News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - David Q. Givhan, 34, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was charged by grand jury indictment, unsealed late yesterday, with multiple counts of sex trafficking and interstate transportation for prostitution, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn Jr. of the Western District of Kentucky.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued the following statement recognizing today as the 11th annual Endangered Species Day...
By EPA Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of May 23.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Syracuse Man Sentenced to 30 Months Imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: The FBI Violent Crime Task Force needs the public’s help in identifying the bank robber who threatened and robbed tellers at the 1st Convenience Bank located at 2300 Gessner in Houston, Texas earlier today. Crime Stoppers of Houston is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the identification and arrest of the bank robber.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) today released a study that provides a foundation for upcoming regional reviews of energy corridors on western public lands to assess the need for revisions and provide greater public input regarding...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Youngsville, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 35 months in jail on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Former Miami-Dade Police Department Officer Lazaro Ponce was arrested for his participation in a bribery and kickback scheme, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371, 666(a)(1)(B), and 666(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: He Admits Twenty-Two Counts of Exploiting Infant and Toddler Victims and Distribution/Possession of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Baltimore City Police officer Maurice Lamar Jeffers, age 47, of Savage, Maryland, today to a year and a day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for theft of government property and stealing property as a federal officer. Judge Motz also ordered Jeffers to forfeit $3,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: LAKE CHARLES - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Lake Charles woman pleaded guilty to stealing more than $230,000 from her employer’s bank account.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Kenneth Finch, Jr., 29, of Springfield, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Springfield on one count of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: A grand jury returned an indictment charging Yatkia Wallace, 42, of Mansfield, with one count of embezzlement in connection with health care, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a St. Joseph, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for robbing UMB Bank.
By DOL Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on actions needed to help homeless and foster care youth pursue and succeed in higher education.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of health care fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of health care fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI - Steven J. Porges, 52, of Park City, Utah pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count each of wire fraud and income tax evasion.
By USDA Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 19, 2016 — Six universities have been awarded nearly $4 million in funding by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help fight obesity and improve the health of our nation's children, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today. Secretary Vilsack also announced that USDA ...
By USDA Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 19, 2016 - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released a statement on the Organic Trade Association's report that the organic sector posted its largest-ever dollar gain in 2015, with total organic product sales growing by $4.2 billion, reaching $43.3 billion.
