News from April 2015
By DOT News Wire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON – Airlines reported 16 tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights and eight tarmac delays of more than four hours on international flights in February, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today. Nine of the reported tarmac ...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to the deadly shooting of Federal Protective Service (FPS) contractor Lawrence Buckner at the U.S. Census Bureau facility in Suitland, Maryland...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Following a two-day trial before U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay, a federal jury has convicted a Dallas woman on three felony offenses stemming from bankruptcy petitions she filed, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A native of Mexico, and a part-time visitor to the Los Angeles area of California, pleaded guilty in federal court to criminal charges regarding his cocaine trafficking and laundering of drug money on March 7, 2015, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: Shanksville, PA -During National Park Week, on Saturday April 17 and 18, National Park Service staff, the Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial and Park volunteers will work side by side to remove the invasive shrub Autumn Olive that is threatening the survival of the thousands of native trees planted...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is pleased to announce that the Bear Creek Horse Camp will officially open on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at 12:00 p.m. (ET). The campground is now a part of the park's fee program and will be available on the National Recreation Reservation Service for campsite reservations during the months of April through October each year.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gilbert Gonzales, 34, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 156 months followed by [one-three] years of supervised release for violating the Hobbs Act and federal firearms laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: Turrieta Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - In San Antonio today, 46-year-old Esiquiel (aka “Cheke"), a former major drug trafficker in the Piedras Negras “Plaza," pleaded guilty to his leadership role in the importation and distribution of thousands of kilograms of narcotics into the United States from Mexico announced DEA Special Agent in Charge Joseph Arabit, Acting United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., and San Antonio Police Chief Anthony Treviño.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. - An inspection of a wood crate manufacturer found that permanent and temporary employees faced excessive noise, improper hand protection and respiratory irritation due to wood dust exposure at the North American Container Corp. in Adairsville. The company makes crates and corrugated...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the conviction of NANCI MAE DUSSO, 50, who obtained Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, and other prescription drugs by using false names, dates of birth, and social security numbers. DUSSO pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and social security fraud. She entered her plea today before Judge Donovan W. Frank in United States District Court in St. Paul, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: Press Conference with members of local, state, and federal law enforcement and prosecution to be held Friday, April 10, 2015 at 2pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: Members of Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: United States Sues Two Other Companies and Three Individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: COVINGTON - A federal judge has sentenced a Cincinnati man to 220 months in federal prison, for his role in a conspiracy that distributed heroin in Newport, Ky.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two residents of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a stolen firearm, and using and possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking offense, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Adrian Palmer, 49, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 80 months in prison for conspiring in the sex trafficking of girls under the age of 18. Palmer pleaded guilty on Oct. 18, 2013 to one count of conspiracy, one count of sex trafficking of minors, and one count of attempted...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is accepting 2015 applications for targeted-topic training grants and capacity-building training grants under the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program. A total of $3.5 million is available for nonprofit organizations, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 44-year-old Orange, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A deportation officer with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surrendered this morning to special agents of ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility on charges of harboring his girlfriend, an illegal alien, and making false statements about his ownership of a hair salon, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
