News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Missouri Man Who Set Fire to Mosque and Who Attempted Arson at Planned Parenthood Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Local 13, was convicted by a federal jury on federal fraud charges for causing two medical clinics to bill the union’s health care plan for chiropractic services that were not provided or were not medically necessary.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today released a set of Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs to help employers establish a methodical approach to improving safety and health in their workplaces.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LEONARD SIKORSKI, 60, of New Milford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to one count of illegal possession of a firearm bearing an obliterated serial number.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: FBI Announces Results of Operation Cross Country X in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a criminal information was filed today charging a New York man who was staying in northeastern Pennsylvania at the time of his arrest, with attempted sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LEONARD SIKORSKI, 60, of New Milford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to one count of illegal possession of a firearm bearing an obliterated serial number.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - A project to improve off-highway vehicle recreation opportunities is set to begin Wednesday, Oct. 19 and continue through Nov. 15 at the Rice Canyon Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area east of Susanville. Heavy equipment will be used, and visitors are asked to use caution when in the area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: (CHARLOTTE, N.C. - B Jucorey Deonte Pruitt, aka Corey Deonte Pruitt, 25, of Charlotte, appeared in court today and pled guilty to a perjury charge for lying under oath during a federal trial, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer presided Pruitt’s plea hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: (ATLANTA, Ga. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Atlanta Division is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 12th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Sergio Ramses Mucino, 42, Jose Sanchez-Ocampo, 37, and Marguin Sanchez, 22, all of Buffalo, NY, were charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: (COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’s South Carolina District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 12th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Starting this November, the historic Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center will undergo a rehabilitation project to preserve and restore its existing architecturally significant features and to rehabilitate its mechanical and electrical systems. A temporary visitor center will be available for visitors during the rehabilitation.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) released a report today from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), detailing the state of water infrastructure in selected midsize and large cities with declining...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Operation Cross Country X Expands Efforts to Recover Sexually Exploited Juveniles, Multiple International Countries Included for the First Time.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Altoona, Pa. was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on charges of access device fraud and identify theft, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Today, the U.S. Census Bureau awarded two cooperative agreements to teams at Georgetown University and Purdue University to research privacy-preserving data analysis. The projects complement new initiatives within the Census Bureau to strengthen disclosure avoidance methods, especially as they apply to the detailed publications that result from our flagship products: the 2020 Census, the American Community Survey and the 2017 Economic Census.
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Ray Eugene Collins, 62, of Tallahassee, was convicted today of receipt, distribution, and possession of child pornography. The verdict was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: FBI Announces Arrest Made in Connection with Coral Springs Bank Robbery Yesterday.
