News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of South Carolina. Monday, Oct. 24, 2016.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2017 McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (McGovern-Dole), which helps support education, child development and food security in low-income, food-deficit countries around the globe. The program provides U.S. commodities that are used to support school feeding and maternal and child nutrition projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA- On Oct. 21, 2016, James Henry McGinity, age 67, of Burlington, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 160 months in prison for distributing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. McGinity also will be required...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE - United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Terrence P. Donnelly 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that JIMMY DEWAYNE WHEAT, age 39, of Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, pled guilty to EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT IN INDIAN COUNTRY, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 661 and 1152, punishable by up to 1 year imprisonment, and up to a $100,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Josue Ortiz, 35, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to time served and three years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that VICTOR CUEVAS, 52, of Bristol, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to one year of probation and a $1,000 fine for conspiring with others to commit bank fraud in connection with his home mortgage loan applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney David A. Capp announced that a federal grand jury in Hammond returned a 6 count indictment charging Monique Bowling aka Monique Boyd, 44, of Merrillville, Indiana with one count of theft from local government receiving federal funds, one count of aggravated identity theft and four counts of mail fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Northeastern States District (NSD) is seeking public comments on a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) of potential oil and gas leasing in the Wayne National Forest located in southeastern Ohio. The EA analyzes the environmental impacts of leasing oil and gas resources...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Four individuals were sentenced in federal court today for distribution of heroin and cocaine charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Stephanie I. Sprecher 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 Sprecher...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today sent a letter to CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt requesting information on the amount of federal dollars being spent to subsidize Obamacare’s rising premiums.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Criminal Sentencing For $172,991 Fraud Follows A Separate $273,496 Civil Settlement And The Surrender Of Dr. DeWeese’s DEA Registration And Medical License.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Marietta Geckos (619) 546-6952.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - U.S. Attorney Jim Lewis announced today the appointment of District Election Officers in the Central District of Illinois in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections. Assistant U.S. Attorneys appointed...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Approximately $140 million forfeited, along with property, luxury vehicles and boats.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Des Moines, IA - On Oct. 21, 2016, Dorothy L. Dillinger, 61, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner to 60 months in prison for mail fraud and malicious use of fire, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Dillinger was ordered to serve three years of supervised...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement regarding the administration’s admission that there will be double-digit rate hikes for Obamacare plans next year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A federal prosecutor will be on duty during election day to respond to complaints of possible election fraud and voting rights violations in Kansas, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA- On Oct. 20, 2016, Vincent Salvitory Brocato, age 35, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to fourteen months imprisonment after pleading guilty to escape, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Brocato was ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims’ Fund.
