News published on Federal Newswire in November 2016

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Neil West, Sr., 65, of Portland, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 14½ years in prison and five years of supervised release for armed bank robbery and conspiracy to commit bank robbery.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: William Joseph Boyle, 47, of Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 78 months and ordered to pay $429,000 in restitution, 3 years supervised release, $1000 special assessment, and forfeiture of $415,000. following his convictions on five counts of mail fraud, three counts of wire fraud, one count of securities fraud, and one count of investment adviser fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: DANIEL GEORGE FISHER, 57, pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime for writing and mailing a threatening letter to an Islamic Center. FISHER was charged with one count of obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs.

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a statement commending the Office of Personnel Management for issuing its final rule to promote fair chance hiring policies for federal competitive civil service positions...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey jewelry store owner who used his business to further one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice Department was sentenced today to 24 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: CHICAGO - The chief executive of a publicly-traded consulting firm has been charged in federal court with fraudulently misrepresenting the company’s financial condition and lying to regulators.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation prepared an Environmental Assessment to disclose potential environmental effects associated with authorizing MU5 Farms LLC to construct a turnout within Reclamation right-of-way that will connect an irrigation pipeline to Lateral 32.2, which connects to the Madera Canal. The turnout will allow MU5 Farms the flexibility of using surface water from the Madera Canal via Lateral 32.2 for irrigation.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty today to corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the due administration of the internal revenue laws, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the District of Nevada.

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: Under the lease terms, the City of Lakeland will provide AOC aircraft hangar and office space, facilities for aircraft repairs and component storage, and a runway that is at least 8,000 feet long.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Randolph Kocan, 61, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced in federal court today to 87 months in prison for synthetic marijuana distribution and money laundering charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Texas man in connection to a scheme to steal more than $545,000 from a retirement account after the account owner and his designated beneficiary both died, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: After President-elect Donald Trump’s vague announcement this morning to leave his “…great business in total. .," all sixteen Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee wrote today to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) to request that the Committee hold hearings to examine the federal conflicts-of-interest and ethics provisions that may apply to the President of the United States.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: DALLAS - Leonard James McMorris, of Rayville, Louisiana, was sentenced this morning by Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn to 30 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $1,417,903 in restitution, following his guilty plea in March 2016 to his role in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: Today the Finance Committee is holding a second business meeting to consider the nominations of two individuals to serve as public trustees of Medicare and Social Security, Dr. Charles Blahous and Dr. Robert Reischauer. Both nominees are up for second terms in that role. Because the committee had an opportunity in June to make statements and vote on these nominations, I’d like to keep my remarks brief today.

By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently renewed its alliance with the National Service, Transmission, Exploration & Production Safety Network and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The alliance will continue efforts to prevent injuries, illnesses and fatalities among workers in oil and gas exploration and production.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Stay Fresh Distributors Inc. satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Teshawn Nisbett, 22, of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty on Nov. 30, 2016, in federal court to possession of a firearm by an unlawful drug user,United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Sentencing is scheduled for April 6, 2017.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: MOAB, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Canyon Country Fire Zone will conduct a number of prescribed fires on public lands in San Juan County in coming months, November through March. These fuel reduction projects are expected to reduce wildfire risk for adjacent communities, restore ecosystem health, and enhance wildlife habitat.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

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By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2016

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, “Initial Observations of the New Leadership at the U.S. Border Patrol." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...