News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: Middletown, Conn. - National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is Saturday, April 29, and Connecticut residents are encouraged to bring their potentially dangerous, unwanted medicines to more than 60 collection sites around the state between 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Cross Lanes man who sold drugs while on federal supervised release was sentenced to prison today, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Darrell Spicer, 60, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin. In today’s hearing, he was sentenced to six...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers' Memorial Day on April 28 by holding various events throughout the country.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Led by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), today 23 Senate Democrats reintroduced the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act, legislation to classify “conversion therapy" as...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: Pipestone, MN: Superintendent Glen Livermont announced today that Pipestone National Monument has scheduled a prescribed burn during the period of May 1 - May 20, 2017. When appropriate wind, temperature, and humidity conditions exist between these dates, approximately 92 acres of the tall grass prairie will be burned. When the above conditions are forecasted for a specific date, additional information will be provided to park neighbors and the media.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, issued the following statement after President Trump appointed Randolph Alles, a retired Marine Corp general and deputy commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, as the new director of the United States Secret Service...
By State Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Tillerson and Attorney General Sessions...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: Luray, Virginia: Native spring wildflowers and children’s creativity will be celebrated during Shenandoah National Park's 31st annual Wildflower Weekend, May 6-7, 2017. Special hikes and programs will focus on the diversity and value of hundreds of species of flowering plants that are protected by the...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations for the Christmas Tree Promotion Board to fill six seats for members and an importer whose terms expire on Dec. 31, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - On April 24, 2017, Elseddig Elmarioud Musa, 43, of Chandler, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 57 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release. Musa also was ordered to pay more than $1.2 million in restitution. Musa was convicted by a jury of 35 counts of health care fraud and four counts of aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Isaiah Gallegos, 22, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court to an armed bank robbery charge. Gallegos is the final of four defendants to enter a guilty plea in the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: FBI Knoxville Host Screening of Chasing the Dragon: “The Life of an Opiate Addict".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: APR 25 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that James Butler, 24, of Montville, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: A naturalized United States citizen, who was convicted overseas for having been a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which has been designated a Terrorist Organization by the United States government, and also was convicted for participation in two terrorist bombings, pleaded guilty today to having obtained her United States citizenship unlawfully, acting U.S. Attorney Daniel Lemisch announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Jefferson City, Mo., business owner pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a scheme to burglarize residences in Columbia, Mo., and sell the stolen items on eBay.
By State Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: [[{"fid":"429","view_mode":"full","fields":{"format":"full"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"full"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"class":"media-element file-full","data-delta":"1"}}]]. Today, the Trump Administration’s foreign assistance budget was revealed to the public, showing that...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: There will be a press conference today to announce federal public corruption charges relating to the New York City Police Department. Relevant charging documents are attached.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers' Memorial Day on April 28 by holding various events throughout the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of New York, New York has been sentenced in federal court to 33 months in jail and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $73,720 on his conviction of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced three Birmingham residents for conspiring to traffic nearly $2 million worth of heroin and fentanyl, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Bret Hamilton and Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey.
