News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: Juneau, Alaska - United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Thomas Schopp, 52, resident of Juneau, Alaska, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to life imprisonment for production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a)(1).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: New Bedford, MA- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park will be hosting “Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries," a free exhibit which explores the participation and contributions of African Americans as nurses, surgeons, and hospital workers during the Civil War. “Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries"...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: Boston - A Malden man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for robbing the Hingham Institute for Savings Bank in October 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: Jamaican Lottery Scam Defrauded Elderly Victims of More Than $67,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: Christopher Lee Cornell, 22, of Green Township, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to one count of attempting to kill government employees, one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and one count of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: Employer name: La Espiga de Oro Inc.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: On Saturday and Sunday, August 6-7, 2016, at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, experience life as it was in the early nineteenth century as the small settlement of Harpers Ferry and the young nation faced a war with the British to defend their newfound freedom.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that Jacintoport International LLC (Jacintoport) and Seaboard Marine Ltd. (Seaboard Marine) have agreed to pay $1.075 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the companies violated the False Claims Act in connection with a warehousing and logistics...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: Concealed Foreign Accounts and Failed To Report More Than $20 Million.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Nucor-Yamato Steel Inc. Location: 5929 E. State Highway 18, Blytheville, Arkansas 72315. Citations issued: July 29, 2016. Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Little Rock issued citations for eight serious violations to...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on National Security, released a report they requested from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finding that telework results in significant cost savings and reduced carbon dioxide emissions across federal agencies. For example...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: MOOSE, WY -Biologists with the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team will be conducting grizzly bear research and trapping operations within Grand Teton National Park beginning Monday, August 8, through Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. This research is part of on-going efforts required under the Endangered Species Act to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months in jail on his conviction of bank robbery, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the owner of Danny’s Big Easy Cajun restaurant pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a former employee of the Mohegan Sun Casino at Pocono Downs has been charged with engaging in a money laundering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: Bernadino Rodriguez Failed to Report to Federal Prison, Will now Serve 21 Additional Months in Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Lawrence County resident has been sentenced in federal court to seven years in prison on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 391,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Three Boston-area residents, including a former Gillette employee, were charged with conspiring to sell stolen Gillette razor blades on eBay.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program’s plan to recapture a portion of its Restoration Flows at Patterson Irrigation District and/or Banta-Carbona Irrigation District for up to one year. The one-year period began in March 2016; however, recapture actions are not expected to occur until September due to changing conditions.
