News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Jose Miguel Tapia, age 30, of Baltimore, to five years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft arising from several schemes in which Tapia fraudulently obtained over $130,000. Chief Judge Blake also entered an order requiring Tapia to pay restitution in the full amount of the victims’ losses, which is $132,548.85.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: When: Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. 10:00 a.m. For media inquiries and additional information, including webcast and testimony details, please visit...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced Ann Marie Williams, 52, of Saco, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to embezzling funds from the City of Westbrook.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn today announced that on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, the Select Investigative Panel will hold a business meeting to consider a report recommending that the U.S. House of Representatives find StemExpress and its Chief Executive Officer, Catherine Spears Dyer, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Harrison Cambridge, 56, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 42 months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for his conviction on an abusive sexual contact charge. Cambridge will also be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Along with federal land management agencies across the country, Big Bend National Park will participate in National Public Lands Day (NPLD) activities on Saturday, September 24. This annual event is the nation's largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands. The normal park entrance fees will be waived for the day at all National Park Service sites including Big Bend.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: SAN ANGELO, Texas - Following a one-day trial that began this morning before Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, a federal has jury convicted Jesse Huerra, 31, of San Angelo, Texas, on methamphetamine distribution and firearms charges outlined in a May 2016 federal indictment, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By State Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn today announced that on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, the Select Investigative Panel will hold a business meeting to consider a report recommending that the U.S. House of Representatives find StemExpress and its Chief Executive Officer, Catherine Spears Dyer, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALIYAH THERESA JULIATE DAVIS, also known as Theresa Juliate Sutherland, 36, of East Windsor, has been charged by criminal complaint with making a false statement on a U.S. passport application.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn today announced that on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, the Select Investigative Panel will hold a business meeting to consider a report recommending that the U.S. House of Representatives find StemExpress and its Chief Executive Officer, Catherine Spears Dyer, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-As prescription opioids and heroin continue to take a tragic toll on too many Americans and their families, U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. joined with the Drug Enforcement Administration for the start of Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Media Availability to Follow DOJ Listening Session with Tribal Leaders and Police Chiefs from Northern New Mexico & Medical Professionals who Provide Care to Native Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Investigation Revealed Defendant made Video of Young children in Park, using Dog to Lure Kids.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 300 months in prison for supplying heroin and cocaine to a large-scale drug trafficking organization that operated in Ocean and Monmouth Counties and elsewhere in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Tucson, AZ -National Public Lands Day is a day set aside to celebrate land that is publicly owned by the American people and encourage those people to come out and enjoy a day in their public lands. ThisSaturday, Sept. 24, all 413 National Park sites across the country are joining Saguaro National Park in waiving entrance fees to celebrate the day and many are hosting volunteer opportunities for people who choose to serve in honor of the day.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded the FDA’s decision Monday to approve eteplirsen, a promising treatment for young boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Johnson and other senators have been pressuring the FDA to complete its review of this drug since early 2016. Johnson had this to say following the announcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Mother, who Lost Son to Heroin Overdose, Participates in Awareness Week Events with National Drug Control Policy Director, U.S. Agriculture Secretary and U.S. Attorney General.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 19, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service today awards nearly $2 million in funding to six states and territories to help improve retention of children in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. These funds will enable WIC state agencies to better fulfill their crucial role in ensuring young children up to age five have a foundation for nutritional success.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: The Perfect Storm. Twenty-three-year-old Louis Ahearn was not a heroin addict. Until shortly before his death earlier this year, the Derby resident had never used the drug. A dental procedure and a short search for relief from his pain led him to a local drug dealer who convinced him that heroin was...
