News from May 2016
By State Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and a senior member on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, today released the following statement on the Zika Response Appropriations Act...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - At the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles introduced Justice Scholars to a class of seventh-grade students at Gerald R. Ford Academic Center, a Grand Rapids Public School. The new program was developed by U.S. Attorney Miles to expose students to the criminal justice system in a constructive way, while fostering positive connections between youth, law enforcement, and the broader legal community.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Former Tukwila, Washington, Police Department (TPD) Officer Nicholas Hogan was charged today with using excessive force on a restrained arrestee on May 20, 2011, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes of the Western District of Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: Theft Involved Over $5,000 Of Diabetic Test Strips From Sequoyah Memorial Hospital.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Two California men were sentenced on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 in U.S. District Court in Boston for trafficking cocaine from Mexico into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On May 17, 2016, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 17 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of controlled substances, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD), San Juan Strike Force are in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Edinboro, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to the 15½ months of time already served in jail and was ordered to forfeit $14,340.00 on her conviction of making her home available for drug activities, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that KE LIAN ZHAO, age 50, of Kenner, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to employing aliens at his restaurant, LA JUMBO CHINA BUFFET (“JUMBO BUFFET"). The restaurant, JUMBO BUFFET, was also sentenced for making false statements.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Akron, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Christopher C. Camut, age 53, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 80 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to commit wire fraud arising from a scheme to fraudulently obtain at least $1.6 million from three companies at which he was employed as the chief financial officer. Judge Messitte also ordered Camut to forfeit and pay restitution of $1,618,951.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today recognized eight individuals from the National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy, and the Institute for Wildlife Studies as 2015 Recovery Champions for their exceptional efforts to conserve and protect three subspecies of fox on the northern Channel Islands...
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: MOOSE, WY -Visitors to Grand Teton National Park this summer will notice that the Jenny Lake Renewal Project is well underway. The project, an $18 million public-private partnership between the National Park Service and Grand Teton National Park Foundation, will enhance the visitor experience in the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Robert Ciaffa (619) 546-7748.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The City of Boston’s Director of the Office of Tourism, Sports and Entertainment was arrested this morning after a federal grand jury indicted him in connection with the extortion of a music festival production company.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Eugene Deandre Tillery, 20, of Suffolk, was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday on seven counts of distributing, which is a very potent pain killer used in the medical profession.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: Defendant Obtained Two Fraudulent Passports Using Victims’ Stolen Identities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - Rafael L. Beier, 62, of Kingston, Idaho, was found guilty on May 17, 2016, by a jury on charges of conspiring to distribute oxycodone and hydrocodone, outside the usual course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. The jury also convicted Dr. Beier on 65 distribution counts, including distributing oxycodone to a person under 21. The jury’s verdict came on the second day of its deliberations.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Late Wednesday evening, the House of Representatives passed the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The vote scored a win for the committee’s pursuit of policies that say #Yes2Energy as the bill included language from committee member Rep. Bill Johnson’s (R-OH) H.R. 351, ...
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On the heels of an April 2016 hearing that examined the safety of U.S. bioresearch labs, Energy and Commerce Committee leaders yesterday followed up with the heads of the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health. The letters were signed by full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA).
