News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss - On Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, a federal jury found Kenneth Fairley, 62, of Hattiesburg, guilty of carrying out a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis. The guilty verdict came after a six day trial in Hattiesburg before U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Republican and Democratic members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce today praised House passage of H.R. 5587, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. Introduced by Reps. Glenn “GT" Thompson (R-PA) and Katherine Clark (D-MA), the legislation reauthorizes ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry held a markup to consider H.R. 2647, the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015 (Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-AR). On Friday, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS), released emergency wildfire legislation as an amendment in the nature of a substitute for, which passed committee today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - Two residents of Erie County, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is asking dairy producer organizations and other interested parties to nominate candidates to serve on the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. Nominations must be submitted by Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016.
By State Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10 a.m., the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), will consider the Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act (H.R. 5931). The legislation, authored by Chairman Royce, prohibits future cash payments to Iran - the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism - for any reason.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: TAFT, Okla. - Today, at the Oklahoma Board of Corrections meeting, agents with the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement (DEA) presented letters of recognition to officers with the Oklahoma Department of (DOC) and agents with the Inspector General’s office for assisting in dismantling the McClendon drug trafficking organization.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: “Good Morning. I would like to thank the Chairman for holding today’s hearing on tax-exempt college and university endowments.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against G K Produce Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. B A federal criminal complaint was filed today charging Seth Willis Pickering, 36, of Leicester, N.C. with murder for the death of his daughter, Lila Pickering, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: A 22-year-old Dearborn Heights man pleaded guilty today to charges of making a false statement to acquire a firearm and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Kourtney Williams, 26, and Victor Lara Jr, 33, both of Lewiston, Maine were convicted yesterday following a jury trial in U.S. District Court of robbery conspiracy and using a firearm during a crime of violence. Williams was also convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Both were found not guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Tracey Moses, 47, of Sicklerville, New Jersey was charged in an indictment1 returned today with ten counts of wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the indictment, from August 2010 until early December 2013, when she was fired for suspected embezzlement, defendant...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: TWIN FALLS, ID - The Bruneau Canyon Overlook is undergoing a facelift as construction crews begin work to create an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessible pathway and install improved safety railing along the canyon rim.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of violating federal firearm laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: The former Chief Executive Officer of Essex Holdings, Inc., was charged with two separate fraud schemes totaling more than $30 million. The first scheme involved nearly 100 investors who purportedly purchased interests in sugar transportation and iron ore mining in Chile. The second scheme involved unlawfully obtaining economic development funds from the State of South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa. was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on charges of access device fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - Ladonta A. Tucker, 24, of the 200 block of North Greenwood Ave., Kankakee, Ill., has been ordered to serve 84 months in federal prison for illegal possession of a firearm by a felon, as announced by U.S. Attorney Jim Lewis, Central District of Illinois. Tucker was sentenced on Sept. 12. He has been in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service since his arrest in December 2015. On April 28, 2016, Tucker entered a plea of guilty to the charge.
