News from January 2017
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: A new Department of Transportation Inspector General (IG) report outlines deficiencies in the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) ability to adequately prepare for and respond to major disruptions to the air traffic system. The IG pointed to shortcomings in the agency’s contingency planning, controller...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on January 4, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, President Obama, in the face of broad opposition from local communities and elected officials, unilaterally expanded the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monumentin southwest Oregon and northern California. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: On Jan. 11, 2017, following a two-day trial before U.S. District Judge William T. Moore, Jr., a federal jury convicted Lamarlvin Arkeena Watts, 22, of armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Ahmed Al-Ani To Be Deported as a Result of His Conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has settled a federal civil rights lawsuit against SILVERSTEIN PROPERTIES, INC. (“SILVERSTEIN PROPERTIES") and two of its affiliates, River Place I, LLC and River Place II Holding...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Agency Village, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact with a Person Incapable of Consent was sentenced on January 5, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that there is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against former School Resource Officer (SRO) Benjamin Fields for the physical force used in handling a student at Spring Valley High School on Oct. 26, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced topics for its 2017 Small Business Innovation Research awards. Phase I of the competitive program provides individual awards of up to $100,000 to encourage small U.S. businesses to engage in federally funded research and development opportunities that have the potential for commercialization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - On Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, Husam Usama Tayeh, 36, of Oak Lawn, Illinois, was sentenced to 1 year in federal prison for committing wire fraud, announced United States Attorney George L. Beck, Jr and Joseph P. Borg, Director of the Alabama Securities Commission. Tayeh’s sentenced resulted...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. B A man who owned a medical imaging business was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in federal prison for health care fraud, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. In addition, the defendant was ordered to pay more than $1.5 million in restitution to Medicare and Medicaid.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: The following are remarks by Zachary T. Fardon, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, as prepared for delivery at today's news conference on investigation of Chicago Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: On Jan. 11, 2017, following a two-day trial before U.S. District Judge William T. Moore, Jr., a federal jury convicted Lamarlvin Arkeena Watts, 22, of armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Springfield, Ore. - Beginning Jan. 1, 2017, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Shotgun Creek Recreation Site will offer year round access. Visitors will be able to enjoy the site’s picnic tables and restrooms throughout the year. "With year-round access, the BLM will be able to better meet the ongoing demand at Shotgun," said Bill O’Sullivan, Upper Willamette Field Office Manager.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Peter Poland, 44, of Whitefield, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to seven years in prison and three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Amtrak supervisor today admitted fraudulently overbilling Amtrak overtime and regular hours that he claimed to be working when he was actually not present at Amtrak work sites, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Igor Polshyn (42, Yalta, Ukraine) and Oleskii Tsurkan (52, Moscow, Russia) each to 25 years in federal prison for conspiring to possess and possessing with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine on a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. A federal jury found them guilty on Sept. 30, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Historic Settlement Involves Commitment by Moody’s to Improve Business Practices.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Carlos Rodriguez, Michael Marcov, Stephanie Marcov, and Cody Richey, all from Dubuque or surrounding areas, have been charged with wire fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering. The charges are contained in a Complaint unsealed yesterday in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal jury on Wednesday convicted a Walker County man of possessing methamphetamine in Quinton, Ala., announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Donald DeSalvo.
