News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: DETROIT - DEA reprises this weekend one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday, October 22nd, 2016, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their unused, unwanted prescription medications at one of 4,700 collection sites nationwide, and 50 sites in Kentucky, operated by 3,800 local law enforcement agencies and other community partners. The service is free of charge, no questions asked.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Incident Took Place in Broad Daylight.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Colorado and Illinois Men Sentenced to Prison for Engaging in Child Exploitation Enterprise.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) released the following statement and summary findings after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released additional files related to its investigation of Secretary Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - Omar Faraj Saeed Al Hardan, the 24-year-old Houston resident charged with attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, has pleaded guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: Iraqi Refugee Convicted of Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: Kenneth Duffy, 64, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged by Information with one count of theft of government funds, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the Information[1], the defendant received retirement benefits intended for his mother, after his mother’s death in January 1997 until his fraud was discovered in August 2016. The defendant’s alleged actions resulted in a loss to the government of approximately $235,995.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Central California Area Office announces fall and winter events at New Melones Lake. All activities are free of charge and. most are suitable for all ages. Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Participants should wear sturdy shoes and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Reaches Agreement with University of New Mexico to Protect Students from Sexual Assault and Harassment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Brookline man was convicted today by a federal jury in Boston of conspiracy and securities fraud after tipping off two friends in connection with an insider trading scheme that netted more than $1 million in illegal profits.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 In Fiscal Year 2016, total apprehensions by the Border Patrol on our southwest border, between ports of entry, numbered 408,870. This represents an increase over FY15, but was lower than FY14 and FY13, and a fraction of the number of apprehensions ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: The nation’s largest nursing home pharmacy, Omnicare Inc., has agreed to pay $28.125 million to resolve allegations that it solicited and received kickbacks from pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbott Laboratories in exchange for promoting the prescription drug, Depakote, for nursing home patients. CVS Health ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department filed a proposed consent decree today to resolve allegations that Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by using inaccessible classroom and other technologies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department reached a settlement today with American Cleaning Company (ACC) resolving claims that the company discriminated against work-authorized non-U.S. citizens in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). ACC is a maintenance and janitorial company based in Brighton, Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: Haris Qamar, 26, of Burke, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury charged Nelash Mohamed Das, 24, a citizen of Bangladesh residing in Landover Hills, Maryland, with attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The announcement was made by Acting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department reached an agreement today with the University of New Mexico (UNM) to ensure that UNM responds swiftly and effectively to allegations of sexual harassment, including sexual assault, involving students. The agreement resolves the department’s findings of UNM’s non-compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: Former Bullitt County, Kentucky, Sheriff’s Deputy Matthew Corder, of Louisville, Kentucky, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for willfully depriving a county resident of his constitutional rights, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: Former Hancock County, West Virginia, Sheriff’s Deputy Mark A. Cowden, 51, of Weirton, West Virginia, was convicted by jury today of using excessive force against an arrestee, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II of the Northern District of West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: A former Arkansas State Judge was charged in an indictment unsealed today for perpetrating a fraud and bribery scheme in which he dismissed cases on his docket in exchange for personal benefits, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
