News from August 2015
By DOL Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: Aug. 13, 2015 BOS 2015-152. Employer name: Family Dollar Stores of Connecticut Inc. Citations issued: As a result of the conditions found at the 1175 State St. store in Bridgeport on April 6, OSHA has cited Family Dollar Stores of Connecticut Inc. for two repeat and three serious violations of workplace...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: POCATELLO - Frank Lewis White, 55, of Great Falls, Montana, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Pocatello of unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Lydia Vasquez, 42, of Edcouch, has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of enticing an individual to travel in interstate commerce in order to engage in illicit sexual activity, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. She pleaded guilty Dec. 5, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Four individuals involved in a Lawrence-based fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine trafficking organization were indicted yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Justin Robinson (33, Tampa) to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He pleaded guilty on Oct. 21, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have mapped out a plan for the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory, the unit responsible for the measurement science and technology needed to support the nation's research and business sectors based in the materials, chemical and...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Jenna Tubby, 27, of Choctaw, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III, to 18 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for having abusive sexual contact with a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis. The crime occurred on the tribal lands of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Hinsdale, Ill., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally trafficking in paddlefish caviar after being caught in an undercover operation in the Warsaw, Mo., area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Junior Alcantara-Ramirez, 29, of Quebec City, and Ginna Reyes-Santos, 31, of Montreal, appeared today in United States District Court in Burlington following their arrest on a charge of alien smuggling. U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy ordered that both defendants be detained pending further proceedings.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Two residents of Johnstown, Pa., have each been sentenced in federal court to four years’ probation, the first 12 months of which must be satisfied by a condition of home detention; 100 hours of community service; $25,000 fine and to pay full restitution, including back taxes, penalties and interest to the Internal Revenue Service, on their convictions of filing false income tax returns, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: The Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected 16 projects to receive funding through NETL’s Carbon Capture Program. The program funds development and testing of transformational carbon dioxide (CO2) capture systems for new and existing coal-based power plants.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jeremey VanWormer, 28, of Selkirk, was arrested this morning on federal drug trafficking and money laundering charges, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Inspector in Charge Shelly Binkowski, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has extended the bid period for the business opportunity (Prospectus) for recreation development and operation at five concession areas located at Lake Berryessa in Napa County, which is posted on the Federal Business Opportunity website at
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOHNNY MORGAN was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to seven years in prison for illegally possessing a firearm after previously having been convicted of a felony. In November 2014, MORGAN was convicted after a jury trial. MORGAN was sentenced by United States District Judge Gregory H. Woods.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: Signature Care Centers, LLC, and its seven related nursing facilities - Gowrie Care Center, Lake Park Care Center, Perry Health Care Center, Primghar Rehabilitation and Care Center, Rosewood Manor, Woodlands Rehabilitation Center, and Sutherland Care Center - agreed to pay $415,044.46 to resolve civil...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was indicted today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Wei Xiang, who handled the case, stated that on Sept. 24, 2014, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested Postma after he entered through the Peace Bridge Port of Entry. They found in his possession three sheets of blotter paper containing 150 hits of lysergic acid...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: WHITE HALL, Ala., Aug. 12, 2015 - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is in Alabama today to announce $4.9 million in new funding for projects that will protect public safety and health, improve water and wastewater infrastructure and create expanded economic opportunities in rural Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: Martel Javell Einfeldt was prohibited from carrying a firearm due to his lifetime of violent crime.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued an updated National Emphasis Program on Amputations. The NEP has been in existence since 2006 and is targeted to industries with high numbers and rates of amputations. In this updated NEP, OSHA is using current enforcement data and Bureau of Labor Statistics injury data to assist with site selection targeting, the same methodology used in the prior NEP.
