News from October 2016
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 185,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: Detroit, MI - DEA reprises this weekend one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday, October 22nd, 2016, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their unused, unwanted prescription medications at one of 4,700 collection sites nationwide, and 50 sites in Kentucky, operated by 3,800 local law enforcement agencies and other community partners. The service is free of charge, no questions asked.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: OCT 19 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging Harry Duren, 73, and Sandra Duren, 53, both of Seminole, Florida, with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, oxycodone. The indictments were jointly announced by 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Twilla Marie St. Pierre, 39, of Worley, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to theft or receipt of stolen mail matter, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. St. Pierre was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d'Alene on April 19, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Arlington, Texas, has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, on a charge of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced today that federal authorities are investigating two fatal shootings which recently occurred on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: AMARILLO - A federal grand jury in Amarillo, Texas, returned a two-count indictment last week charging three men with the robbery of an Amarillo Credit Union, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: NORTH TEXAS and Okla. - DEA reprises this weekend one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday October 22 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their unused, unwanted prescription medications at one of 4,700 collection sites nationwide, operated by 3,800 local law enforcement agencies and other community partners. The service is free of charge, no questions asked.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Donte Jacobs, age 28, of New Castle, Delaware, was indicted on Oct. 13, 2016, for conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl that resulted in the death of another person.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that owners of a cemetery business in Pennsylvania and Ohio were sentenced Oct. 18, 2016 by United States District Court Judge John E. Jones, III in Harrisburg for tax evasion charges.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: Elephant Butte, N.M. - The Bureau of Reclamation today celebrated 100 years since the completion of Elephant Butte Dam in southern New Mexico. Officials from Reclamation, the International Boundary and Water Commission, State of New Mexico, New Mexico’s Congressional Delegation, Elephant Butte Irrigation...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -Cape Lookout National Seashore is pleased to announce two opportunities to join the Horse Sense and Survival tours with Wildlife Biologist Sue Stuska. The trips will take place on Wednesday, October 26 out of Harkers Island Visitor Center at 9 a.m., and finally on Saturday, November 19 from the Beaufort Visitor Information Center at 8:45 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Bronx, New York, man today admitted to his role in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 22 kilograms of heroin in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: Settlement Resolves Allegations of Falsely Billing Federal and State Health Care Programs for Prescription Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: Used the Stolen Funds for Personal and Business Benefits, Such as Dog Grooming, Adult Entertainment, Clothing and Payroll for His Employees.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Damion Colabatistto, 39, of Rochester, NY was convicted following a jury trial of murder, conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin and possessing firearms during, in relation to and in furtherance of the narcotics conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - The Katy couple charged in relation to the enslavement of their nanny have been convicted, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Sandra Nsobundu, 49, entered a plea to unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of forced labor, while her husband - Chudy Nsobundu, 57, pleaded to visa fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that a grand jury sitting in Burlington has returned a five count Superseding Indictment against five people relating to the arson that occurred in Northfield on Dec. 14, 2015. According to the Superseding Indictment, Howard...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: A former Division Director of the Miami-Dade County Aviation Department pled guilty for his involvement in a $5,000,000 fraud and kickback scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment here Wednesday charging three southwest Kansas men with conspiring to detonate a bomb at an apartment complex in Garden City where Muslim immigrants from Somalia live and worship, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
