News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Ian Mackie was sentenced to 14 years in prison on multiple child enticement charges.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service announced today over $285,000 in grants to Indian tribes and museums to assist in the repatriation of ancestors and cultural items back to Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter today, Senate Finance Committee Republicans led by Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), pressed the Obama Administration for updated information regarding the financial viability of the remaining Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OPs). With the enrollment season nearing, the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Samir Hassan, 36, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of food stamp fraud, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $192,447.00.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: EL PASO - A Barrio (BA) gang associate was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy and drug trafficking offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Phoenix, Ariz. - In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Navajo Generating Station - Kayenta Mine Complex Project. The Draft EIS evaluates the potential environmental impacts of...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Republicans in the House of Representatives have rapidly escalated their investigations of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to unprecedented levels by issuing more than 70 subpoenas and letters just since July 5, when FBI Director James Comey announced publicly that his team of career investigators unanimously concluded that no criminal charges were warranted in the FBI email investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Jeffrey A. Martinovich, 50, formerly of Newport News, was sentenced today to a total of 164 months in prison for charges of money laundering and fraud. Martinovich was also ordered to pay approximately $2.4 million in restitution to the victims of his fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal jury has found Philip Zodhiates, 61, of Waynesboro, Virginia, guilty of international parental kidnapping and conspiracy to commit international parental kidnapping. The charges carry a maximum sentence of eight years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: An international team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other research organizations have sequenced the complete genome of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata. This pest attacks more than 260 fruit, vegetable and nut crops worldwide, causing billions of dollars annually in direct damage, export sanctions, lost markets, and other costs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Antwon Pitt Earlier Was Found Guilty of Charges in Separate Sexual Assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. -Timothy M. Longmeyer, the former Secretary of the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet, who previously admitted that he solicited and accepted over $200,000 in kickbacks from a private consultant during his tenure, has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Gerson Joel Rivera-Suchite, a/k/a “Jerson Suchite," 22, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that on or about April 5, 2016, Rivera-Suchite, an alien, and native and citizen of Guatemala, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about July 5, 2012.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today led 18 of his Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution to recognize the importance of Planned Parenthood’s contributions to women’s health care and reproductive rights in America over the last 100 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Salvador Ortiz-Uresti, 41 of Reading, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that on or about Nov. 13, 2015, Ortiz-Uresti, an alien, and native and citizen of Mexico, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about April 26, 2001.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Newark men admitted today that they carried out two armed carjackings and one attempted carjacking during a five-day span in September 2013, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - - Three people were arrested today and charged in federal court with methamphetamine and listed chemical offenses and 13 others were arrested and charged in Lewis County for state offenses involving the sale and possession of methamphetamine and other illegal drugs, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Lewis County District Attorney Leanne Moser.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Ramon Emilio Alvarez-Monegro, a/k/a “Jose Diaz Contreras," a/k/a “Pedro Antonio Tejeda-Garcia," a/k/a “Antonio Tejada," 49, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that on...
