News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Derrick Ramos, aka Little D, 26, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of RICO conspiracy, was sentenced to 72 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston yesterday in connection with being an alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Owner of New England Compounding Center Convicted of Racketeering Leading to Nationwide Fungal Meningitis Outbreak.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Gettysburg National Military Park’s Advisory Commission will meet on April 13, at 7 pm at the park Museum and Visitor Center, 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg. The public is invited to attend. Since the meeting is being held after visiting hours, access will be through the classroom doors on the far right front of the building.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Singh: As long time supporters of the U.S.-India partnership, we have worked diligently to deepen ties between our two countries. As the largest and oldest democracies in the world, India and the United States share bonds rooted in political pluralism and respect for the rule of law. It is...
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - At a hearing on the state of global humanitarian affairs, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called for prioritizing humanitarian access and reforming the delivery of U.S. global food assistance as the population of people suffering from conflict and failing governance is at a scale not seen since World War II.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker announced a 13 count indictment charging RYAN RANDALL GILBERTSON, 41, founder of Dakota Plains, Inc., DOUGLAS VAUGHN HOSKINS, 48, and NICHOLAS HARRIS SHERMETA, 49, with wire fraud stemming from a complex stock manipulation scheme that resulted in the company...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Contact Person: Jamie L. Schoen (864) 282-2100.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that David Specyalski, age 47, of Mauldin, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville, to possession of child pornography, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A. United States District Judge Bruce H. Hendricks of Greenville accepted the plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Member of CD and DVD Counterfeiting Ring in Atlanta Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Charles F. Denno, 66, of East Providence, a former finance director for the Providence Plan, pleaded guilty in federal court today to fraud, admitting to the court that he devised and executed a scheme in which he fraudulently converted $742,190.69 of Providence Plan funds for his own use.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Royal Gorge Field Office will temporarily close the Ruby Mountain parking area at Browns Canyon National Monument April 1-30, 2017, for repairs and improvements. Flash floods in 2015 caused substantial damage to the parking area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Philip Zodhiates, 61, of Waynesboro, Virginia, who was convicted by a federal jury of international parental kidnapping and conspiracy to commit international parental kidnapping, was sentenced to 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today examined recently announced plans by the Department of Homeland Security to hire 15,000 additional agents-specifically probing the decision to move forward despite the agency consistently failing to meet staffing goals in the past.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Richard Klaffka, 59, and his wife, Cathleen Klaffka, 62, both of Holland, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara in connection with Richard Klaffka’s receipt of over $1,000,000 in benefits from the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Charles F. Denno, 66, of East Providence, a former finance director for the Providence Plan, pleaded guilty in federal court today to fraud, admitting to the court that he devised and executed a scheme in which he fraudulently converted $742,190.69 of Providence Plan funds for his own use.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Texas Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Not Paying Approximately $18 Million in Employment Taxes.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: MARCH 22, 2017 - The internet self-response for the 2017 Census Test is underway. This national test allows the U.S. Census Bureau to assess the integration of operations and systems needed for households to respond to the census online in advance of the 2020 Census. The test also includes telephone and traditional paper questionnaire response options.
