News from March 2016
By State Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement after reports of Iran launching ballistic missiles.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A Bessemer grocery store owner pleaded guilty today in federal court to defrauding the food stamp program of more than $5 million, structuring cash transactions and laundering money to hide the illegal profit, and evading federal income taxes, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, IRS...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 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 Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -- The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Central Valley Project Interim Renewal Contract for Cross Valley Contractors 2016-2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court today, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox, sentenced RANDALL STEWART HILL, 39, of Mount Olive, North Carolina, to 420 months’ imprisonment followed by a lifetime of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A former Topeka store clerk was sentenced Tuesday to 24 months in federal prison for helping to plan an armed robbery of a man whose job was to stock ATMs with cash, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By State Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - During a hearing to discuss reauthorization of the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today presented some of his priorities for improving the oversight, accountability and effectiveness of U.S. diplomacy abroad. Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Heather Higginbottom testified on behalf of the Obama administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury sitting in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke has charged a Bristol, Virginia man with a variety of federal tax charges, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: George David George, 61, of Franklin, Tenn., pleaded guilty today in connection with a multimillion dollar investment scheme, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. In a hearing before U.S. District Court Chief Judge Kevin H. Sharp, George pleaded guilty to securities fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: NOAA awarded an original $4.5 million last month, designed to help coastal communities improve their resilience to adverse events by aiding their ability to prepare for and respond to a variety of coastal threats, including extreme weather events, climate hazards, and changing ocean conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that there is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Ramarley Graham. Mr. Graham was killed during an encounter with police officers from the New...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the guilty plea of an Ohio man to conspiracy charges for illegally importing prescription drugs into the United States.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court today Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced TIRREIL MARIO MAYNOR, 33, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to 96 months’ imprisonment followed by 3 years’ supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: A man who illegally re-entered the United States was sentenced today to time served.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Settles Disability-Based Housing Discrimination Lawsuit with Owners and Developers of 71 Apartment Complexes in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: Defendant Used Facebook Postings and Text Messages to Threaten to Injure and Kill a Plattsburgh-Area Man.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Tuesday to discuss the Department of Homeland Security’s budget submission for fiscal year 2017. Below is Chairman Johnson’s opening statement as submitted for the record...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Blue Springs, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for downloading thousands of images and videos of child pornography, which he made available to share over...
