News from November 2016
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: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Ahmid Cecil Lewis (27, Tampa) today pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm and ammunition while a felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: North Carolina Woman Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Fleeing Country to Avoid Telemarketing Fraud Sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: In an effort to ensure that the November 8, 2016 elections are administered fairly in every city and town in Connecticut, Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Barry Horrow, 68, of Glenn Mills, pled guilty today to 4 counts of bank fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Defendants Profited By Selling To Investors Worthless Stock Of A Company That Purported To Be A Worldwide Distributor And Provider Of LED Lighting Products And Solutions.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Join park rangers as they lead 30 minute walking tours of Point Park, atop Lookout Mountain, at.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Julius H. Willie, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Standing Rock, N.M., was sentenced this morning in Albuquerque, N.M., to 21 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for his aggravated sexual abuse conviction. Willie will also be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Contact Person: Nancy Wicker (803) 929-3000.
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: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Harrisburg indicted Jerome King on Nov. 2, 2016, for possession of a short-barreled shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that Marshfield, Mo., husband and wife have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in health care fraud and payroll tax fraud schemes that totaled more than $1 million.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking applicants for four water treatment research funding opportunities under the Desalination and Water Purification Research Program and Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Terry Ray Hoff, 51, of Gillette, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on Nov. 2, 2016, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Hoff was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received 84 months of imprisonment, to be followed by four years of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: On Nov. 1, 2016, a Palmetto Bay resident pled guilty and was sentenced for illegal spearfishing activity in Key Largo, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Following a year-long investigation conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the California Department of Justice’s Bureau of Investigation, Special Operations Unit; the Multi-Agency Gang Enforcement Consortium (MAGEC);...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), today sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez urging the agency to take action to protect consumers from insecure Internet of Things (IoT) devices following last month’s cyberattack that caused prolonged outages on popular websites across the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that six southern Missouri men have been indicted by a federal grand jury, in separate and unrelated cases, for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON- The Rock Creek Park multi-use trail will be closed between Porter Street NW and the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway on Sunday, Nov. 6 from 7 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. to remove hazardous trees. Beach Drive remains closed due to construction activities. To minimize the length of the temporary closure, the National Park Service has called in additional personnel so the work can be completed in only one day.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Drug City Pharmacy, Inc. and its former owner, Mark Lichtman, have agreed to pay $900,000 to the United States to resolve allegations that they violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) by dispensing controlled substances pursuant to prescriptions that were not issued for a legitimate medical purpose.
