News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. -United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announces the establishment of an Election Day hotline in coordination with the U.S. Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day program for the general election on November 8, 2016. The hotline number is (603) 230-2503.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Adrian Spence, a/k/a “AJ," and “SP," age 28, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin. Judge Bennett also entered an order requiring Spence to forfeit $26,320 seized from his residence during the execution of a search warrant.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to come enjoy the Read with a Ranger program at 10:00 am on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, at the Parkway Visitor Center. This month’s featured story is “Stellaluna." Children will listen to the story and then explore the differences and similarities between bats and birds in an interactive activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Abel Martin Farias, 30, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced today to 26 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Farias’s sentence will run concurrent with a state sentence he is currently serving for forgery. Following his prison sentence, Farias will be placed on three years of supervised release. Farias was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 12, 2016 and entered his guilty plea on August 9, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the Federal Laboratory Technology Transfer, Fiscal Year 2014, Summary Report to the President and Congress. Including both quantitative and qualitative measures of effectiveness, the report provides the most current comprehensive view of federal technology transfer efforts across 11 agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney David A. Capp announced that Dipen Patel, 34, of Dyer, Indiana was charged with a criminal violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, a/k/a FIFRA.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Today, the Department of Justice announced the indictment of 61 individuals involved in a multi-million dollar telemarketing fraud scheme. This is the result of an interagency effort led by ICE with the assistance of DOJ and Treasury, ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Emerging technologies are a constant topic of conversation in the first responder community, focusing on the latest and greatest technologies relevant across every domain, from law enforcement to hazmat, fire and medical. To facilitate these conversations, the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) dedicated three of their New York Area Science and Technology (NYAST) forums to discuss emerging NGFR technologies.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 OTTAWA, Canada — Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson traveled to Canada, where he participated in bilateral meetings with key counterparts. Discussions focused on continued cooperation on priority issues for both governments, including efforts to enhance perimeter security and economic competitiveness.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Funding will help beginning, veteran, and socially-disadvantaged farmers and ranchers to expand businesses EAU CLAIRE Wis., Oct. 27, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is providing more than $45 million to help farmers, ranchers, small businesses and entrepreneurs nationwide develop new product lines. USDA is investing in 325 projects through the Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Today, an indictment was unsealed charging a total of 61 individuals and entities for their alleged involvement in a transnational criminal organization that has victimized tens of thousands of persons in the United States through fraudulent schemes that have resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: A federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, has permanently barred a Liberty Tax Service franchise owner from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction order prohibits Christopher Paul Haynes from acting as a federal tax return preparer and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: An American tuna fishing company that regularly unloaded its catch in American Samoa, was convicted and sentenced today for discharging oil into the South Pacific and for maintaining false records, announced Assistant Attorney General John C. Cruden of the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 27, of Sterling, Virginia, a former member of the Army National Guard, pleaded guilty today to charges of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Mansour Moghtaderi Zadeh, 56, an Iranian national, pleaded guilty today to taking part in a conspiracy involving the purchase and shipment of various products, including aviation parts and supplies, from the U.S. to Iran without a license. Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Mary ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: A Marietta, Georgia resident was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for using stolen identities to fraudulently obtain income tax refunds, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney John A. Horn for the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: A Boca Raton, Florida, man pleaded guilty in a New Jersey federal court for his role in a computer hacking and identity theft scheme that hijacked customer email accounts to send bulk unsolicited or “spam” emails, and generated more than $1.3 million in illegal profits. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division andU.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman of the District of New Jersey made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Today, the President granted commutation of sentence to the following 98 individuals: · David Alan Aldridge – Odessa, TX Offense: Conspiracy to manufacture 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine and possession of pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine; possession with intent to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates released the following statement after President Obama granted commutation of sentence to 98 individuals: “Today’s clemency grants to another 98 federal inmates who were sentenced under outdated drug laws are part of our ongoing commitment to bring fairness to our ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2016
News Release: The owner of two Arkansas mental health companies that provide inpatient and outpatient mental health services to juveniles was sentenced to serve 84 months in prison today for engaging in a scheme to bribe a former deputy director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services (ADHS), announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division.
