News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) National Response Team (NRT) will begin a joint investigation with AFD today of the early morning fire that destroyed a luxury condominium complex that was under construction. The Carlisle condominiums are located at 3600 Central Avenue SE, Albuquerque, N.M. The total loss of the building after the Nov. 23, 2016 fire is estimated at more than $9 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - A Roanoke man, who previously pled guilty to a federal drug and gun charges, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Gary Stinson Smith, age 60, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, pled guilty today before United States District Court Judge John E. Jones, III, to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: An Akron man was indicted in federal court for sexually exploiting a 14-year-old, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: 21st Century Cures is an innovation game-changer. This legislation brings our health care infrastructure into the 21st century, delivering much needed hope for patients and their loved ones. It accelerates the cycle of discovering, developing, and delivering new cures and treatments and ensures that America remains the global leader in biomedical innovation. The bill provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to help researchers change the way we fight disease.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two former deputies with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department were ordered today to serve time in federal prison for violating the civil rights of a mentally ill jail inmate who was beaten, kicked and pepper sprayed after showing disrespect to a jail employee at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: 21st Century Cures is an innovation game-changer. This legislation brings our health care infrastructure into the 21st century, delivering much needed hope for patients and their loved ones. It accelerates the cycle of discovering, developing, and delivering new cures and treatments and ensures that America remains the global leader in biomedical innovation. The bill provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to help researchers change the way we fight disease.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Branson, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for trading methamphetamine in exchange for stolen firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: A five-count indictment was filed in federal court charging a Summit County man for illegally possessing firearms and nearly 80 pounds of cocaine, law enforcement officials said.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Three years ago 21st Century Cures started as an idea. The goal: to bring our health care innovation infrastructure into the 21st century, delivering hope for patients and their loved ones, and providing the necessary resources to researchers who are looking to discover the next generation of cures and treatments.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: An Akron man was indicted in federal court for sexually exploiting a 14-year-old, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two former deputies with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department were ordered today to serve time in federal prison for violating the civil rights of a mentally ill jail inmate who was beaten, kicked and pepper sprayed after showing disrespect to a jail employee at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Three years ago 21st Century Cures started as an idea. The goal: to bring our health care innovation infrastructure into the 21st century, delivering hope for patients and their loved ones, and providing the necessary resources to researchers who are looking to discover the next generation of cures and treatments.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Two people were indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a nearly $600,000 financial fraud, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two New Jersey men were sentenced to prison today for their roles in a conspiracy to rob a drug stash house of multiple kilograms of cocaine that they believed would be stored at the location, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Steven Headden Young (55, St. Petersburg) to 21 months in federal prison for tax evasion. He was also ordered to make restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $509,455, and to file his corrected tax returns for tax years 2007 through 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today the resolution of federal False Claims Act allegations against Leatha Henderson for allegedly submitting false claims in connection with her participation as a landlord in the federal housing subsidy program.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Rolando Oneal Thorpe, age 32, of Largo, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Crimes Took Place Within a 10-Minute Period.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - David A. Hickman, 28, of Albuquerque, N.M., has been charged with using an explosive device to damage or destroy a building - the Old Navy store in the Pavilions at San Mateo shopping center in Albuquerque - used in interstate commerce. The charge against Hickman was announced by U.S. Attorney...
