News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - United States Attorney Richard Callahan today announced that on Election Day, the United States Attorney’s Office will have a hotline for citizens to call on election day regarding complaints of possible election fraud, voter intimidation and any other forms of election abuses. Hotline calls will be answered by Assistant United States Attorneys from the time the polls open at 6 a.m. until the polls close at 7 p.m. The hotline number is 314-539-7733.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ),Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: FBI and Columbus Police Identify Bank Robbery Suspect Labeled the Buckeye Bandit.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today announced up to $32 million in funding for 10 innovative projects as part of its newest program: Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Autonomous On-Road Vehicles (NEXTCAR). With a goal of...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - After a six-month investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Los Angeles Division and the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) arrested 11 federal defendants and six state defendants in the early morning hours in the San Fernando Valley and Antelope Valley in Los Angeles County. View the video here. There are three fugitives who were indicted but not arrested.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Hicksville, New York, man was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for his role in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice Department, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Cortney S. Valentine, 39, of Liberty, Utah, pleaded guilty yesterday to bank fraud and false declaration under penalty of perjury and concealment of assets in connection with a bankruptcy case, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Valentine was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d'Alene on Feb. 18, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: NOV 02 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Juan Alexis Diaz Pena, 26, formerly of Methuen, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute, and to...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Greenbrier County man pleaded guilty today to a federal tax crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Brandon J. Black, 32, of Rainelle, entered his guilty plea for failing to pay employment taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A criminal complaint unsealed in federal court today charges a Chicago man with sex trafficking for allegedly engaging in paid sexual acts with an underage girl.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted by a federal trial jury today of illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Three defendants pleaded guilty today to federal drug crimes for their roles in a large-scale drug trafficking organization, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Morgan Light, 24, of Charleston and Las Vegas, Mark Cobb, 30, of St. Albans, and Shayne Shamblen, 47, of St. Albans, each pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the arrest of JONATHAN POWELL for obtaining unauthorized access to email accounts...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: DENVER - Brandon Bourret, age 41, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel to serve 29 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years on supervised release after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse, access...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury in Dallas returned a seven-count indictment yesterday charging Gary Michael Beach of Dallas with various offenses stemming from his filing a petition for voluntary bankruptcy in early December 2011, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Matt Eugene Ruck, 49, of Moscow, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 60 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised release for wire fraud and theft of government money, unlawful possession of firearms and making a false statement, U.S. Attorney Wendy...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Today, NOAA released its commercial space policy, which sets a broad framework for use of commercial space-based approaches for the agency. Changes in the commercial space services arena are happening rapidly, yielding new technical and business approaches to building, launching, and operating satellites, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva released the following statement on President Obama’s recent announcement that the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota may be partially re-routed in response to widespread concerns about violations of tribal sovereignty in the siting and permitting process.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Defendant faces up to life in federal prison.
