News published on Federal Newswire in December 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Senior United States District Court Judge Richard P. Conaboy has sentenced Johnnie Williams, age 36, formerly of Memphis, Tennessee, to 30 months’ imprisonment for being involved in a conspiracy to assault another inmate with a dangerous weapon in February 2014. Williams pleaded guilty to the charge in September.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: Gulfport, Miss - John Wendell Boyles, 51, of Gulfport, and his son, Nicholas Alan Boyles, 24, also of Gulfport, were sentenced in federal court this week pursuant to their earlier plea of guilty to the charge of conspiracy to convert Postal Service property to their own use and unlawfully selling the property over a two-year period, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis, and Inspector-in-Charge Robert B. Wemyss of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced the award of six new Scientific Leadership Awards (SLAs) to the following institutions: ...

By USDA Newswire | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: Dairy producers urged to act now to protect their businesses against unpredictable market swings, take advantage of increased protections offered in first year of program WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2014 – U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the application deadline for ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: On the heels of President Obama’s national call to foster strong, collaborative relationships between local police and the communities they protect and serve, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today the upcoming cities where Attorney General Eric Holder will hold regional roundtable meetings as part of the department’s Building Community Trust initiative. Those cities are: Cleveland, Memphis, Tennessee, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Oakland, California.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: A grand jury in Santa Ana, California, indicted three individuals for allegedly operating fraudulent debt relief services companies that offered to settle credit card debts but instead took victims’ payments as undisclosed up-front fees, the Justice Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered a consent decree of permanent injunction on Dec. 1 against Neptune Manufacturing Inc. of Los Angeles and its corporate officers, Alexander Goldring, Peter Oyrekh and Semyon Krutovsky, to prevent the distribution of adulterated seafood products, the Department of Justice announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., announced today that Charisse Arce, of Bristol Bay, Alaska, has been selected as the first-ever Gaye L. Tenoso Indian Country Legal Fellow, part of the Attorney General’s Honors Program. Arce was chosen from a large pool of highly-qualified applicants and will be ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the Justice Department’s civil rights investigation into the use of force by the Cleveland Division of Police has found a pattern or practice of unreasonable and unnecessary use of force. To address these findings the Justice Department and the city of ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: The former Principal Vice President of Bechtel Corporation and General Manager of the Power Generation Engineering and Services Company (PGESCo) pleaded guilty today in connection with a $5.2 million kickback scheme intended to manipulate the competitive bidding process for state-run power contracts in Egypt.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: Four Philippine nationals were indicted today on conspiracy, hostage-taking, and weapons charges stemming from the kidnapping in the Philippines of a mother and her then 14-year-old son in July of 2011. The indictment alleges that the group held the mother for approximately 82 days and the son for approximately 151 days, and forced the family to pay ransom for their return. The victims, both U.S. nationals, were in the Philippines on a family trip.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: The Justice Department announced that Christopher Hall, a former Sergeant for the Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT) at Macon State Prison (MSP) in Oglethorpe, Georgia, and two former CERT officers, Ronald Lach and Delton Rushin, were sentenced on Thursday, December 4, 2014, for offenses related ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement with Life Generations Healthcare LLC, doing business as Generations Healthcare (GHC), a company that runs assisted living facilities throughout California. The settlement follows an administrative court decision finding that GHC engaged in a pattern and practice of discrimination against individuals born abroad, including naturalized U.S. citizens, in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: A Pelham, Georgia, man was sentenced on Dec. 2 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska to serve 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for filing false retaliatory liens against federal government officials, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice Department’s Tax Division. On Sept. 4, David Randall Due was convicted by a jury on all seven counts charged in the superseding indictment.

By Fed Newswire | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: Tennessee State Bank (PDF), Pigeon Forge, Tennessee Order of assessment of civil money penalty dated Nov. 26, 2014 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: Op-Ed by U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Opinion Editorial, FORBES Investing in Entrepreneurs The United States has a tradition of celebrating our entrepreneurs and championing their success. From Ben Franklin to Steve Jobs to Tory Burch, the story of America has been shaped and driven by risk-takers and inventors.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: Op-Ed by U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Opinion Editorial, FORBES Investing in Entrepreneurs The United States has a tradition of celebrating our entrepreneurs and championing their success. From Ben Franklin to Steve Jobs to Tory Burch, the story of America has been shaped and driven by risk-takers and inventors.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. — An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Liverpool employer General Interior Systems Inc., and its president, Jeffrey T. Mento, violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act by misclassifying more than 300 employees working as drywall installers ...

By Labor Gazette | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — Dr. David Michaels, assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health, today issued the following statement on the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2013 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses : "Today we learned that, in 2013, approximately three million ...

By Labor Gazette | Dec 4, 2014

News Release: MOUNDS, Ill. — A U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation found that Environmental Remediation and Recovery Inc. did not have equipment or trained personnel to rescue a 27-year-old worker promptly who collapsed and later died while cleaning a rail car. OSHA ...