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US Attorney's office releases identities of those arrested in Fairmont ...

May 17,2012 07:45 AM
FAIRMONT — The following are the names of individuals arrested in a joint law enforcement operation between the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and ...
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Eight indicted in tornado benefits fraud

May 17,2012 06:23 AM
By Jeff Lehr news@joplinglobe.com The US attorney's office in Springfield announced Wednesday that eight people have been accused in indictments of fraudulently obtaining federal disaster benefits after the Joplin tornado a year ago.
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Lawyers: Criminal probe targets egg magnate, aides

May 17,2012 06:23 AM
Military-dominated Myanmar's international rehabilitation is getting another boost as its foreign minister meets with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and looks for progress in US plans to ease economic... Prosecutors and defense lawyers at ...
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Jim Letten, U.S. attorney, has 10 days to respond to recusal request ...

May 17,2012 02:59 AM
Broussard's defense team has argued that Letten should step aside just as he did in the investigation of the River Birch landfill.
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Special Counsel to U.S. Attorney in D.C. Honored on Eve of ...

May 17,2012 02:59 AM
After nearly three decades with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, Special Counsel Patricia Riley will retire later this year. The District of Columbia Council recently honored her with a ceremonial resolution (PDF) that went ...
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US Attorney may review deadly NJ police shooting ...

May 17,2012 12:58 AM
A grand jury in Middlesex County last week declined to indict New Brunswick Police Officers Brad Berdel and Daniel Mazan in the 2011 shooting death of ...
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Us Attorney's Office - Herndon, VA Patch

May 17,2012 12:58 AM
The charge carries a minimum mandatory of five years in prison and a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison, U.S. Attorney's office spokesman Peter Carr said.
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US Investigation of Medtronic Ends

May 16,2012 09:21 PM
Medtronic said Wednesday that the Justice Department and the United States attorney's office in Massachusetts had closed their investigation related to the omission of safety issues of its orthopedic product Infuse and its off-label use.
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In payroll fraud defense, Aaron Broussard gains attorney, loses request for ...

May 16,2012 06:08 PM
By Richard Rainey, The Times-Picayune In a setback for his defense against federal payroll fraud charges, former Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard has lost his demand to see employment records from the US attorney's office.
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Special Counsel to US Attorney in DC Honored on Eve of Retirement

May 16,2012 04:48 PM
After nearly three decades with the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, Special Counsel Patricia Riley will retire later this year. The District of Columbia Council recently honored her with a ceremonial resolution (PDF) that went into ...
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Kicking Ass and Taking Names: Another Anti-Medical Marijuana Candidate Bites ...

May 16,2012 04:48 PM
Last night, the medical cannabis advocate community defeated a second anti-medical marijuana candidate in a state Attorney General race. In Oregon, Dwight Holton, a former US attorney, lost in a landslide after medical cannabis became a campaign issue.
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Rosenblum defeats Holton in Oregon AG race

May 16,2012 04:48 PM
Former interim US Attorney Dwight Holton was better known and had more money than longtime judge Ellen Rosenblum. But Democrats did not respond to Holton's tough-on-crime message or his support from most of the sheriffs and district attorneys around ...
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Seattle Gives DOJ Police Reform Counterproposal

May 16,2012 04:48 PM
The plan was hand-delivered to the US Attorney's Office on Wednesday morning, a little more than five weeks after the DOJ gave the city a proposed settlement calling for a wide array of changes to Seattle police policies, training and accountability.
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Medtronic Receives Notification That U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. ...

May 16,2012 04:48 PM
MINNEAPOLIS, May 16, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced it has been notified by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts that federal prosecutors ...
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Lawyers: Criminal probe targets egg magnate, aides

May 16,2012 04:48 PM
Peter Deegan, a spokesman for the US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa, based in Cedar Rapids, said Wednesday he could not confirm the existence of the investigation. The office's jurisdiction covers the rural area of northern Iowa ...
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Ga. Man Gets Prison Time in Tenn. Courthouse Plot

May 16,2012 10:51 AM
The US attorney's office said in a release that 42-year-old Darren Wesley Huff of Dallas, Ga., was sentenced Tuesday in US District Court in Knoxville. He was convicted on a federal firearms charge last October. Huff was armed with a handgun and an ...
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Rosenblum defeats Holton in Oregon

