News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - The three leaders of a Houston area indoor marijuana grow house organization have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit and Acting United States Attorney Abe Martinez. Quang Nguyen, 50, pleaded guilty Aug. 15, 2016, while Phuc Tran, 44, and his wife, Thuy Tran, 44, pleaded guilty in July and October 2016, respectfully. All resided in Houston.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Anthony Michael Cobb, age 47, of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, was indicted on March 29, 2017, by a federal grand jury with unlawful possession of a firearm and three drug trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Charles Nunez, 47, of Roswell, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. Nunez also was ordered to forfeit $70,000 in drug proceeds and five firearms to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAYMOND J. MARTIN, 49, of Easton, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Nikkos Hamlett (29, Brandon) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to pay kickbacks in connection with a federal health care benefit program. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: USDA’s Largest Conservation Program Helps Producers Improve Health, Productivity of Working Lands WASHINGTON, March 30, 2017 – Acting Deputy Agriculture Secretary Michael Young today announced that a contract renewal sign-up is underway for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), USDA’s largest working ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: William Sheldon, 71, of Woolwich, Maine, and Timothy Lewis, 46, of Phippsburg, Maine, were each indicted in Portland, Maine, with crimes related to illegally trafficking juvenile American eels, also known as “elvers” or “glass eels.” A seven-count indictment was returned on Mar. 1, charging Sheldon ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: A federal court in Helena, Montana permanently barred Ron Broyles of San Rafael, California from preparing - or assisting others in preparing - any property appraisal that will be used in connection with federal taxes, the Justice Department announced. Based upon evidence the government submitted to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: The owner and operator of five Houston-area home health agencies pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicare and the State of Texas’s Medicaid-funded Home and Community-Based Service and Primary Home Care programs of more than $17 million. He also pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder money. These ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it will require Smiths Group plc to divest Morpho Detection LLC and Morpho Detection International LLC’s global explosive trace detection (ETD) business in order for Smiths to proceed with its proposed $710 million acquisition of Morpho from Safran S.A.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the expansion and modernization of the Department’s Institutional Hearing Program (IHP).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: The Attorney General, today, had a positive and productive conversation with the Jewish Community Centers and JCC Association of North America. The Department of Justice will not tolerate hate crimes against Jewish communities or the targeting of any community in this country on the basis of their religious ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: A federal jury sitting in Oakland, California convicted Janel McDonald today for her role in a conspiracy to cash stolen and fraudulently obtained U.S. Treasury checks, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch for the Northern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Bingham Fox, owner of the fishing vessel Native Sun, was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Seattle of discharging oily waste directly into coastal waters of the State of Washington, a felony violation of the Clean Water Act. The jury deliberated six hours following a five-day trial. U.S. District Judge Robert S. Lasnik scheduled sentencing for July 11, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: A Department of Justice official released the following background statement at the conclusion of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ meeting with the Attorneys General from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras: “On Thursday, Mar. 30, 2017, Attorney General Sessions met with the Attorneys General of El Salvador, ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Accurately determining how much of our economy's total manufacturing production is American-made can be a daunting task. However, data from the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) can help shed light on what percentage of the manufacturing sector's gross output is considered domestic. ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workers help drive our nation's innovation and competitiveness by generating new ideas and new companies.1 For example, workers who study or are employed in these fields are more likely to apply for, receive, and commercialize patents.2 STEM knowledge ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Today, the Department of Commerce and First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) announced the selection of AT&T to build the first nationwide wireless broadband network dedicated to America’s first responders. This record-breaking public-private partnership to build a $46.5 billion wireless broadband network for America’s first responders will modernize emergency communications infrastructure, saving lives, protecting communities, and creating jobs.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Today the Department of Commerce and First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) announced the selection of AT&T to build the first nationwide wireless broadband network dedicated to America’s first responders. This record-breaking public-private partnership is a significant investment in the communications ...
By USDA Wire | Mar 30, 2017
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
