News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: Former Opa Locka City Manager David Chiverton and former Opa Locka Assistant Public Works Director Gregory Harris have been charged for their participation in a two-year long bribery and extortion under color of official right conspiracy, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371, 666(a)(1)(B), and 1951(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Neftali Perea-Zuniga, 30, a Colombian national, was sentenced today to 54 months in prison for his role in nearly 40 burglaries he committed in Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri from 2010 through 2013. Perea-Zuniga was also ordered to forfeit $790,436 and ordered to pay $630,336.36 in restitution to his victims. Perea-Zuniga will be deported after serving his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Johnathan Quavehema, 23, of Second Mesa, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 14 years of imprisonment. Quavehema had previously pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced the fourth conviction in a series of federal prosecutions aimed at a drug trafficking ring which operated in the Gulf Coast states. A federal jury has convicted KAREEM MCKINNON, age 25, of Crystal River, Florida, of conspiracy to distribute...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -Cape Lookout National Seashore is pleased to announce that the next Evening at the Cape Lookout Lighthouse programs will take place on Thursday, Aug. 18, Friday, Aug. 19, and Saturday, August 20. Bring your own flashlight and experience the island and the lighthouse as the keepers...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Darryn Webb, 20, of Irving, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 180 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in February 2016 to an indictment charging one count of production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: TYLER, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that five individuals have been arrested following a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: View Citations here. Information: In March 2016, OSHA announced a final rule to improve protections for workers exposed to respirable silica dust. The rule will curb lung cancer, silicosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and kidney disease in America's workers by limiting their exposure to respirable...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Phone Scam Targeting Northern and Central California Residents.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: May/June 2016 Average Margins Below $6 WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced approximately $11.2 million in financial assistance to American dairy producers enrolled in the 2016 Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy). The payment rate for May/June 2016 will be the largest since the program began in 2014. The narrowing margin between milk prices and the cost of feed triggered the payments, as provided for by the 2014 Farm Bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: A Charlotte, North Carolina, man was arrested this morning on a federal complaint charging him with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: ASCAP and BMI Licenses Must Continue to Allow Music Users to Publicly Perform All Works Held by Each Organization The Department of Justice announced today the conclusion of its investigation into proposed modifications to antitrust consent decrees binding the American Society of Composers, Authors and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Five alleged associates of the Genovese La Cosa Nostra (LCN) crime family were charged today with extortion by threat of physical violence, making extortionate extensions of credit and collection on an extension of credit by extortionate means.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Yesterday, a Austin, Texas, businessman was convicted by a federal jury on four counts of filing false tax returns and corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the due administration of the internal revenue laws, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of Pennsylvania, announced today that Consol Energy Inc., CNX Coal Resources and Consol Pennsylvania Coal Co. LLC (Consol) have agreed to implement extensive water management and monitoring activities to prevent contaminated discharges of mining wastewater from the Bailey Mine Complex (Complex) in Greene and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania, to the Ohio River and its tributaries.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department filed a complaint today in the Southern District of Texas alleging that Harris County, Texas, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide accessible polling places for voters with disabilities. Many polling places in Harris County have architectural ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: A leader of the Vice Lords street gang was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for attempted murder in aid of racketeering in connection with the May 7, 2015, shooting of a family of four with an AK-47 in Detroit.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve plans to continue its previously announced periodic testing of the Term Deposit Facility (TDF) with one operation in August. These operations are aimed at ensuring the operational readiness of the TDF and providing eligible institutions with an opportunity to maintain familiarity ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker traveled to San Diego this evening to deliver remarks at Trans-Pacific Partnership and San Diego: Partners in Prosperity , an event co-hosted by the World Trade Center San Diego and Qualcomm, Inc. During her remarks, Secretary Pritzker discussed how the San Diego economy is poised to benefit from TPP, citing the city's high-tech industries and globally competitive workforce.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. – A federal investigation into pay practices at a technology subsidiary of global banking giant Citigroup revealed the Florida company denied hundreds of employees’ overtime compensation and did not maintain time records, both violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
