News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: FBI Requests Public Assistance to Identify Bank Robber.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - Although the summer season is coming to a close, visitors are still coming to Cape Cod National Seashore to enjoy its abundant recreational opportunities, and for rest and rejuvenation. We want to remind our visitors that our seashore lifeguards end their season on Labor Day, September 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Benjamin G. Greenberg, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Justin D. Green, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA OCI), Miami Field Office; Mark Selby, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Corey Carter, 32, of Brooklyn, was sentenced Tuesday in United States District Court in Rutland to 132 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute heroin. United States District Judge Geoffrey Crawford...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jared Marc Brown, age 20, a federal inmate at United States Penitentiary, Allenwood, was indicted by a federal grand jury for making a threat to take the life of the President of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a West Plains, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Sea Isle City, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 66 months in prison for operating a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme through his former payroll company, Innovative Payroll Services LLC (IPS), Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - The following is a summary of misdemeanor immigration prosecutions from August 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will be the keynote speaker for the opening session of the 2017 annual Conference on Civil Rights and Law Enforcement sponsored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Birmingham Division, and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) activated the Surge Capacity Force (SCF) to supplement federal personnel supporting states as they respond to the catastrophic impacts from Tropical Storm Harvey. This voluntary program for federal employees within the Department of Homeland Security allows non-FEMA employees an opportunity to support disaster response efforts.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 WASHINGTON – The compassion and generosity of the American people is never more evident than during and after a disaster. It is individuals, non-profits, faith- and community-based organizations, private sector partners, and governmental agencies working together that will most effectively and efficiently help survivors cope with the impacts of Tropical Storm Harvey.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced new updates to its popular FoodKeeper application that will provide users with new information on food safety recalls. The app has been updated so users can choose to receive automatic notifications when food safety recalls are announced by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: A retired U.S. Army colonel was charged in a complaint unsealed today for his alleged role in a foreign bribery and money laundering scheme in connection with a planned $84 million port development project in Haiti. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: Yesterday, Parveg Ahmed, 22, a U.S. citizen of Queens, New York, was arrested on charges of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a foreign terrorist organization. The defendant is scheduled to make his initial appearance this afternoon at 2 p.m. at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York before U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: A leader of the Vice Lords street gang was sentenced today to 146 months for his role in various criminal gang-related activities, including the May 7, 2015, shooting of four people with an AK-47 assault rifle.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: Today, United States District Judge Mary S. Scriven of the Middle District of Florida sentenced Thomas Herris Sigler, III, 46, and William A. Dennis, 56, to serve 33 and 21 months incarceration, respectively. Sigler and Dennis both pled guilty to civil rights violations for their roles in attacking and ...
By Fed Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced it is prohibiting James M. Riley, a former City Executive at the Four Oaks Bank and Trust Company branch in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, from participating in the banking industry after determining he improperly approved loans for his own benefit.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC — As part of its commitment to state and local partners impacted by Hurricane Harvey, the U.S. Department of Labor has approved an initial $10 million National Dislocated Worker Grant to assist with cleanup and recovery efforts in Texas.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 29, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a five page rule on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Aug 29, 2017
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
