today for extorting thousands of dollars in corrupt payments in connection with arranging approvals to provide landfill materials for a Hudson County Improvement Authority (“HCIA") project, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Kansas City, Mo., men were indicted by a federal grand jury today for armed bank robbery and for illegally possessing firearms.
