News from November 2016
By DOT News Wire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: New effort will help drivers find alternative fuels and vehicle charging stations nationwide
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jennifer Passeck, 27, of Sodus Point, NY, who was convicted of theft of public money, was sentenced to two years probation to include six months home detention by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Aryan Brotherhood of Mississippi Gang Member Sentenced to Life in Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy and Related Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Brian Wright, 40, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 21 years and 10 months in prison today following his guilty plea to three counts of sex trafficking by force, announced US Attorney Zane David Memeger. The Honorable C. Darnell Jones II also sentenced Wright to 20 years' supervised release, and to pay a $5000 fine, $631,000 in restitution jointly and severally with his co-defendants, and a $300 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: SAN JOSE - Daniel Asa Hitesman was sentenced yesterday to 16 years in prison for attempted bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: A Sandusky man was arrested today and charged in federal court with trafficking heroin and cocaine, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Sylvester R. Booker, 55, of Richmond, was sentenced today to 27 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Chicago woman was sentenced today to five years of probation, with the first eight months to be served on home confinement, for credit card fraud, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Stephanie Stevenson previously pleaded guilty to possession of 15 or more counterfeit...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Liberty, Mo., attorney has been indicted by a federal grand jury for obstruction of justice after stealing funds earmarked for victim restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Eleven people were arrested yesterday in Washington and Nevada in connection with a large drug smuggling and distribution ring operating in four western Washington counties, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. An additional person was already in immigration custody. The arrests coincided with the...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA -Robert M. Grafton Jr., 30, of Pensacola, was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison and will be required to register as a sex offender. A jury convicted Grafton of attempted enticement of a minor for sex, and Grafton also pled guilty to possession of child pornography just prior to jury selection for the trial. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Charles T. Busse, 57, of Birmingham, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to charges of bribery, conspiracy to defraud the United States, tax evasion and failure to report cash payments of more than $10,000, announced U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - A northwest Iowa man who owed a monetary penalty to the United States for numerous violations of animal welfare regulations at his kennel was sentenced today to 3 years’ probation for lying to the government about his assets and income.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Winnemucca, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca District Office and the Humboldt Museum are hosting the 6th annual Native American Craft Fair on Saturday, November 19th from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Humboldt Museum in Winnemucca, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Plea Agreement Requires Imposition of 20 to 30 Year Prison Sentence; Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: During One of the Robberies, Defendant Shot at Individual in Store.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: HUDSON, S.D. - Federal investigators found multiple safety violations at a South Dakota ethanol refinery expansion project after a 38-year-old pipefitter suffered fatal burn injuries when ethanol spilled from a process pipe he was working on and was ignited by flames from nearby welding operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Gregory Lee Butler, Jr., a/k/a Greg Baly, age 22, of Baltimore, today to pay $1 million in restitution, to serve 250 hours of community service and three years of supervised release, after giving him credit for time served (five weeks), for impeding firefighters by puncturing a firehose during the civil disturbance in Baltimore on April 27, 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Three inventors were recognized for their ideas to reduce work-related hearing loss during the first 'Hear and Now - Noise Safety Challenge' hosted by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Mine Safety and Health Administration, in partnership with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on Oct. 27, in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: A Youngstown man pleaded guilty to selling heroin that resulted in a fatal overdose, as well as additional firearms and narcotics crimes, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
