News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Nov. 14, 2016, Damarcus Laron Liddell, 29, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 18 months in prison for failure to disclose information to the Social Security Administration (SSA) and false statements to the SSA, each count...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a free, one hour talk exploring the Georgia Land Lottery and its connection to present-day Chickamauga Battlefield. This program will take place on Saturday, November 26 at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center at 2 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: PRESS RELEASE. Indianapolis-United States Attorney Josh Minkler announced today that a Deferred Prosecution Agreement has been reached between the United States Attorney’s Office and Park Tudor School. The document outlines an agreement reached as a result of an investigation by the United States Attorney’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - United States Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose announced that eight individuals were arrested on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, on federal drug conspiracy charges for their involvement in a drug trafficking network operating in Charlotte and Greensboro, N.C. The criminal complaint was unsealed today following the defendants’ court appearances in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: FBI Warns Chicago Sports Fans to be on the Lookout for Fake Sports Memorabilia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Milford, Ohio, man who previously admitted to possessing heroin with the intent to distribute it, has been sentenced 168 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: In Del Rio this morning, 44-year-old Luis Gonzalez of Gary, IN, was sentenced to four years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for the robbery of Capital Bank of Texas in Carrizo Springs, TX, in October of last year, announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By State Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tonight the House of Representatives passed Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce’s (R-CA) bipartisan bill - H.R. 6297 - to provide a long-term extension of the Iran Sanctions Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Guadalupe Reyes, a/k/a “Lupe," 49, of Etter, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 188 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in June 2016 to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana. U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas made today’s announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, U.S. District Judge Michael J. McShane sentenced Darryl Tyrone Norwood Jr., 29, of Lane County, Oregon, to 160 months in prison for sex trafficking of a minor. Following his prison sentence, Norwood will be on lifetime supervised release.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on homeland security implication of President-elect Trump’s hiring of Stephen Bannon as White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced historic findings in their Wolfcamp Shale geological assessment of undiscovered and technically recoverable oil and gas resources in the Midland Basin portion of the Permian Basin. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: Defendant Illegally Obtained Federal Contracts Meant for Small, Disadvantaged Businesses.
By State Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following remarks on his and Chairman Royce’s bill, the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2016 (H.R.5732 ), on the House floor...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Derek Lamar Reddick, 28, of Boynton Beach, Florida, was sentenced to 235 months in prison yesterday afternoon for sex trafficking of a minor and conspiracy to transport a minor for prostitution. After incarceration, Reddick will serve a 20-year term of supervised release and be...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: The Department of Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General today released yet another scathing report highlighting the uncertainty, delays, and reduced expectations in the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) NextGen air traffic control (ATC) modernization program. The report focuses on the six “transformational" programs the FAA has identified as necessary to support future NextGen capabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Lemon Bay Drugs North, Inc. and Brooksville Drugs, Inc. have agreed to pay a total of $750,000 to the government to resolve allegations that the pharmacies violated the False Claims Act by causing claims to be submitted to federal health care programs for prescription drugs that were never dispensed.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - United States Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose announced that eight individuals were arrested on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, on federal drug conspiracy charges for their involvement in a drug trafficking network operating in Charlotte and Greensboro, N.C. The criminal complaint was unsealed today following the defendants’ court appearances in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - A Lancaster, Texas, Man, Javier Martinez, 24, appeared this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Horan and pleaded guilty to several felony offenses related to his involvement in an attempted kidnapping and then subsequently firing numerous shots at an officer with the Ennis Police Department during a high-speed pursuit, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz and Minister Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water, and Environment (MEMEE) and Director Badr Ikken of the Research Institute in Solar Energy and New Energies (IRESEN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate in the development of a Solar Decathlon Africa competition in 2019.
