News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Martin Huerta, 43, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court to an armed bank robbery charge. The guilty plea was entered without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: This morning in San Antonio, Federal Bureau of Investigation special agents arrested Charles Augustus Banks, IV, an executive with Gameday Entertainment, LLC (Gameday), on federal wire fraud charges alleging that he defrauded a San Antonio victim of millions of dollars announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, today unveiled a discussion draft of a proposal to modernize the nation’s multiemployer pension system. Part of the committee’s ongoing efforts to strengthen retirement security, the proposal follows years of bipartisan ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Demario Webster, 20, and Ira McGruder, 24, both from Jackson, entered guilty pleas today before U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Don Alway.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Abimael Mercado, 35, of North Tonawanda, NY, pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Cranston, Rhode Island, resident pleaded guilty yesterday to aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, wire fraud, theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Michael Minas, 50, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced on September 8, 2016, to eight years in federal prison on 80 counts of unlawfully distributing controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. Senior U.S. District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: Owner of Major Online Colored Contact Lens Business Pleads Guilty in Largest-Ever Investigation of Counterfeit and Misbranded Contact Lenses in the United States.
By State Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement regarding the conviction of Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christopher Cook, 38, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in U.S. District Court to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition on Jan. 3, 2015, the day he shot and seriously injured Officer Lou Golson of the Albuquerque Police Department...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) encourages all fourth graders to visit the park for free this year as part of the Every Kid in a Park program. The program gives fourth grade students, and those accompanying them, free access to more than 2,000 federally managed lands and waters.Visit www.EveryKidinaPark.gov to download the pass and obtain more information.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deboraha R. Gilg announced that Miguel Alfonso-Rodriguez, 37 years old, Jose Terra-Izquierdo, 22 years old, and Jasiel Gonzalez-Rodriguez, 21 years old, all originally from Cuba and now living in Amarillo, Texas, were each sentenced to 12 months and 1 day imprisonment on September...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Fort Worth, Texas, man was acquitted of Involuntary Manslaughter as a result of a federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota, on September 8, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Raymond VanBuskirk, 44, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon, before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: Defendant Accused of Using Hidden Devices and Cameras to Steal Bank Customers’ Account Information and PINs.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), chairman of the U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, sent a letter Friday to Attorney General Loretta Lynch requesting additional materials necessary to further their oversight of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email account and server during her time at the State Department.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Mount Lewis Field Office has issued a Decision Record (DR) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Environmental Assessment (EA) completed for the Amendment to the Plan of Operations titled Amendment to the Horse Canyon/Cortez Unified Exploration Project...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - On September 8, 2016, the FBI arrested Marie A. Castelli, 55, of Maysville, Kentucky, pursuant to a federal indictment and arrest warrant. The indictment alleges that Castelli knowingly transmitted communications intended to be a threat to injure the person of another in violation of...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: Two swimming-related fatalities occurred off Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches this afternoon.
