News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Defendant Also Must Serve an Additional 22 Years for Similar Attacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Contact Person: Winston Holliday (803) 929-3000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Council Bluffs, IA- On Nov. 17, 2016, Steven Robert Hill, a 33 year-old former Missouri Valley resident, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey, to 54 months in prison to be followed by fifteen years of supervised release for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park celebrates its 100th anniversary throughout 2016, and continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park (ADIP) programs with the public in December.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - JPMorgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited (JPMorgan APAC), a Hong-Kong based subsidiary of multinational bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMC), agreed to pay a $72 million penalty for its role in a scheme to corruptly gain advantages in winning banking deals by awarding prestigious jobs to relatives and friends of Chinese government officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced today to three years in federal prison for separate charges of escape and possession with intent to distribute heroin, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Brandon Christopher Solomon, 21, originally from Detroit, previously entered his guilty plea to a two-count indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHARLES BARNES, 34, of Stamford, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: A Resilient Lands and Waters Initiative report and companion website were released today highlighting the efforts of seven partnerships to build resilience of natural resources in the U.S. These partnerships demonstrate the benefits of using existing collaborative, landscape-scale conservation approaches to address climate change and other resource management challenges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Vysean Leandre Embry, 33, of Tulsa, Oklahoma was sentenced for his participation in drug trafficking activities conducted from the Tonight Inn and Suites located at 8333 East Admiral, Tulsa, Oklahoma and other locations throughout Tulsa.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The mayor of the City of Passaic, New Jersey, today admitted taking $110,000 in corrupt payments from developers doing business in the city, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Loup City, Nebraska, man convicted of Attempted Trafficking with Respect to Involuntary Servitude and Forced Labor was sentenced on Nov. 10, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JEFFERY HOWARD, age 46, of Nicholson, Mississippi, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1958(a).
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 I congratulate the United States Secret Service for their role in Operation Sunset, a major anti-counterfeit currency operation in Peru. Operation Sunset resulted in the seizure of nearly $30 million dollars and 50,000 Euros in ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Background and Contacts - Nov. 17, 2016 Meet the 15 Inaugural 2030 Food Loss and Waste Champions and Stakeholder, Feeding America Ahold USA (Stop & Shop New England, Stop & Shop New York, Giant Landover and Giant Carlisle) "Ahold USA's retail divisions of Stop & Shop New England, Stop & Shop New ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: JPMorgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited (JPMorgan APAC), a Hong Kong-based subsidiary of multinational bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMC), agreed to pay a $72 million penalty for its role in a scheme to corruptly gain advantages in winning banking deals by awarding prestigious jobs to relatives and friends of Chinese government officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: A woman originally from Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia to 50 months in prison on charges related to an odometer tampering conspiracy, the Department of Justice announced today. “Unscrupulous dealers who roll back odometers cheat consumers out ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that former Mississippi correctional officer Deonte Pate, 23, pleaded guilty today to helping conceal the beating of an inmate. Pate admitted to conspiring to cover up a beating carried out by two other officers, who were also charged for their roles in the incident. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: A resident of Big Lake, Alaska was indicted on four counts of tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler of the District of Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: A fourth member of the SnappzMarket online piracy group was convicted yesterday for his role in the illegal distribution of copies of copyrighted Android mobile device applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Justin Watson, 32, a former deputy with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office in Huntsville, Alabama, was sentenced today to three years in prison for lying under oath with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation.
