News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - An indictment unsealed today charges Bryan Fish, age 22, of Schenectady, New York, with three counts of making false declarations before a federal grand jury investigating an arson that killed four people in Schenectady.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Perry Don Cortese (53, Little River, Texas), Priscilla Ann Ellis (51, Killeen, Texas), and Kenietta Rayshawn Johnson (35, Leavenworth, Kansas) guilty of conspiracy to commit international money laundering and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. Each faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in federal prison. Their sentencing hearings will be scheduled at a later date.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas - The 13-mile Scenic Loop at Red Rock Canyon will be open 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting November 1. This change happens yearly and is necessary as days become shorter and the sunset is earlier after the end of Daylight Saving Time. The Visitors’ Center will continue to be open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: In May 2015 the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy announced its selection of five Alaska Native villages to receive technical assistance to accelerate clean energy projects and initiatives through the Alaska Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team (START) Program.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2016
News Release: Special Activities Planned at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in November.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Philadelphia Division announced today that the DEA will conduct its 12th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day event on Saturday, October 22nd between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has plead guilty in federal court to a charge of bank fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: Judge Also Orders Restitution for Welfare Fraud and Threatens Maximum Sentence if Probation is Violated.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: Wisconsin Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Todd J. Kniseley, aka Todd J. Kniceley, 27, of Youngstown, with failing to register and update a registration as a sex offender as required by law, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Ukrainian national pleaded guilty in federal court today to transporting thousands of cartons of cigarettes from Missouri to Chicago, Ill., in order to avoid paying nearly $160,000 in excise taxes.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: The Energy Department today announced $21.4 million in funding for 17 new projects to help reduce the "soft costs" commonly found with solar energy, such as installation, permitting, and connecting to the grid. As more U.S. consumers turn toward renewable energy each year, nine of the awards will focus...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced the arrest and filing of charges against DASHAWN HAWKINS, a/k/a “Jhonny Cash," for narcotics dealing that resulted in the overdose death of a 29-year-old man.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: Operation Cross Country X, Southeast Michigan.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: On Oct. 12, 2016, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Quito participated in a regional investigative and analytical working group on forestry crime in the Andean region through INTERPOL’s Project Leaf (Law Enforcement Assistance for Forests).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Paul Keener, a/k/a Aaron Silverman, a/k/a Paul Robison, a/k/a Scott Walker, 47, of Cheektowaga, NY, who was convicted of aggravated identity theft, was sentenced to two years in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A former building inspector for the City of Chicago admitted in federal court today that he solicited a $300 bribe from a property owner in exchange for allowing renovation work without a permit.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging West Wild Hogs (31, Searle, Alabama) with kidnapping. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: Up to $16.7 Million Available to Help Low-Income Families Purchase Healthy Produce WASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of up to $16.7 million in competitive grant funding to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables by families and ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: Options Help More Beginning, Small and Urban Producers Gain Access to Credit WASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of a streamlined version of USDA guaranteed loans, which are tailored for smaller scale farms and urban producers. The program, ...
