BP Products to Pay Nearly $180 Million to Settle Clean Air Violations at Texas City Refinery
BP Products to Pay Nearly $180 Million to Settle Clean Air Violations at Texas City Refinery BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to spend more than $161 million on…
North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography
North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography Timothy Christenbury, of Charlotte, , pleaded guilty today to possessing child pornography. Christenbury, 46, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Judge Carl Horn…
Five Maryland Commercial Fishermen Plead Guilty to Illegally Overfishing Striped Bass
Five Maryland Commercial Fishermen Plead Guilty to Illegally Overfishing Striped Bass Five St. Marys County, Md., commercial fisherman pleaded guilty today to illegally overfishing striped bass also known as rockfish.…
John Doe # 17 Indicted in Child Pornography Case
John Doe # 17 Indicted in Child Pornography Case John Doe 17, a white male with curly brown hair weighing approximately 210-250 pounds, has been indicted by a federal grand…
Department of Justice Statement on the Abandonment of the JBS/National Beef Transaction
Department of Justice Statement on the Abandonment of the JBS/National Beef Transaction The Department issued a statement today after JBS and National Beef announced the abandonment of the JBS/National Beef…
Shipping Company, Chief Engineer and Second Engineer Indicted for Covering up Pollution
Shipping Company, Chief Engineer and Second Engineer Indicted for Covering up Pollution A federal grand jury in Newark, , has returned an eight-count indictment charging a Liberian company that manages…
Kentucky Man Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Pornography and Is Sentenced to 20 Years
Kentucky Man Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Pornography and Is Sentenced to 20 Years Jack A. Taylor, 68, a resident of Rolling Springs, Ky., pleaded guilty today to producing child…
U.S. District Court Judge Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of Justice
District Court Judge Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of Justice District Judge Samuel B. Kent pleaded guilty today to obstruction of justice in federal court in Houston. Kent, 59, a district…
Memphis Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Sex Trafficking Charges
Memphis Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Sex Trafficking Charges Leonard Fox a/k/a Anton a/k/a Daddy pleaded guilty today to a federal civil rights charge for sex trafficking of minors. In…
Federal Court Bars Tennessee Resident from Preparing Tax Returns for Others
Federal Court Bars Tennessee Resident from Preparing Tax Returns for Others A federal district court in Tennessee has permanently barred Chattanooga resident Demita Brown-Watkins from preparing federal income tax returns…
United States Transfers Binyam Mohammed to United Kingdom
United States Transfers Binyam Mohammed to United Kingdom The Department announced the transfer to the United Kingdom of Binyam Mohammed, an Ethiopian national and former resident of the United Kingdom…
Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the Chicago Board of Education for Alleged Pregnancy Discrimination
Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the Chicago Board of Education for Alleged Pregnancy Discrimination The Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit against the Board of Education of the City…