News from July 2016

By DOL Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Forest Service
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A jury has convicted a Muncie, Indiana, man of 19 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of distribution of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Jim Lewis of the Central District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK -William Rochefort, age 21, of Massena, New York, was sentenced on Tuesday to serve 24 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for his role in a drug trafficking organization that distributed heroin and crack cocaine in Massena.

By DOL Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Oscar Renda Contracting Inc.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the draft environmental documents assessing the proposed approval of a temporary change in the maximum acceptable concentration of selenium for groundwater pumped into the upper portion of the Delta-Mendota Canal.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that LAMAR CARTER, 36, formerly of Bridgeport, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing a loaded firearm and crack cocaine.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: Update in Search for Suspect in Soldier's Murder.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ROGER AGUIRRE-SAGASTUME, age 29, a native of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal entry of a removed alien.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Three related indictments were returned today charging 17 Fresno residents with firearms and drug trafficking offenses, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: ANCHORAGE - The Bureau of Land Management announced the availability of the Proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Eastern Interior planning area in east-central Alaska. The Eastern Interior plan covers 6.5 million acres of BLM-administered public...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr, announced today that Gursharan Singh, 33, of Brompton, Ontario, Canada, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, before U.S. District Judge Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A 34-year-old man who recently resided in Spring, now of Royse City, has been ordered to federal prison for enticing a minor and the unlawful making of a National Firearms Act weapon, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Mark Duesterberg pleaded guilty April 8, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A former employee of the Las Vegas Valley Water District has been indicted by the federal grand jury on multiple mail fraud charges for her role in a scheme to defraud the public utilities company of over $6.7 million, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: Ranae Harriet Van Roekel, 48, from Hull, Iowa, pled guilty today in federal court in Sioux City and was convicted of one count of mail fraud and one count of filing a false tax return.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) - the trade association for the firearms industry - have announced a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the theft of firearms from Tilford’s Discount Guns. ATF’s reward of up to $5,000 will be matched by the NSSF for a total reward of up to $10,000.

By DOL Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: PALATINE, Ill. - Federal safety inspectors found a suburban Chicago electroplating company continues to put its employees in danger of serious injuries by failing to install adequate machine safety guards, train workers in machine safety procedures and correct electrical deficiencies in the plant - all violations for which inspectors cited the Arlington Plating Company in 2013.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: “The Oregon Health Authority’s implementation of the Performance Plan expands services and opportunities for adults with serious and persistent mental illness," said U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams. “The Plan will assist individuals to live in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs, achieve...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: Pearl Yonko, 37, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on July 26, 2016, for conspiracy to transport stolen property through interstate commerce. Yonko was arrested in Laramie, Wyoming. She received 15 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years...

By DOL Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Bluebonnet Foods, L.P. doing business as GoodHeart Specialty Foods Co.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: FBI Murder Suspect Captured After Decades as Fugitive William Claybourne Taylor Located in North Carolina.