News from October 2016
By DOT News Wire | Oct 11, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced that 16 organizations around the country will receive a share of $14.7 million in grants to support comprehensive planning projects that improve access to public transit. The funds are made available ...
By DOT News Wire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced it has awarded $1 million to two non-profit organizations as part of its new Community Safety Grant program to improve the nation’s response to hazardous materials transportation incidents.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - Four members of the Gangster Disciples have been sentenced to more than 30 years for attempting to rob a convenience store and a drug dealer. Two of the defendants were previously on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s (TBI) “Top 10 Most Wanted" list. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentences today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Richmond man pleaded guilty today to transporting a minor from West Virginia to Virginia for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Ian Michael Cramer, 27, entered his guilty plea to transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Jermaine Jeffries Faces Possible Additional Five Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A cheese company executive has been sentenced in federal court to three years’ probation, a $5,000 fine and 200 hours of community service on her conviction of one misdemeanor count of aiding and abetting the introduction of adulterated and misbranded cheese products into interstate commerce, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former Port of Los Angeles Chief of Police was sentenced today to two years in federal prison for tax evasion and for lying to FBI Agents who were investigating his acceptance of a bribe in connection with the development of an official smart phone app to be marketed to other law enforcement agencies.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: LAUREL - On Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 at approximately 12:37 AM, the United States Park Police responded to the southbound Baltimore Washington Parkway south of Route 198 for the report of a multi-vehicle crash that resulted in several patients being transported to local hospitals with minor injuries.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George today warned Rhode Island taxpayers that, despite reports from Mumbia, India, that numerous individuals were recently arrested at a call center where aggressive IRS impersonation...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Nitro woman pleaded guilty today for failing to report to serve her prison sentence, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Kelli Engler, also known as Kelli Reed and Kelli Reed-Engler, 39, faces up to five years in federal prison when she is sentenced on Dec. 14, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - An inmate at the United States Federal Penitentiary in Lee County, Virginia, USP Lee, admitted today in United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon to conspiring with others to bring illegal narcotics into the prison, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: OCT 11 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that on October 7, Alyssa Jelliffe, 23, of West Haven, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A former Brownsville man, now living in Waco, has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of selling membership in a non-recognized Indian tribe, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Humberto Reveles, 61, pleaded guilty in March 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A Taos County, N.M., man has been arrested on a federal indictment charging him with carjacking and firearms and carjacking offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division, and New Mexico State Police Chief Pete N. Kassetas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Kendrick Perry, 23, Brice Keeling, 24, Breon Berry, 25, and Corey Holmes, 27, all of Norfolk, have pleaded guilty to charges related to their respective roles in robbing three AT&T stores in the Tidewater area in early 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Abdelrahim Ayyad, a/k/a Sahid, age 50, of White Plains, Maryland, today to 174 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for an armed robbery conspiracy; two armed commercial robberies; and to using and brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. Judge Hazel also ordered Ayyad to forfeit $79,514.36.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its lawsuit against Lear Corp., doing business as Renosol Seating LLC, and three of its managers in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama has been resolved. The company manufactures foam seating for the automotive industry. The department and the company have filed a joint motion with the court setting forth the resolution and asking the court to dismiss the case in light of it.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: WILKES-BARRE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that as part of “National Community Policing Week" a “neighborhood walk" in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, took place today. One of the top priorities of the Department of Justice is strengthening relationships...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - William Bagwell, 45, of Petersburg, Florida pled guilty in federal court today to manufacturing and distributing performance enhancing drugs, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
