News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Debra Arno, 57, formerly of Amherst, NY, pleaded guilty to solicitation of interstate murder for hire before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $125,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: OCT 31 - BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Sara Monroe, 30, of Holden, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 32 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribute heroin. Monroe pleaded guilty on May 17, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Karen Holtz, 50, of Haymarket, was arrested today on charges related to her role in a financial fraud and identity theft scheme while working for JMS Ventures, Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), and William F. Sweeney...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - U.S. Attorney John Horn announced that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) William Toliver will lead the efforts of the Northern District of Georgia Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that the government and its public and private partners have completed an agreement to convert forfeited Rutland drug houses to safe, renovated housing. The government had previously filed suit to forfeit the drug houses, located at 114, 116 and 117...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: Man Sought in Halloween 2013 Albuquerque Bank Robbery.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
Release: Washington - FAS Program Announcement FAS-ESR-111-16, issued at 9:00 a.m. on Oct. 31, which announced export sales of 100,973 metric tons of corn for delivery to Barbados during the 2016/2017 marketing year was reported in error. The correct announcement is as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS - Patrick Miles, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, named a federal prosecutor with over 30 years’ experience as the District’s Election Officer. Miles says Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Daniels will handle claims of voter discrimination, intimidation, and fraud on November 8, 2016. Mr. Daniels can be reached until the polls close on election day at: (616) 808-2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Danny C. Williams, Sr. announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Charles M. McLoughlin will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections. AUSA McLoughlin...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A South Gate, California, man appeared in federal court today to face a drug distribution charge after he was arrested and found with 27 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in a tractor trailer he was driving, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: Release Date: 31 October 2016. Contacts: Jody Mays jody_mays@nps.gov, 229 924-0343, ext. 115. NR16-07. November “Night Museum" Returns to Andersonville National Historic Site. Experience the National Prisoner of War Museum and the Civil War prison site by lantern light after dark. ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - James P. Kennedy, Jr. has been named Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of New York following the departure of William J. Hochul, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: TYLER, Texas - The United States has obtained a civil judgment for $1,223,414.50 against Tariq Mahmood, who owned and operated multiple rural hospitals across Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a new press report alleging that FBI Director James Comey opposed naming Russia as meddling in the U.S. election because of concerns that it would impact voters so close to a presidential election...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Debra Arno, 57, formerly of Amherst, NY, pleaded guilty to solicitation of interstate murder for hire before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $125,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Brian Lee Adams (56, Green Cove Springs) today pleaded guilty to theft of government property and aggravated identity theft. He faces a maximum penalty of 12 years in federal prison, including a mandatory two-year sentence for aggravated identity theft. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Angel Rae Klein, 28, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced to ten months in prison for distributing heroin that contained fentanyl, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - -Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a South Gate, California, man appeared in federal court today to face a drug distribution charge after he was arrested and found with 27 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in a tractor trailer he was driving.
