News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that MATTHEW HARWOOD, 42, of Stratford, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to charges stemming from his participation in a large-scale fencing operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: Detroit-Area Home Health Care Agency Co-Owner Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison for $33 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Virginio Moreno d/b/a Freshpack Distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man who was shot while attempting to rob a Park City liquor store was sentenced Monday to seven years in federal prison, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Sherri Hobson (619) 546-6986, Brandon Kimura (619) 546-9614, Kevin Mokhari (619) 546-8402 and Lara Stingley (619) 546-8403.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Rachel Rangel, 29, of Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced to eight years imprisonment on Nov. 3, 2016, for her role in a narcotics trafficking organization. U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason also ordered Rangel to serve five years of supervised release following her release from custody. On June 29, 2016, Rangel pleaded guilty to conspiring with others in Alaska and elsewhere to trafficking over one kilogram of heroin into Alaska.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: PRICE, Utah -The Bureau of Land Management Price Field Office (BLM), Utah State Parks, and Emery County are proposing to create a cooperative management agreement for the management of recreation resources located in and around the Temple Mountain Recreation Management Zone near Goblin Valley State Park.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - To commemorate Native American Heritage Month and the centennial of the National Park Service (NPS), the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA) and the NPS are encouraging travelers to celebrate American Indian culture throughout the country by visiting national parks with special connections to the Native Heritage in their respective locations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: NOV 07 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Alejandrino DeJesus, also known as “Baby Boo," 38, of New Haven, was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Meade County, Kentucky, convicted sex offender, on the Kentucky Sex Offender Registry, pleaded guilty in United States District Court today, before District Judge David J. Hale, to charges of transporting and possessing child pornography announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Long Beach-based lobbyist, whose clients included illegal marijuana stores in Long Beach, was sentenced today to one year and one day in federal prison for failing to report to the IRS more than $750,000 in income he received over a six-year period.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the filing of a superseding indictment charging MOHAMMAD ZARRAB, a/k/a “Can Sarraf," a/k/a “Kartalsmd," with using the U.S. financial system to conduct hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of transactions...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Demario Devon Nance, 34, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of RICO conspiracy, was sentenced to a total of 138 months by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Thomas Dale Sims, Jr., 34, of Gerrardstown, West Virginia, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2016
News Release: Today, Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Director James Comey sent a letter to Congress reporting that the FBI has completed its review of emails to or from Hillary Clinton when she served as Secretary of State. Based on its review, the FBI stands by its recommendation that no criminal charges are warranted in its investigation of Secretary Clinton's use of a private email server.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement today in response to the most recent letter from Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Director James Comey stating that, after a review of additional emails, it is standing by its decision made in July regarding its investigation into Secretary Clinton's emails.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2016
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - Join Park Ranger Christa Sadler to explore the wonders of the night sky in an evening full of telescopes, constellations, and more at Tonto National Monument.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 6, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Director James Comey sent a letter to Congress reporting that the FBI has completed its review of emails to or from Hillary Clinton when she served as Secretary of State. Based on its review, the FBI stands by its recommendation that no criminal charges are warranted in its investigation of Secretary Clinton's use of a private email server.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today launched its third initiative this year to modernize its oil and gas program by automating the way members of the public and industry nominate lands for possible oil and gas development.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, had this to say following the receipt of a letter from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Sunday indicating they would not recommend charges against Secretary Clinton. The FBI announced in October they were investigating new emails related to Secretary Clinton.
