News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Tiauna Castro, 27, of Las Vegas pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to participating in a conspiracy to launder the proceeds from the illegal sale of Oxycodone in central Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Today’s hearing focuses on federal diversity jurisdiction whereby federal courts may hear otherwise purely state law cases if the plaintiff and the defendant are citizens of different states.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former accounting technician for the Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas was indicted Tuesday on a federal charge of embezzling tribal funds, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said today.
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 Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: On Saturday, September 24th, Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments will waive entrance fees in honor of Public Lands Day.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: “Mr. Speaker, let’s call this bill what it is: purely a political exercise by Republicans, and yet another one of their attempts to undermine the Affordable Care Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is holding three community workshops this week in Arlington, VA, the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and Bethesda, MD, to talk to local residents about proposed new departure routes from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). The northbound ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: BOISE - James Brett John, 30, of Kuna, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. John was indicted by a federal grand jury on May 10, 2016.
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 Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Sound is critical for the survival of many marine animals. It’s a primary means of communication, orientation and navigation, finding food, avoiding predators, and mate selection. Ocean noise can be caused by natural or human sources.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of KIRSTEN ANN TJOSAAS, 38, for embezzling $5,773,410 from Fagen, Inc. (Fagen), an industrial contracting company for which she served as Chief Financial Officer. TJOSAAS pleaded guilty on May 6, 2016, to wire fraud and money laundering.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: This Thursday, Sept. 15, the Subcommittee on Energy and Power will be joined by Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz for a hearing on DOE’s role in America’s national, economic, and energy security. Leading up to the hearing, Moniz on Tuesday joined committee member Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Tallulah based tax preparer was sentenced Monday to two years in prison for aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of a tax return containing false information.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement on the Obama Administration‘s announcement of a trade enforcement case against China for domestic subsidies of wheat, corn, and rice that may have violated its WTO commitments...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: BOISE - James Brett John, 30, of Kuna, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. John was indicted by a federal grand jury on May 10, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Evans Appiah, a/k/a Sean Carter, age 28, of Silver Spring, Maryland, on Sept. 12, 2016, to seven years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft arising...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: A grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Richard Joseph Beris, 22, and Alexander Nathaniel Penn, 41, both of Cleveland, with one count of aiding and abetting bank robbery, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today unanimously advanced H.R. 2669, the Anti Spoofing Act of 2015, and H.R. 2566, the Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2015, to the full committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Sacramento couple arraigned today for a grand jury indictment charging Maria Santa, 41, with failing to surrender for service of sentence and obstruction of justice, and charging Virgil Santa, 43, with harboring a fugitive, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: East Rim Drive Open to Nonmotorized Recreation on September 17 and 24.
