News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Ronald W. Boone, Sr., 67, of Norfolk, pleaded guilty today to charges related to bribing the Norfolk City Treasurer and multiple other high-ranking Norfolk city officials, in addition to bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), today sent a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding the agency’s set-top box proposal.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: [Boise] Several events are planned throughout Idaho this month to celebrate a special year for National Public Lands Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge this week sentenced a Birmingham man to 20 years in prison for three armed carjackings in 2015, and for being a convicted felon in possession of a 9mm pistol, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Enrique Chavarria, 33, of Roswell, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition. The guilty plea was entered without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management and Roaring Fork Mountain Bike Association are seeking volunteers to complete a mountain bike trail reroute at the Crown for National Public Lands Day Sept 24.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARK LEIGH-JAMES, 24, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretary Kerry: We write to express our concern about the possible risks present in international mail. As e-commerce grows, some foreign companies are taking advantage of potential weaknesses in international mail security standards to break U.S. customs laws and regulations by shipping goods...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) National Firearms Examiner Academy (NFEA) graduated its 2015-2016 class of 10 men and women with apprentice/entry-level firearms and toolmark examiner skills after a year-long training program conducted by ATF’s National Laboratory ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: A Murfreesboro, Tennessee, man was taken into custody this morning by FBI agents and U.S. Capitol Police, after a criminal complaint was issued, charging him with threatening to murder a United States official and transmitting in interstate commerce, a communication containing a threat, announced U.S. Attorney David Rivera for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: A Murfreesboro, Tenn. man was taken into custody this morning by FBI agents and U.S. Capitol Police, after a criminal complaint was issued, charging him with threatening to murder a United States official and transmitting in interstate commerce, a communication containing a threat, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Oyster Bay, NY: The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s HOPE Crew (Hands-On Preservation Experience) will be coming to Sagamore Hill National Historic Site to learn about and help with the preservation of historic places. The program links preservation projects to youth volunteers interested in...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that representatives from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI, and DEA are holding events this month in a series of rural Alaskan communities, as part of National Heroin and Opioid Awareness Week, to increase awareness about the dangers of opioids and heroin addiction.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: BLM Worland Seeks Input on Analysis of Hot Springs County Bentonite Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Detroit FBI-Henry Ford College Roundtable Discussion.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge this week sentenced a Birmingham man to 20 years in prison for three armed carjackings in 2015, and for being a convicted felon in possession of a 9mm pistol, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Eugenia C. Harris, a business owner in the District of Columbia, was sentenced today to 90 days in a halfway house or community corrections facility and an additional 180 days of home confinement for taking part in a conspiracy to disguise the source of campaign contributions in federal and local elections, including the 2010 District of Columbia mayoral campaign, and then taking steps to conceal the illegal activities from investigators.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Devils Tower National Monument Celebrating 110 Years and #National Public Lands Day!.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Ronald W. Boone, Sr., 67, of Norfolk, pleaded guilty today to charges related to bribing the Norfolk City Treasurer and multiple other high-ranking Norfolk city officials, in addition to bank fraud.
