News from November 2016
By DOT News Wire | Nov 22, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 22, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: DOT Issues New Enforcement Policy on Extended Tarmac Delays. The Department’s Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings, a unit within the Office of the General Counsel, today issued a new enforcement policy on extended tarmac delays in light of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Jesus C. Madrigal, 25, of Mishawaka, Indiana was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Jon. E. DeGuilio for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: BOISE - David Allen Oney Jr., 35, of Nampa, Idaho made an initial appearance today for the crime of distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. A federal grand jury indicted Oney on November 8, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Files Suit Against Bernards Township, New Jersey, Over Denial of Zoning Approval for Mosque.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: The orchards on the Gettysburg battlefield provided cover and concealment to soldiers during heavy fighting in July 1863. Each of the dozens of farms torn apart by the three-day battle of Gettysburg had orchards of apples, cherries, peaches, and more, now preserved by Gettysburg National Military Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI - Representatives of Duke Energy Beckjord LLC agreed to plead guilty today in federal court to negligent discharge of oil, in violation of the Clean Water Act. The filed plea agreement includes a $1 million fine in addition to restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The founder of the United Security and Police Officers of America (USPOA) was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars in union funds for his personal use, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: Robert Paschalis, 25, of Toledo, pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime for beating an African-American stranger he saw on the street. Paschalis’s co-defendant, Charles Butler, pleaded guilty to the same crime on Nov. 9.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that DONALD WAYNE TRAMMEL, age 41, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, pled guilty to DRUG CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1), and 841(b)(1)(B), punishable by not less than 5 years and not more than 40 years imprisonment, and up to a $5,000,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Roberta L. Rivers, age 58, of South Glens Falls, New York, was sentenced today to serve 5 months of home confinement, and 3 years of supervised release, for stealing over $112,000 in benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio today, Richard Molina Soto, owner of RMS & Associates, was sentenced to federal prison for his role in corruptly obstructing the internal revenue laws by failing to pay over $280,000 to the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of his clients, announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge William Cotter.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. -United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Gerardo Solis-Rojas, of Mexico, has pleaded guilty to reentering the United States after having been deported previously.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Aaron P. Arnzen (619) 546-8384 and Billy Joe McLain 619-546-6762.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Dujuan Harris, 35, of Providence, R.I., was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith to 20 years in federal prison for trafficking a 17-year-old girl from Texas to Rhode Island for the purpose of offering her for commercial sexual activity, announced United...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Today, ANGELA RENEE RENEAU, from Oklahoma City, pled guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of failure to file an income tax return, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Curtis Portland Litten, age 54, of Huntingtown, Maryland, today to 21 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted person. Litten pleaded guilty to that charge on Sept. 1, 2016, and has been detained since his arrest on April 22, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Leo A. Kronert, Jr., 66, of Frewsburg, NY, pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2016
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Jena man was sentenced Monday to 16 months in prison for possessing unregistered silencers, which he also constructed and sold.
