News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: Ten people were indicted for their roles in a conspiracy that brought large shipments of crystal methamphetamine to Ohio from California, law enforcement officials said.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Bureau of Reclamation will hold a public meeting on Thursday, April 14 at the Lovell Community Center, 1925 U.S. Highway 310 in Lovell, Wyo.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Buffalo, New York, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of bank robbery, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Potomac, MD - Nineteenth-century mule-drawn canal boat excursions have resumed for the Spring of 2016 at the Great Falls Tavern. Come aboard the Charles F. Mercer, a reproduction packet boat to experience what it was once like to travel up and down this preserved waterway. Cruise on the historic canal at a mule's pace and experience rising and falling 8 feet in a lock. Hear tales of what life was like for the families who lived and worked on the canal.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Thomas Eugene Ahalt, 71, of Berryville, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit bribery concerning federal program funds for his role in a bribery scheme that caused over $500,000 in losses to the U.S. government.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Belton, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for embezzling $471,000 from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Evidence Presented at Sentencing that Defendant Committed at Least Three and Up To 10 Commercial Robberies in Less than Two Months.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Merger would eliminate significant head-to-head competition in oilfield services industry The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today seeking to block Halliburton Company’s proposed acquisition of Baker Hughes Inc., alleging that the transaction threatens to eliminate competition, raise prices and reduce innovation in the oilfield services industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Don Blankenship Sentenced on Federal Conspiracy Charge Acting U.S. Attorney Carol Casto announced that former Massey Energy Chief Executive Officer Don Blankenship was sentenced today to a year in federal prison and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine. Blankenship was sentenced for conspiracy to willfully ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: A former St. Louis Metropolitan Police officer pleaded guilty today to depriving an arrestee, identified in court documents as M.W., of his civil rights by assaulting him while he was handcuffed, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson of the Western District of Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that United Continental Holdings Inc. (United) abandoned its plans to purchase 24 take-off and landing authorizations – or “slots” – from Delta Air Lines Inc. (Delta) at Newark Liberty International Airport (Newark). On Nov. 10, 2015, the department filed suit ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: 94 Minor Victims Identified Through Federal Investigation Blake Robert Johnston, 42, of Martinez, California, was sentenced to 30 years in prison late yesterday and ordered to serve a lifetime on supervised release for traveling across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual acts with a minor, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: A civilian employee of the U.S. Department of Defense’s 501st Military Intelligence Brigade pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of Virginia to illegally obtaining over $141,561 in Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: The owner of a tax return preparation business in Kansas City, Kansas, pleaded guilty today to preparing false income tax returns, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom for the District of Kansas.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on March 15-16, 2016.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered keynote remarks at the 2016 World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit. The Summit is an international forum for public and private sector leaders to discuss issues facing the travel and tourism sector.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: VICKERY, Ohio – A 31-year-old worker found unresponsive on a Vickery farm was overcome by exposure to hydrogen sulfide gas from the pig manure he loaded into trailers for use as fertilizer. Federal investigators determined his death was caused by inhalation of the gas which is rapidly absorbed by the lungs.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: NEW ORLEANS – An air quality test and harnesses properly tethered to a lifeline for rescue might have prevented tragedy for three workers overcome by a lack of oxygen inside a rail tanker on Oct. 8, 2015 in New Orleans, federal workplace safety and health investigators have determined.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: BOLINGBROOK, Ill. ‒ A Bolingbrook metal stamping company exposed workers to amputations and other serious injuries repeatedly by allowing numerous machines to operate without safety guards.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: WINTERVILLE, Ga. – Every day, workers depend on their employers to keep them safe on the job. When an employer fails to address safety hazards, workers can suffer the consequences. On Sept. 23, 2015, a 33-year-old maintenance technician was the victim of a Georgia auto parts manufacturer’s indifference toward safety.
