News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Erwin Mazariegos, Jr., 33, of Los Angeles, with possessing and using a fraudulently obtained State of Ohio identification card, in the name of another person, in an attempt to obtain a U.S. passport, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: Felon Recently Released from Federal Prison Prosecuted Under “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that GROSS WILLIAMS, age 49, and his wife, KATHLEEN WILLIAMS, age 46, both residents of New Orleans, pled guilty today. GROSS WILLIAMS pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin and five kilograms or more of cocaine, as well as illegal...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The month of April was filled with outdoor fun for fourth and fifth-grade students in Lassen County. Each elementary school was invited to participate in two educational events centered around outdoor adventure and recreation on their public lands. Both events, coordinated by the...
By USDA Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Two additional defendants connected to a Lansing, Michigan area family-run scam were sentenced in federal court, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today. Defendant Qasim Ibn-Ishaq Verser was sentenced to a term of three years’ incarceration, three years of supervised release...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that a historic letter dating from 1493 and detailing Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the Americas was repatriated back to Italy at a repatriation ceremony held at 11:00 a.m. CET at the Bibliotecha...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that CHRISTOPHER DEAN JONES, a/k/a "Snake", age 36, of Stilwell, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 71 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Scranton indicted six individuals yesterday from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania for various narcotics trafficking and firearm offenses. The defendants are.
By DOL Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor praising the Department of Labor’s final overtime rule. The new rule raises the salary threshold to $47,476, expanding overtime...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Waltham man was arrested yesterday and charged in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with receipt and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that three Worthington, Minnesota, residents charged with conspiracies to distribute over 100 kilograms of marijuana and to launder money were sentenced on May 9, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced today payroll company owners Kevin Carden, age 56, to six years in prison for wire fraud, and his wife Beverly Carden, age 54, both formerly of Bel Air, Maryland, to five years in prison for mail fraud, both followed by three years of supervised release, arising from a scheme to steal money from their clients, the IRS and the Maryland State Comptroller.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, in advance of the House Judiciary Committee’s May 24, 2016 hearing to examine misconduct by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) introduced a resolution (H. Res. 737 ) to censure...
By US DOT Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today posted a large database showing the city, state and zip code of each registered drone owner. Release of the database responds to a number of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests submitted since the new unmanned aircraft registration system began operating on Dec. 21, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: Nearly 30 Defendants - Including Claimants, Doctors/Medical Providers, Claims Examiners/Representatives and Medical Providers’ Employees Convicted in Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: A Boca Raton attorney was sentenced to 30 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1.9 million for evading the payment of approximately $1,501,724 in income tax due to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for calendar years 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2004 through 2007, by concealing his income, assets, and liabilities.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -The National Park Service (NPS) and its partners invite the public to a re-dedication ceremony at the Desert View Watchtower on Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 10:30 am.
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Wednesday titled, “Assessing the Security of Critical Infrastructure: Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Solutions ". Below is Chairman Johnson’s opening statement as submitted for the record...
