News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Four individuals are charged with trafficking drugs in Utah following an investigation by the DEA, the Davis Metro Narcotics Task Force, and the West Valley City Police Department. The drugs were transported from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City for distribution.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Dear Acting Secretary King: Earlier this week, the Department of Education Inspector General completed a report on the Department of Education’s reviews of whether federal loan servicers provided all eligible active duty servicemembers the six percent interest rate cap on student loans they are entitled...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Anthony Tyrone Smith, Jr., age 31, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, pleaded guilty on March 2, 2016 to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in connection with a shoot-out at a Capitol Heights carryout.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: St. George, Utah-Every Friday, the Bureau of Land Management and its partners host the popular Brown Bag Lecture series which provides unique opportunities for members of the public to learn more about the area’s natural resources and public lands. Speakers include geologists, range specialists, biologists...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Waheeda Ali, 32, Abdul Robinson, 38, Patrick Richards, 41, Eustace Roper, 51, were arrested yesterday pursuant to criminal complaints filed against them on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today. They made their initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge George Cannon in district court yesterday. All defendants were released on bail pending the filing of formal charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the sentence of a Pennington Gap man who previously pled guilty in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Preyed on the financially disadvantaged and filed over 2300 fraudulent returns.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the launch of a Known Employer pilot to assess a new process for employers seeking to hire certain workers through employment-based visa categories.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 ANKARA, Turkey – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson concluded a three-day trip to Turkey, where he visited a refugee camp, reviewed resettlement processing, spoke to a number of Syrian and Iraqi refugee families, met with government ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced that Randel Branscum, 56, a former chief deputy and jail administrator with the Stone County Sheriff’s Office in Mountain View, Arkansas, pleaded guilty late yesterday to violating the civil rights of a prisoner when he instructed two other inmates to beat that prisoner ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Henry’s Farm Inc., of Woodford, Virginia, and its owner, Soo C. Park, to prevent the distribution of adulterated food, the Department of Justice announced today. Henry’s Farm manufactured and distributed a variety of soybean sprouts and repackaged and distributed mungbean sprouts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: The Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking released today, World Wildlife Day, its first Annual Progress Assessment. The report details accomplishments of the Task Force in implementing the U.S. National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking, as well as future efforts in the fight against this pernicious trade.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced a new Award for Distinguished Service in Community Policing at a roundtable during her Community Policing Tour stop in Portland, Oregon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced that Berthurm Allen, 42, a former police officer with the Alcorn State University (ASU) Police Department in Lorman, Mississippi, pleaded guilty today in federal court to violating the civil rights of an arrestee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Chicago, Illinois returned an indictment on Feb. 11 against a resident of a Chicago suburb, charging him with 10 counts of wire fraud, 10 counts of aggravated identity theft and one count of access device fraud, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: U.S. District Court Also Issues Permanent Injunction Against Company and Two Principals Roos Foods Inc., a Delaware company, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, the Department of Justice announced today. U.S. Magistrate Judge Sherry R. Fallon accepted the company’s guilty plea and sentenced Roos Foods to pay a fine of $100,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury in Nevada has charged 14 additional defendants in connection with the armed assault against federal law enforcement officers that occurred in the Bunkerville, Nevada, area on Apr. 12, 2014.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement actions listed below: ColoEast Bankshares, Inc., Lamar, Colorado Written Agreement issued June 6, 2012 Terminated Feb. 29, 2016 Community First, Inc., Columbia, Tennessee Written Agreement issued April 19, 2012 Terminated ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: On March 2, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks at the Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) Annual Dinner. AEE is a national association of private sector leaders who are committed to making the global energy system more secure, clean, and affordable.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: FALLS CITY, Neb. – A truck driver fired for refusing to drive a company vehicle pulled from service by the Iowa Department of Transportation is owed $55,000 in back wages, damages and compensation from his employer, the finding of a U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation.
