News from August 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has deployed approximately 200 law enforcement personnel from Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) and Special Response Teams (SRTs) around the country to provide security for search and rescue teams and to assist with search and rescue operations in Southeast Texas in response to Hurricane Harvey.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that a jury returned a guilty verdict following a one-day jury trial in federal court in Greenville, South Carolina Monday. The jury found Alvin Andrae Drummond, age 41, of Greenville, guilty of possession of a firearm and...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Boston - A 16-year veteran officer of the Lawrence Police Department agreed to plead guilty today in connection with attempting to use his position as a police officer to extort cocaine from a drug trafficker.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey D. Hill (619) 546-7924 or.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Activities Planned at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in September.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement today after President Trump spoke on the importance of comprehensive tax reform in Springfield, Mo....
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man is facing federal firearms charges for allegedly dealing ammunition and gun accessories on the city’s South Side.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Aug. 30, 2017, Daniel James Lusk, 26, formerly of Burlington, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 60 months in prison for felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Lusk will serve three years of supervised release and pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey D. Hill (619) 546-7924 or.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to extend the employer's responsibility to ensure crane operator competency and enforcement for crane operator certification to Nov. 10, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: You can’t hear most of them, but the world is running on different kinds of mechanical oscillations. For example, inside the average electronic wristwatch is a sealed canister containing a 3 mm long quartz crystal resonator. In response to electrical feedback, the crystal continuously vibrates about 33,000 times per second. The remarkable stability of that resonance frequency, which provides the clock’s “tick" rate, keeps you on time.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette is set to provide a keynote address at the 2017 National Cleanup Workshop, scheduled for Sept. 13-14 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria, Va. The workshop is being hosted by the Energy Communities Alliance, and cooperating organizations include DOE and the Energy Facility Contractors Group.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - In three separate federal indictments unsealed on Tuesday Aug. 29, 2017, 16 U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employees working in locations across the metro-Atlanta area have been charged with accepting bribes to deliver packages of kilogram-quantities of cocaine in a wide-reaching sting operation.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 131,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: King County one of Eight Local Law Enforcement Agencies Selected to Receive Law Enforcement Training on Financial Crimes against Seniors.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: The National Center for Disaster Fraud reminds the public to be aware of and report any instances of alleged fraudulent activity related to relief operations and funding for victims. Unfortunately, criminals can exploit disasters, such as Hurricane Harvey, for their own gain by sending fraudulent communications through email or social media and by creating phony websites designed to solicit contributions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), Angel M. Melendez, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Corey Rashad Yeargin, age 24, of Mountville, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville, pursuant to an indictment for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. United States District Court Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERUQE - Jona Chavarria, 26, an enrolled member of the Santa Clara Pueblo who resides in Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to a three-year term of probation for her conviction on a misdemeanor assault on a child charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Aug. 30, 2017, Romance Desuave Armstrong, 29, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 84 months in prison for felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Armstrong will serve three years of supervised release following his imprisonment and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
