News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - United States Attorney David J. Hickton released the following statement today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, or Wounding was sentenced on Oct. 28, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: A federal jury convicted a Miami resident yesterday of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, after he shot a stolen gun multiple times at a Florida City Police Department officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. (Nov. 4, 2016)-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings and Rep. John Conyers, Jr., the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary, sent a letter calling on the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice to conduct an immediate investigation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and House Judiciary Crime Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) today released the following statements after the White House announced the commutation of the sentences of 72 individuals...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CRAIG LARSEN, 54, of Avon, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzling more than $200,000 from his employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A former New England La Cosa Nostra (NELCN) caporegime pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to obstructing a federal investigation into the murder of a Boston nightclub owner in the 1990s.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Alicia Jones, age 48, of Germantown, Maryland, pleaded guilty on Nov. 3, 2016, to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in connection with a scheme to submit fraudulent insurance applications using the identities of others, in order to obtain over $630,000 in commissions.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: MARINA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is asking for public comment on language clarification for the proposed supplementary rules for the Fort Ord National Monument Dog Management Plan. Comments will be accepted until Jan. 3, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: MACON, Ga. - In the heart of Georgia lies a place that has been settled for 17,000 years. Ocmulgee National Monument ’s human history dates to the Paleo-Indian Period, and the area was occupied until the Muscogee (Creek) removal in 1826. Upon arrival at the Visitor Center, you will see over 2,000 artifacts on display, including a Clovis Point spear head dating to 10,000 BCE, earthen pottery made around 3,500 BCE, and European dishware from the 1700s CE.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement from the United States Trade Representative that China has ended discriminatory tax exemptions for certain Chinese-produced aircraft. China’s decision came after the United States brought World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement proceedings against China.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: Boulder City, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) today released a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) final Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Eastern Nevada Transmission Project. Reclamation’s action is the issuance of a 130 foot right-of-way...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: ROBERT L. CAPERS and PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorneys for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, respectively, announced today that special telephone numbers have been set up to receive complaints of possible violations of federal election laws relating to the upcoming primary elections in New York City and other counties in their districts.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: Carole Rendon, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and The Cleveland Museum of Art (the Museum) announced today the transfer of a 14th-century manuscript leaf from an Antiphonary to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) for delivery to Italy making possible its re-integration with the Antiphonary.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced today that seven individuals associated with the United Blood Nation - Nine Trey gang in Wilmington have been charged in Criminal Complaints and in connection with the illegal possession and distribution...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: Defendant also made false statements to FDA Office of Criminal Investigations special agent.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: Sanders, Cummings Request DOJ and FTC Investigate Cost of Diabetes Products
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: Dr. Stanley Heatwole Prescribed Controlled Substances to Woman Outside of Professional Practice.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Michael Lawrence Maynes, Jr., 34, of Spring Lake, North Carolina, was sentenced today to 420 months in prison for leading a violent sex trafficking ring responsible for prostituting women and girls in Alexandria, Richmond, Springfield, Chantilly, Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, and other locations.
