News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Julian Rivera, age 21, of Springdale, was sentenced today to 600 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole and twenty five years of supervised release on one count of Production...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA - On Thursday, April 7, 2016, the United States Attorney’s Office will join the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration to host a dynamic community forum designed to highlight a unique, realistic perspective on the impact of prescription drug and opioid abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that ALLEN MICHAEL SCOTT, age 22, of Pottsboro, Texas, pled guilty to THEFT BY OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES OF GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ON INDIAN LANDS, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1168(b) and 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two day traders today admitted participating in a multi-year insider trading scheme that made over $3.9 million in illicit profits by exploiting material information in violation of confidentiality agreements, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: 2015 Outstanding Investigator Award Goes to Fresno Police Detective David Fries for Work on Sex Trafficking Cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. -A Ringwood, New Jersey, man will appear in federal court today to face charges that he possessed 17 machine guns, which are illegal under federal law, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), along with Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers (R-KY), sent letters to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Members today voted to pass three pieces of legislation that will help American families by making government more accountable. The combined legislation, known as the ‘savers’ package, will save taxpayers $16.5 billion over two years and a total of $98 billion over ten years.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - James J. McCullagh, 60, of Meadowbrook, PA, was sentenced today to 10 months in prison for charges related to the fatal fall of an employee. McCullagh, who owns James J. McCullagh Roofing, pleaded guilty on December 9, 2015, to four counts of making false statements, one count of obstruction...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: A new sugar beet germplasm breeding line developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists could usher in new varieties of the sugar crop that can better withstand the sugar beet curly top virus.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: PABLO - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Montana and the Tribal Defenders Holistic Defense Program of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) will present a training on offender reentry issues on March 29 and 30, 2016, on the campus of the Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, Montana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: Defendant Set Fire to Pittsburg, California, Church.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: Check out U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx video on building a stronger and more connected nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Antonio Gordon, 32, of Bangor pleaded guilty today U.S. District Court to distributing cocaine base, commonly known as “crack cocaine.".
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the bipartisan Senate cosponsors of S. 2051, the Improving Postal Operations, Service, and Transparency Act of 2015 (iPOST), reacted to the Postal Regulatory Commission’s (PRC) Annual Compliance Determination of the U.S. Postal Service. The Annual Compliance Determination, which assesses...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX - Two men were sentenced yesterday in the District of Arizona for the sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl in Landstuhl, Germany, in October 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: WAYCROSS, GA - Bradley Williams, 33, from Russell Springs, Kentucky, was sentenced yesterday by Chief District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to 151 months in prison following his conviction for possession with intent to distribute oxycodone and hydrocodone, Schedule II controlled substances. Williams...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy hosted a two-day energy track and booth at the National Reservation Economic Summit (RES) in Las Vegas. After a busy few days at the conference, I had the opportunity to join Office of Indian Energy Director Chris Deschene, Senior Policy...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced today that Victor Lopez, of Guatemala, pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 4472, the Modernizing the Interstate Placement of Children Act...
