News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Former County Chief Deputy Auditor Sentenced to 84 Months for Embezzling Government Funds, Tax Fraud and Wire Fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in partnership with the Bessie Smith Cultural Center, invites the public to participate in a free, one hour program at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 East Martin Luther King Boulevard, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403, on Saturday...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Louis Brothers, 63, of Covington, Kentucky, was sentenced to 93 months in prison for illegally exporting sophisticated technology equipment to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and concealing the unlawful proceeds. The sentence also includes a monetary judgment of $1.1 million. Assistant...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a convicted sex offender in Hollister, Mo., has been sentenced to federal prison for receiving child pornography. Charles Neel Alexander, 64, of Hollister, was...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX - On March 1, 2016, Sharon M. Helman, 45, of Surprise, Ariz., the former director of the Phoenix VA Medical Center, pleaded guilty to making a false financial disclosure to the federal government.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed nine members and nine alternates to the American Egg Board for the 2016-2017 term. All appointees will serve 2-year terms.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Shedrick Giles and Tasheen Raphael Pickett, both of whom owned and operated moving companies, have been sentenced for their roles in fraudulently obtaining unsuspecting citizens’ household goods.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that eleven individuals have been indicted on federal charges involving conspiracy to commit an offense and to defraud the U.S. government and theft of government property or money in the Eastern District of Texas.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 2, 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, delivered remarks outside the Supreme Court before listening to the oral arguments in Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt, the first major Supreme Court case...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Defendant Agrees to Pay $210,012 in Restitution to Each of Three Victims; Prosecution Brought Pursuant to Project Safe Childhood.
By State Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Congressmen Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), and Ted Poe (R-TX) introduced the Displaced Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries and Iran Act, requiring the President to report to Congress on federal actions to ensure that any future Arab-Israeli peace accord will also address the issue of Jewish and other refugees displaced from Arab countries and Iran. The Members issued the following joint statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Ashley Marie Gnocchini, 29, of Cheektowaga, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to 15 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Wolford.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Thank you Mr. Chairman. I would like to join you in welcoming the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Julian Castro.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Dennis M. Franklin, 44, Madison, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court found that due to three prior felony convictions, Franklin was an armed career criminal, and was subject to a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: REDDING, Calif. -- Volunteers are welcome to help Redding area firefighters begin construction of a physical fitness park that will be dedicated to the memory of a northern California smokejumper who died in the line of duty.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Employer name: P/M National Inc., 201 Grotzinger Road, St. Marys, Pennsylvania
By State Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), unanimously passed two bipartisan measures to address war crimes and genocide in the Middle East. Specifically, the measures condemn ISIS’s genocide against Christians, Yezidis and other ethnic and religious minorities, and call for an international tribunal to hold the brutal Assad regime accountable for war crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Shawn Peterkin, 38, formerly of South Carolina, was charged with one count of failure to update his sex offender registration status. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - Glacier National Park and the Glacier Institute are accepting applications for their "Discovering Glacier through Science &Culture" teacher workshop to be held June 21-24 at the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former registered representative of a broker-dealer offering investment products and services, including variable life insurance and annuities, was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for using his position to steal more than $650,000 from the company’s clients, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
