News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging BRANDON WILLIAMS, also known as “14K," 35, of Bridgeport, with one count of sex trafficking of a minor and one count of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion.
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) delivered the following statement today at a Health Subcommittee Hearing on “Examining Cybersecurity Responsibilities at HHS."
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Piscataway, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring with employees of Bayway Lumber in Linden, New Jersey, to use phony invoices to defraud the Plainfield Board of Education, resulting in losses of $19,927, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Thomas Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By EPA Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing examining cybersecurity efforts and responsibilities at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The hearing examined H.R. 5068, the HHS Data Protection Act, authored by committee members...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: BOSTON -An Andover attorney was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with his role in converting and laundering more than $1.6 million in fraudulently-obtained IRS refund checks through several different bank accounts, including several of his attorney trust accounts.
By USDA Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman. Welcome to today’s witnesses. And welcome, Congresswoman Pingree, to the Committee. I appreciate your efforts to raise awareness and address this issue.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: DEL RIO, Texas - In Del Rio today Felipe Carmona-Rodriguez, 51, of Eagle Pass, Texas was sentenced on federal narcotics trafficking charges announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., DEA Special Agent in Charge Joseph Arabit, Houston Division, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher...
By DOL Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), and Congressman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), released the findings of a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on actions needed to address continued hazards in the meat and poultry industry. The report...
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing examining cybersecurity efforts and responsibilities at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The hearing examined H.R. 5068, the HHS Data Protection Act, authored by committee members...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Donna Boon, 50, of Oakfield, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, methamphetamine, was sentenced to three years probation which includes 12 months home detention by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Please join the National Park Service and the United States Coast Guard and the National Park Service on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, in a ceremony and convocation honoring the sacrifice of men of the U.S. Life-Saving Service who gave their lives serving this nation along the shores of Point Reyes.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- A body of an adult male was found in the parking lot of the Newton Canyon Trailhead on Kanan Dume Road in the Santa Monica Mountains on May 25. The cause of death was suspected to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The L.A. County Sheriff's Office is investigating and will make the final determination.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging six men with fraud and...
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: DUTCH JOHN, Utah. - The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $2.4 million contract to Koontz Electric Company, Inc., from Morrilton, Arizona, to replace the excitation systems in the three generating units at Flaming Gorge Powerplant.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and William J. Bratton, the Commissioner...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Elias David Parra, 29, of Deming, N.M., pleaded guilty this afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Sajmir Alimehmeti, aka Abdul Qawii, 22, of the Bronx, New York, was arrested today for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, as well as for making a false statement in an application for a U.S. passport. Alimehmeti is expected to be presented later today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein of the Southern District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch today released the following statement regarding the United States v. Dylann Roof: “Following the department’s rigorous review process to thoroughly consider all relevant factual and legal issues, I have determined that the Justice Department will seek the death penalty. The nature of the alleged crime and the resulting harm compelled this decision.”
By Fed Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: American Bancorporation of Minnesota, Inc., Baxter, Minnesota Written Agreement dated Feb. 16, 2011 Terminated May 19, 2016 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.
