News from May 2016
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: STANFORD, Calif.-The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Stanford University announced today that they are embarking on a long-term partnership to develop the measurement capabilities central to research, innovation and commercialization in a budding bio-economy of products and services in sectors ranging from health care to energy to electronics.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Eric Donys Simeu, a/k/a Martell Collins, a citizen of Cameroon, has been arraigned on federal charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, computer fraud and access device fraud. Simeu was indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta on Sept. 23, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge Eric Watson and United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that two more defendants have been convicted in Operation Goldy Locks for their roles in a multi-state heroin ring which involved disguising heroin as oxycodone...
By US DOT Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, chaired by U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), will hold a hearing next week to examine the state of the Washington Metro system operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), and how the safety and reliability of the Metro can be improved.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Aaron G. Seltzer, age 39, of Trappe, Maryland, today to five years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud in connection with a scheme in which he converted funds intended for real estate investments to his personal use.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: A Broward County resident was sentenced today to 72 months’ imprisonment after being convicted at trial of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - An Arizona man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with defrauding four people who invested in his foreign currency trading company.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Rashod D. Todd, 28, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to one count each of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS -A special program of dulcimer music will be provided by the North Mississippi Dulcimer Association from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday, June 4, 2016, at the Parkway Visitor Center located at milepost 266 near Tupelo, Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Jason Kopp, 40, of Liverpool, New York pled guilty today to all twenty-two counts of an indictment charging him with the exploitation of children as well as the possession and distribution of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and FBI Resident Agent in Charge Andrew Vale of the FBI Albany Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Grigoriy (Greg) Zilberman, age 25, of Owings Mills, Maryland, today to three years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy, kidnapping, and brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, in...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Sought Sexual Encounter with someone he believed was a 12-year-old Girl.
By US DOT Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has posted the third video designed to further enhance airport safety. The video outlines the success of previous initiatives to enhance airport safety and the national efforts underway to further reduce the risk of runway incursions at U.S. airports.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Today, the Energy Department's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced the city of San Francisco has been selected as the first Climate Action Champion to pursue hydrogen and fuel cell technologies for local transportation, in addition to new analysis projects by Strategic...
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: "I don't know, but I've been told, Army life is good as gold.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Andrew Thompson, 34, of Westfield, NY, pleaded guilty to violation of the Clean Water Act before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison, and a fine up to $25,000 per day of violation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - An Arizona man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with defrauding four people who invested in his foreign currency trading company.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that GREGORY DENSON, 53, ESCRELITA CARMOUCHE, 49, and KYRA D. MORRIS-GRIFFITH, 35, all of New Orleans, were charged today in a thirteen-count Seventh Superseding Indictment. DENSON and CARMOUCHE were charged with Conspiracy to violate the Hobbs Act, which prohibits...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Used a Company They Controlled to Disguise Their Identity and Submit over 180 False Invoices without Disclosing Conflict of Interest.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS:The Natchez Trace Parkway will join state and local law enforcement agencies in supporting an aggressive national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement campaign. Signs reminding the public to wear their seat belts have been placed along the Parkway for the duration of the campaign. Targeted enforcement on seatbelt violations will run from May 23 to June 5, 2016.
