News from September 2015
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - After a judge issued a contempt order forcing a Kansas City foundry owner to allow an Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection, the agency has cited Martin Foundry Co. for exposing workers to lead hazards.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A priest of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was found guilty after an eight-day jury trial of offenses related to his sexual abuse of three minor boys during trips to Honduras over a five-year period, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated that Horace Leon Crosby, Jr., age 43, of Johns Island, South Carolina was sentenced in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for Accessing with Intent to View Child Pornography, a violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252A(a)(5)(B) and 2252A(b)(2). United States District Judge Richard M. Gergel of Charleston sentenced Crosby to 120 months and Lifetime Supervised Release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Devon J. Ball, 29, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for heroin and crack cocaine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - This morning, federal authorities arrested seven individuals indicted for their role in a heroin distribution scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division, and Internal Revenue Service- Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge William Cotter, San Antonio Division.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park will celebrate National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 with several volunteer projects open to public participation. The work day caps a busy summer in which nearly 2,000 people have volunteered their time and talents to the protection of Mount Rainier's natural and cultural treasures and helped serve its visitors.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: SAN JOSÉ - A former specialist with the U.S. Army stationed at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Gardez, Afghanistan, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for accepting a $20,000 bribe from a truck driver in exchange for allowing him to take thousands of gallons of fuel from the base announced Acting...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBIRG, WEST VIRGINIA - Six individuals were convicted of heroin and cocaine trafficking today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: In San Antonio this morning, federal authorities arrested seven individuals indicted for their role in a heroin distribution scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division, and Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge William Cotter, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 33-year-old Tyler, Texas registered sex offender 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 Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Jason Chaffetz requesting that the Committee hold a hearing with Martin Shkreli, the 32-year-old former hedge fund manager whose company recently purchased the life-saving drug Daraprim and increased the price from $13.50 to $750 per pill “overnight."
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement on the Senate majority’s Continuing Resolution and the House majority’s continued inaction.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: GRAND COULEE, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation will install wooden log booms across Moonbeam Bay and the bay at Redford Canyon beginning in late October. During construction, and upon completion of the project, motorized watercraft will be prohibited in each of these areas. Non-motorized activities will continue to be allowed in both bays.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: SILT, Colo. - Firefighters from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Unit are planning prescribed fires in Eagle and Garfield counties this fall if conditions warrant. Burning could begin as early as this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) 10th National Prescription...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico- Superintendent Walter J. Chavez announced today that San Juan National Historic Site will launch the "Every Kid in a Park Initiative" Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, with the visit of 3 of its neighboring schools, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Brumbaugh, and Colegio San Agustin. Approximately...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Sonnett Alexander Williams, 47, a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver to 293 months in prison, followed by a term of lifetime supervised release. Williams pleaded guilty on April 7, 2015 to abusive sexual contact with a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Butler County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of interference with commerce by extortion, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: SAN DIEGO - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, DEA and its law enforcement and community partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, September...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CHARLES PRINCIPATO, 53, of Rye, N.Y., was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for engaging in a scheme to defraud investors of more than $1.3 million.