May 16,2012 10:51 AM
A retired state appeals court judge rode support from marijuana advocates to get closer to Oregon's top law enforcement job, defeating a former federal prosecutor to win the Democratic nomination for Oregon attorney general. Former interim US Attorney ...
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US Attorney: Nifty Fifty's owners cheated IRS, 5 charged

May 16,2012 10:51 AM
PHILADELPHIA - May 16, 2012 (WPVI) -- The five owners and managers of the Nifty Fifty's restaurant chain have been charged with cheating the IRS out of millions of dollars, the US Attorney's office announced on Wednesday. Robert Mattei, 73, of Del Ray ...
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US Attorney may review deadly NJ police shooting

May 16,2012 09:11 AM
A spokeswoman for the US Attorney's Office tells The Home News Tribune of East Brunswick (http://mycj.co/Lak3Hs ) that prosecutors will evaluate the facts to determine whether a federal probe in warranted.
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U.S. Attorney's Office may review Deloatch shooting

May 16,2012 09:11 AM
B69462038Z.1 KATHY JOHNSON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / Courier News NEW BRUNSWICK — The US Attorney's Office appears to be leaving the door open for a possible federal review of the Barry Deloatch police shooting case after a grand jury declined to indict ...
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Thu, 17 May 2012 15:32:15 GMT

Ohio school official charged in $470000 scheme
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US Attorney Carter Stewart filed an embezzlement count against 57-year-old Carl W. Shye (shy) in US District Court on Thursday. Shye was treasurer for former charter, or community, schools in Columbus, Youngstown and Dayton.

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Thu, 17 May 2012 15:32:05 GMT

Ohio school official charged in $470000 scheme
Dayton Daily News
US Attorney Carter Stewart filed an embezzlement count against 57-year-old Carl W. Shye (shy) in US District Court on Thursday. Shye was treasurer for former charter, or community, schools in Columbus, Youngstown and Dayton.

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Thu, 17 May 2012 15:31:08 GMT

Senator Roy Blunt Opens Panel Where Senior Former Military, State Department ...
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In a Senate briefing, former US Military officials and lawmakers sharply rejected an argument by Justice Department attorney in US federal court of appeals that the delay in making a decision on removing Iran's main opposition group, the Mujahedin-e ...

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Thu, 17 May 2012 15:29:46 GMT

Bronx daycare teacher fights charges that he possessed, distributed child ...
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US Attorney Preet Bharara and other officials announced Thursday that Joshua Conde has been arrested by Homeland Security agents. His attorney, Brian Pakett, said Conde "has pled not guilty, is fighting the charges and looks forward to his day in court ...

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:29:11 GMT

Former treasurer charged with embezzlement
Columbus Dispatch
The embezzlement was found through a joint investigation by the FBI, the Ohio Ethics Commission, the state auditor and the US Attorney's office. US Attorney Carter M. Stewart said Shye could be sentenced to 10 years in prison and a $250000 fine.

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Thu, 17 May 2012 15:29:01 GMT

New Brunswick PBA Issues Statement on Suggested Federal Investigation into ...
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“Recent media reports have suggested that the US Attorney's Office is considering a review of the recent grand jury decision not to bring forth an indictment of the two New Brunswick Police Officers involved in the fatal shooting of suspect Barry ...

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Thu, 17 May 2012 15:28:38 GMT

Ohio school official charged in $470000 scheme
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US Attorney Carter Stewart filed an embezzlement count against 57-year-old Carl W. Shye (shy) in US District Court on Thursday. Shye was treasurer for former charter, or community, schools in Columbus, Youngstown and Dayton.

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Thu, 17 May 2012 15:27:29 GMT

Man pleads guilty to pointing laser at planes
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The US Attorney's Office says a 49-year-old man faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to aiming a laser pointer at a plane departing from Orlando International Airport. Prosecutors say Glenn Stephen Hansen pointed the laser at ...

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Thu, 17 May 2012 15:26:51 GMT

Ohio school official charged in $470000 scheme
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US Attorney Carter Stewart filed an embezzlement count against 57-year-old Carl W. Shye (shy) in US District Court on Thursday. Shye was treasurer for former charter, or community, schools in Columbus, Youngstown and Dayton.

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Thu, 17 May 2012 15:26:00 GMT

Attorney gives up the law for the land
Richmond-News
... but local attorney Jim Drill convinced the young man that becoming an attorney was a good path to take. “I found this law stuff wasn't so bad,” he recalled. “I thoroughly enjoyed it.” VanDyk's first job was with the US Forest Service in Milwaukee.