News from December 2016
By Labor Gazette | Dec 7, 2016
The US Labor Department published a one page rule on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 7, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a seven page rule on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 7, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 7, 2016
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: Institutions to focus on future trends identified in Beyond Traffic
By DOT News Wire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced a Final Rule establishing comprehensive national minimum training standards for entry-level commercial truck and bus operators seeking to obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: BOISE - On December 5, 2016, a federal jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts against Alejandro Hidalgo, 27, Dilcia Martinez-Marquez, 26, Enrique Matos-Herrera, 30, and Jose Salazar-Quintana, 29, of Amarillo, Texas for using stolen debit card numbers to make over $30,000 of fraudulent purchases...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two Joplin, Mo., men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for the armed robbery of Pinnacle Bank in Joplin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Calvin Strong, age 24, of Albany, New York, pled guilty today to unlawfully possessing a handgun, and to possessing and intending to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: Jason Nielson, 23, of Ravenna, Nebraska, was sentenced in federal court in Lincoln for receiving child pornography. The Honorable John M. Gerrard, United States District Court Judge, sentenced Nielson to 11 years of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Nielson will begin a 12-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today that Raymond Kinney, age 55, of Jacksonville, was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for distribution of child pornography. Kinney, a former Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employee, was arrested while attempting to meet who he believed were two minors for sex after contacting them on the internet.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statement after President-elect Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Rep. Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Dr. Price currently serves on the Ways and Means Committee and is Chairman of the House Budget Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Stoughton man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for emailing bomb threats to multiple schools and universities in three different states.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s November 2016 jobs report...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas S. Duszkiewicz, who is handling the case, stated that the defendant was a member of a gang known as the Loiza Boys which has been distributing cocaine and heroin on Buffalo’s West Side since at least 2006.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Eloff Jr., 41, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of deprivation of rights under color of law, was sentenced to three months in prison and one year supervised release to include three months home detention by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -William H. Steinhaus IV, age 34, of Brunswick, Maryland, pleaded guilty on December 6, 2016, to sexual exploitation of a child to produce child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Patrick Harvey was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for receiving child pornography announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigations Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announces that 10 North Carolina men were arrested yesterday and today in a coordinated law enforcement operation for allegedly engaging in illegal dog fighting and selling narcotics in the Onslow County area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a former Western Union and MoneyGram agent,.
