News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Clarence Adams, 34, of Buffalo, NY, and Michael Knight, 27, of California, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine. The charges carry a mandatory minimum 10 years in prison, a maximum of life and a $10,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Pipestone, MN: Pipestone National Monument announces "International Migratory Bird Day and Centennial Celebration" on May 14, 2016, from 9:00am to 3:00pm. This event will feature guided bird walks, interactive activities and educational stations and more.
By State Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today gave the following remarks on the House floor in support of legislation that would provide authority for the successors and assigns of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to maintain and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande near Rio Grande City, Texas, and for other purposes (S.2143 )...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: ASHLAND - Three Kentuckians and two Russian nationals are among those convicted of schemes to defraud federal, state and local governments, nationwide, of cigarette excise taxes totaling approximately $48 million dollars.
By State Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today gave the following remarks on the House floor in support of a resolution that reaffirms the Taiwan Relations Act and the Six Assurances as cornerstones of United States-Taiwan relations (H.Con.Res.88 )...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Inland Empire man who operated a fraudulent foreign currency exchange investment house and who arranged for an unauthorized wire transfer from a Pennsylvania car dealership was sentenced today to 108 months in federal prison, and to pay $1,303,307 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jessica A. McCracken, 33, of Clarksburg, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for cocaine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U. S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the October 2013 jury conviction of John E. Maye, a licensed physician, for the unlawful distribution and dispensing of a controlled substance. The Court also affirmed the defendant’s 12 month prison sentence imposed by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By USDA Newswire | May 16, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 128,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to South Korea during the 2015/2016 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today confirmed that the first shipment of U.S. beef recently arrived in South Africa following the reopening of the South African market earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Five Others Have Been Extradited in This Matter.
By USDA Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Washington - USDA Rural Housing Service Administrator Tony Hernandez today announced a series of changes that will make it faster and cheaper for homeowners to refinance USDA mortgages.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: A Broward County resident pled guilty today, before United States District Judge William J. Zloch, for her involvement in a Jamaica based telemarketing fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: On Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29, Fort Stanwix National Monument will be hosting the French and Indian War Encampment. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet Lord Jeffery Amherst, Commander-in-Chief of British forces, as well as learn about the history and activities of the British and French...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN -Methodist University Hospital, in order to resolve allegations that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, has agreed to improve its procedures regarding effective communication to people who are deaf or have hearing disabilities. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the settlement today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two former deputies with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department were found guilty today of violating the civil rights of a mentally ill jail inmate by beating, kicking and pepper spraying the victim after he showed disrespect to a jail employee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that FABIO PORFIRIO LOBO pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to a charge that he conspired to import cocaine into the United States. LOBO, who was arrested in the Republic of Haiti on May 20, 2015, and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHARLES YOUNG, 30, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 50 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Made False Statements to Grand Jury During an Arson-Homicide Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Jefferson City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and attempting to distribute child pornography over the Internet.
