News from March 2016
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a report Monday, “Regulating the Internet: How the White House Bowled Over FCC Independence," detailing how the Federal Communications Commission arrived at its decision to regulate...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Flandreau, South Dakota, woman convicted of assault was sentenced on Feb. 29, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Crystal Devon Romero, 33, and Michelle Josephine Candelaria, 25, both of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to theft of mail charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced Thomas S. Jackson to four years in federal prison for conspiracy and bribery of an agent of a local government receiving federal funds. A federal jury found him guilty on Oct. 27, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Michael Daniel Rubens, 31, formerly of Tallahassee, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, a $15,000 fine, and $1,550 in restitution for cyberstalking, unauthorized access to a protected computer, and aggravated identity theft. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: Tampa, FL - A Cuban national who fled the United States and had been wanted since 2013 on federal criminal charges relating to a multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme in the greater Tampa Bay area pleaded guilty today for his role in the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates, Assistant Attorney General Karol V. Mason of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and United States Attorney Richard Callahan today announced that New Orleans, Louisiana; St. Louis, Missouri; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will join ten existing sites which...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Phillip Dale Selfa, 63, of Stockton, was sentenced today to 15 years and eight months in prison for six counts of bank robbery, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U. S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Brittaney Ridgeway, 27, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with distribution of heroin. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Building on the notable successes of the SuperTruck initiative, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Reuben Sarkar today announced SuperTruck II, an $80 million funding opportunity, subject to congressional appropriations, for research, development and demonstration of long-haul tractor-trailer truck technology. Sarkar made the announcement at the GreenTruck Summit in Indianapolis, Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr., announced today that a federal grand jury returned an Indictment charging 34 defendants for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to defraud the IRS through the filing of false tax forms, mostly through using other people’s identification information.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - A McHenry, Ill. man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Rockford on child pornography charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: As House Republicans continue to delay the unveiling of the FY 2017 budget, the Natural Resources Committee is holding a hearing this morning on the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) proposed budget. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will testify before the Committee on a budget that would restore our...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - Two men have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions in a scheme in which they used stolen personal information to purchase several high end vehicles in the Houston area, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: This February, the park and its many partners celebrated Acadia's centennial at community events. The Acadia Winter Festival kicked off this week hosted by Schoodic Institute and Camp Beech Cliff. Participants enjoyed a walk at Schoodic Woods with Park Superintendent Kevin Schneider. Visit Acadia Winter Festival 's website for a listing of daily events.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Duke City Produce Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico, for failure to pay for produce.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: Fifty-nine-year old Anthony P. Sertich, Jr., faces up to 55-years in federal prison after a jury in San Antonio convicted him today of ten counts of failure to truthfully account for and pay withholding taxes and one count of tax evasion, announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge William Cotter.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 22, 2016, Robert Heath London, 43, of Rogersville, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 51 months in federal prison for the possession of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: 2016 marks the 50th anniversaries of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), Savannah’s designation as a National Historic Landmark, and the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. Enacted after the destruction of numerous buildings and sites in the years following World War II, the NHPA...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal grand jury has returned a five-count indictment against the couple who allegedly enslaved a Nigerian national for more than two years in their Katy home, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
