News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Sharon man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with illegally selling tobacco products and laundering the proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Bedford, Pa. was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on charges of conspiracy to distribute possess with intent to distribute and distribution of quantities of Schedule IV controlled substances, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Democrats released a new report detailing the House Republican failure to protect the health of our rivers, streams, lakes, and coastal waters from pollution and contamination. The report, titled “The Party of Pollution: An...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Darnell Lee Washington, aka “Dale," 26, of Leesburg, pleaded guilty today to charges related to his distribution of heroin and fentanyl.
By State Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement in response to reports that Iranian-Americans Siamak Namazi and his father Baquer Namazi, who were wrongly detained by Iran one year ago, have been convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that KENNETH JACKSON, age 24, of New Orleans, pled guilty as charged to an Indictment charging one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and one count of possession of a firearm in a school zone.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Files Brief to Address the Use of Criminal Background Checks by Housing Providers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; along with Matthew Barden, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Little Rock District Office; and Jeffrey B. Reed, Resident Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: On October 25 and 26, 2016, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Las Cruces District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet for a field trip and meeting. On Oct. 25, the field trip will begin at 8:00 a.m. from the BLM Las Cruces District Office located at 1800 Marquess Street, Las Cruces, New...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two members and administrators of a highly sophisticated, global enterprise dedicated to the sexual exploitation of children were sentenced to prison, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney James A. Lewis of the Central District of Illinois and Special Agent in Charge Sean Cox of the FBI’s Springfield, Illinois, Division.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following the announcement of a 0.3 percent Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) increase in 2017. The increase is expected to raise premiums significantly for some in Medicare Part B.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two men were charged in federal court today for the sex trafficking of three victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA - Local middle and high school students are joining thousands of others from around the country this week in pledging to do their part to end gun violence. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa, the Cedar Rapids and Marion Police Departments, and the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton has sentenced Cecil Dante Buckner (36, Orlando) to 34 years and 6 months in federal prison and Jarmen Lindell Sharp (34, Orlando) to 13 years in federal prison for their participation in a conspiracy to rob Publix supermarkets. Buckner also pleaded guilty to brandishing a firearm during and in relation to the robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: A Belle Glade man was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in federal prison for drug and firearm offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is inviting photographers and other artists to submit digital images for use on Acadia National Park’s 2017 annual pass. The selected image will appear on thousands of annual passes purchased by visitors from all over the country. The winner will receive credit and an America the Beautiful interagency annual pass ($80 value), which can be used at over 2,000 federal recreation areas nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - - The Office of National Drug Control (ONDCP) announced that Monmouth County has been designated as a HIDTA County. HIDTA stands for High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas. The HIDTA program helps federal, state and local authorities address emerging drug threats by coordinating drug enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: FBI Announces Results of Operation Cross Country X.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Compton man has been sentenced to more than ten years in federal prison for illegal methamphetamine and firearms sales.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Operation Cross Country X. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two men were charged in federal court today for the sex trafficking of three victims. Calvin Anthony Miller, also known as “Serious," 34, and his cousin, Henry Dailey...
