News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Former First Tennessee Bank Employee Admits Embezzling Funds from Elderly Customers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Ordered to pay $274, 846 in restitution.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn today announced the issuance of 12 new subpoenas to organizations who have failed to fully cooperate with both requests for information and previous subpoenas from the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Reaches Agreement with City of Newark, New Jersey, to Reform Police Department’s Unconstitutional Practices.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Shantelle P. Kitchen, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI"), announced today the unsealing of a 50-count Indictment of tax preparer SAMUEL GENTLE on charges relating...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Macon, GA -The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) helps lead communities throughout the country in their annual observances of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) every April by promoting victims’ rights, and honoring crime victims and those who advocate on their behalf. This year’s National Crime...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation will conduct negotiations for a storage contract with the cities of Reno and Sparks and with Washoe County, Nevada. Under Title II of Public Law 101-618, Section 205(b)(1), Reclamation is authorized to enter into contracts for the use of space in Truckee River reservoirs. Contracts must be consistent with the terms and conditions defined in the Truckee River Operating Agreement.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has received letters from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) outlining information those agencies have about cyber-attacks that use...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: MEMPHIS, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today said the U.N. Security Council’s refusal to hold Iran accountable defies the Obama administration’s assurances that a ban on Tehran’s ability to test ballistic missiles would remain in place ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: KIMBERLY - John Day Fossil Beds National Monument released an environmental assessment (EA) for a proposed ranger station/office in the Clarno Unit of the monument. Public comments will be accepted until April 10, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Phillip Bingham, age 56, of Tucson, Arizona, today to 11 years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, and three counts of attempted possession of marijuana...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Hot Springs - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Jacob Spurlin aka John Ray Monroe, age 32, of Turlock, California, was sentenced this week to 84 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Hot Springs.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: Dear Acting Administrator Slavitt: We are writing to express our concerns about the current implementation timeline for Section 216 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-93). Given that CMS has yet to issue a final rule to move the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) to a market-based...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that four gang members from the Frenchmen/Derbigny gang, or “FnD," were sentenced today for charges related to racketeering, narcotics, and crimes of violence. Among those violent crimes was the shooting of a second-line parade on Mother’s Day, May 12, 2013, in which twenty people suffered gunshot-related injuries.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Clarence Anthony Hatton, a/k/a “C-Money" of Las Vegas was sentenced on Friday, March 25, 2016, to serve 16 years in prison for supplying large quantities of cocaine to Alaska and Michigan over the past five years; he was also fined $40,000, and required to forfeit expensive vehicles and over $700,000 in drug proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: Antonio Ballard Faces 10 years to Life Imprisonment.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: Step back in time and make pie the 1860 way! On Saturday, April 9th, 2016, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park will offer a 3-hour baking workshop, where participants will have the chance to bake and enjoy a slice of fresh fruit pie baked the 19th century way.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- Daniell Sherre Combs, 31, of Atlanta, Georgia, and C’quan Celestine, 21, of St. Thomas, made their initial appearance on Saturday, March 26, 2016, before U.S. Magistrate Ruth Miller after being charged in a complaint with possession with intent to distribute marijuana and hashish, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today. Combs and Celestine were detained pending preliminary and detention hearings set for March 30, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced today that Michael Bambery, age 21, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was sentenced for his conviction of theft of property in Indian Country. Magistrate Judge Thomas D. Thalken sentenced Bambery to nine months of incarceration to be followed by a one year term...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee applauded the Department of Education’s progress to simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form for the 2017-18 school year by including two...
