News from April 2017
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced a delay in enforcement of the crystalline silica standard that applies to the construction industry to conduct additional outreach and provide educational materials and guidance for employers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a New York man was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to traffic approximately two kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney John Stuart Bruce announced that yesterday in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced two Durham men, JAMES STEPHEN THORPE, 25, to 480 months imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release and JOSHUA RAYSHAWN MELVIN, 23...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Obed Wild and Scenic River is recruiting teachers to participate in the Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) program this summer. The TRT program is a professional development opportunity for K-12 teachers to spend the summer acquiring new skills in experiential learning through a program provided by a partnership...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, Hani Kabbara pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The plea was entered before United States Magistrate Judge Steven M. Gold at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An employee of the United States Postal Service (USPS) was sentenced today on one count of importing a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that CRAIG DUANE GREENLEE, age 34, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for WIRE FRAUD, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT V. GENTILE, 80, of Manchester, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to federal firearm offenses, and also admitted that he violated the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Charge Arises out of DEA Seizure of More than Four Pounds of Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: An Akron man pleaded guilty to selling fentanyl that caused a fatal overdose last year, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A Lancaster, Texas, Man, Javier Martinez, 24, was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 480 months in federal prison for his involvement in an attempted kidnapping and then subsequently firing numerous shots at an officer with the Ennis Police Department during a high-speed pursuit, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Michigan Man Sentenced to 235 Months in Prison for Sex Trafficking and Interstate Transportation for Prostitution.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced the appointment of Katharine MacGregor, former senior professional staff on the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management at the Department of the Interior. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to traffic approximately two kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Kenneth Edwards, St. Louis, admitted to a wire fraud scheme involving identity theft and counterfeit checks this morning. Edwards pled guilty to three counts of wire fraud associated with checks presented at the Maplewood Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club in December 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Mike Haudley, 65, of Logan, Utah, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 98 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Haudley had previously pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We write with great concern over the U.S. Department of Education’s (“Department") lack of consistent, transparent, and fair treatment of student loan borrowers participating in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (“PSLF") program. Our nation’s student loan borrowers who uphold...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A group of 17 community leaders graduated Wednesday in San Juan from the fourth U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) sponsored citizens academy. The graduation took place at the HSI facilities in Miramar where HSI San Juan’s special agent in charge presented a certificate of completion to the graduates in a special ceremony.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a man from Youngsville pleaded guilty Wednesday to receiving sexually explicit material from a minor and then asking her travel to Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Nicholas Ross McCullen, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, was convicted today for possessing counterfeit money, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
