News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: There will be a press conference today in White Plains to announce federal criminal charges against 31 members and associates of two rival street gangs in Poughkeepsie. The charges include the murders of Caval Haylett in March 2016 and Daquell LeBlanc in December 2012, as well as racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, attempted murder, narcotics, and firearms offenses. Relevant charging documents are attached.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Uriel Madrigal-Perez, 23, of Bakersfield, and Silviano Madrigal-Herrera, 27, of Perris, charging them with cultivation of marijuana and conspiring to cultivate marijuana, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Extensive criminal history including more than five felony convictions.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement on Secretary DeVos’ decision to extend the deadline and drastically change the requirements within the gainful employment rule...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two illegal aliens who resided in Texas have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division, Steven Whipple and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - ILAW transporter system - it sounds like it could have been part of the Starship Enterprise from the 1960s television series, "Star Trek.".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - The DEA announced today that Dayton will be the next “360 Strategy" city to take part in a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention effort that’s designed to assist communities dealing with the heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: THURMONT, Md. - Due to increased security measures, portions of Catoctin Mountain Park will be closed effective 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Friday, Aug. 18, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Twenty-five Walton County residents have been charged in eight indictments filed in the Middle District of Georgia, Athens Division, announced United States Attorney G. F. “Pete" Peterman, III. All of the indictments were returned on August 9, 2017, by a federal Grand Jury sitting in Macon, Georgia...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Virginia Couple Pleaded Guilty to Tax Fraud and Structuring More Than $475,000.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: DHS S&T Press Office at (202) 254-2385 Camp Shelby Public Affairs Office (601) 988-5949 WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will officially kick off its partnership with Mississippi for test and evaluation of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) Tuesday, Aug. 22, at the Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: James Gonzalo Medina pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime for attempting to attack an Aventura, Florida synagogue, and to a charge of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, announced Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Acting U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Lionel Williams, 27, of Suffolk, Va., pleaded guilty today to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: A former Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges of money laundering, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Brian Stretch of the Northern District of California, Special Agent ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: A Concord, Virginia, couple pleaded guilty to tax and currency structuring charges, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle for the Western District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: A construction company was sentenced today to a fine of $1.5 million dollars and three years of probation for violating the federal Clean Air Act, announced the Justice Department.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on July 25-26, 2017.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK, NY – A New York paperboard mill faces $357,445 in proposed penalties for exposing workers to 61 safety and health hazards.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK, NY – The U.S. Department of Labor has reached an agreement with the owner of a Manhattan laser surgery center to pay $5 million to its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) to resolve violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The agreement was entered in a consent judgment by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
