News from April 2015
By USDA Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the appointment of eight members to fill vacancies on the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board. The terms for these appointees begin on July 1, 2015, and expire on June 30, 2018.Newly appointed members are: Brian P. Linney, Sterling...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO -- Eleven Chicago and suburban residents, among others, are facing federal prosecution for alleged federal income tax crimes in various separate cases filed recently. Defendants from Bolingbrook and Palatine were charged with evading income taxes by funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - Hundreds of thousands of workers suffer finger, hand or foot amputations and other serious injuries each year in the United States because dangerous machines with moving parts lack proper safety mechanisms. Despite these dangers, one Chicago-based manufacturer ignored safety requirements and put workers at risk for debilitating injuries.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Hazelton, West Virginia, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison today for the murder of another inmate, announced U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II of the Northern District of West Virginia and Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: On Saturday, April 11, 2015, a federal jury in Del Rio returned a guilty verdict against Felipe Carmona-Rodriguez for narcotics distribution in Eagle Pass, Texas, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Special Agent in Charge Joseph Arabit of the DEA’s Houston Division, and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs of the FBI’s San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark, New Jersey, man who was identified by the “find my iPhone" feature on a cell phone he stole during an armed carjacking was sentenced today to 135 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Three former Beaumont Independent School District employees have been sentenced for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: Nearly 4 pounds of pure meth found hidden inside SUV engine.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: Rome, NY - Are you looking for something to do with the kids this weekend? Why not visit Fort Stanwix National Monument: Junior Ranger & Earth Day Kite Party (in conjunction with the Rome Clean & Green)! This special day of fun takes place on April 18th from 10 -11:30 am and 1:30 -3 pm and will be both indoors and outside and children of all ages are welcome to participate!.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Delano A. Reid, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and William Bratton, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), announced today that RALPH NOLAN...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $1.54 million civil penalty against Air Methods Corp. of Englewood, Colo., for allegedly operating Eurocopter EC-130 helicopters on dozens of flights when they were not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Delano A. Reid, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and William Bratton, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), announced today that RALPH NOLAN ...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - A manufacturer of custom-sized resin balls used in the petroleum industry failed to protect its employees from the risk of death or serious injury from potential fires, explosions and other hazards by not providing and using mandatory safeguards, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors have found.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: Sioux City, Iowa - The company owner, a top executive and their company, Quality Egg LLC, were sentenced today in federal district court in Sioux City, Iowa, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Evelyn Brigget Sanchez, 32, and Darling Arlette Montalvo, 34, both of Bakersfield, were sentenced today to two years in prison each for their involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme that ran from October 2005 to May 2007, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Sanchez and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: A Miami Dade College student was sentenced to 51 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $29,289, for his participation in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme involving student financial services accounts.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC - The United States Park Police is investigating a motorcycle/pedestrian crash with serious injuries that occurred Eastbound Independence Avenue at Kutz Bridge, Southwest, Washington, DC on April 12, 2015 at approximately 5:55 AM. As part of our investigation we are attempting to locate...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: A former office manager of a Miami based physical and occupational therapy clinic was convicted, following a four day trial, for her participation in a scheme that involved the fraudulent submission of more than $3.3 million dollars in false billing to Medicare.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) is conducting a public open house to review the Environmental Assessment for the Strentzel-Muir Gravesite in Martinez, California on Wednesday evening, April 29. The workshop will be held from 5 to 7pm in the multipurpose room at John Swett Elementary School, located at 4955 Alhambra Valley Road, Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man today admitted possessing sexually explicit images of a 12-year old Pennsylvania girl with whom he had an online relationship, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
