News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), announced that she and several members of the Guam Human Trafficking Task Force (HTTF) and the NMI Human Trafficking Intervention Coalition (HTIC) attended the 21st International Summit on Violence...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Detroit drug dealer was sentenced today to six and a half years in federal prison for a heroin crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Jason Matthew Brown, 35, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Pedro Cruz, 40, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 97 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Texarkana, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Bobby Joe Hampton, age 29 of Wilton, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 87 months and 23 days in federal prison on one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The sentence is to run concurrent...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - The former president and chief executive officer of Monarch Mortgage, which is a part of Monarch Bank in Virginia Beach, pleaded guilty today to concealing approximately $350,000 in bankruptcy assets.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ana Solis, 23, of Roswell, N.M., pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking charges.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 115,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2016/2017 marketing year. Of the total 55,000 metric tons are optional origin sales. An optional origin contract provides that the origin of the commodity may be the U.S. or one or more other exporting countries.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that United States District Judge John deGravelles sentenced MICHAEL DAVID PITTS, age 41, for his wire fraud conviction in connection with a scheme to defraud Amedisys, Incorporated, a home health and hospice care company formerly headquartered...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. -A special fall colors bike ride and bike shuttle will be offered Saturday, Oct. 22, providing a great way to get some exercise and enjoy spectacular fall colors along the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail in northeast California.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle (OMO) member Frederick (aka “Fast Fred"), 48, faces life in federal prison after pleading guilty to murder. The guilty plea was announced jointly by United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin Jr., Western District of Texas; Drug Enforcement Administration Houston...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published a final rule that establishes procedures and time frames for handling whistleblower complaints under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA protects employees from retaliation for receiving Marketplace financial assistance when...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The next field trip and meeting of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) California Desert Advisory Council (DAC) will be held October 14-15, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza today sentenced Thomas Samborski, II (41, Orange County) to 20 years in federal prison and a life term of supervised release for production of child pornography. The Court also ordered him to pay restitution and to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: CEDARVILLE, Calif. - Members of the Modoc-Washoe Experimental Stewardship Steering Committee will tour public rangelands and discuss a variety of range management topics, when they meet Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 19-20, in Cedarville.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Bangor Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Sidney P. Kilmartin, 54, of South Windham, Maine, was convicted yesterday following a six-day jury trial in U.S. District Court of mailing injurious articles (cyanide) resulting in death, wire fraud, mail fraud and witness tampering.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Briarleaf Nursing and Convalescent, Inc., a skilled nursing facility in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, has entered into a settlement agreement with the United States to resolve an allegation that the facility violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of bank robbery, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Husband of Former U.S. Embassy Official in Morocco Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Household Staff Member.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Thanks to researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), a new feed ingredient made from tree nuts is available to fish farmers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Backpack Bomb Found in Front of Nederland Police Station.
