News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Defendant Admits Violations and Accepts Responsibility; Agrees to Injunctive Relief and to Pay $58,000 in Disgorgement.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford Site workers recently tore down the first portion of the Plutonium Finishing Plant complex’s Main Processing Facility. View their progress in this time-lapse video. They will demolish the facility section by section, from the outside in, toward the center of the 500-foot-long, 180-foot-wide, three-story structure.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment today against Omar Manuel Ramirez, 34, of Fresno, charging him with conspiracy to distribute marijuana, manufacture of marijuana, money laundering conspiracy, and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Over 20,000 Marijuana Plants Located. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Guillermo Rubio-Alvarado, 43; Omar Rubio-Alvarado, 28; Sebastian Rubio-Aboyte, 23, all of Sinaloa, Mexico; and Fortino Chavarin-Parra, 19, of Jalisco, Mexico, charging them...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service announced today $1.2 million in grants to fund preservation, restoration, and education projects at several Japanese American confinement sites, in addition to $1.6 million awarded earlier this year for a total of $2.8 million. The 10 additional grantees in six...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Law Enforcement uncovers Ponzi Scheme following Civil Penalties imposed by SEC.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent a letter Wednesday to Office of Personnel Management Acting Director Kathleen McGettigan asking for information related to the congressional exemption of Obamacare and to preserve all documents related to the OPM rule.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that the government of South Korea has lifted its ban on imports of U.S. poultry and poultry products, including fresh eggs. Korea had imposed the ban in response to a recent detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that MARK CASTAGNETTA was sentenced to 218 months in prison and...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: The provides information about fires in Glacier National Park and surrounding areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Sold Controlled Substances in Fresno County and Throughout the United States, Laundered Money in Fresno and Kern Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: In Midland today, a federal judge sentenced 47-year-old former Ector County Sheriff’s Deputy David Oscar Limon to 15 months in federal prison for extortion under color of law announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie, Jr., El Paso Division, and Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), El Paso.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: This Monday, Aug. 21, marks the first total solar eclipse in nearly a century that spans the entire United States - including four EM sites. The moon’s shadow will pass over the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Paducah, Oak Ridge, and Savannah River sites. The INL site and surrounding area expect to...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to using a baseball bat to rob over $200,000 from an armored vehicle and for stealing 18 firearms, including a suppressor, from a gun store, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: State Highway 410 remains closed between the Chinook Pass summit (milepost 69) and Hells Crossing (milepost 84) due to fire activity outside the park in the Norse Peak Wilderness. The section of Highway 410 in Mount Rainier National Park, including the Tipsoo Lake area is open.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A business outreach program, co-sponsored by an EM Office of River Protection (ORP) contractor and regional business group, set a new attendance record at its latest quarterly event. Haley Taylor, pictured above, was one of several representatives from Hanford contractors to present at the recent “Meet the Buyer" event.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former banking executive pleaded guilty today to a fraud and identity theft scheme that caused over $3 million in losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that EVALDAS RIMASAUSKAS was extradited from Lithuania. In March 2017, RIMASAUSKAS was arrested in Lithuania on the basis of a provisional arrest warrant for orchestrating a fraudulent business email...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that RODINY CALYPSO, a New York City Correction Officer, was convicted yesterday of filing a false report in connection with the assault of a handcuffed inmate at Rikers Island. The jury acquitted the defendant...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Savannah River Site (SRS) liquid-waste contractor’s cybersecurity team has been recognized for excellence for the third consecutive year.
