News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN-Nineteen defendants residing in Michigan, Illinois, and Georgia have been charged by a federal Grand Jury with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and executing a scheme to defraud Bank of America, Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. Special Agents of the Federal Bureau...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) today sent a letter with several colleagues to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke urging him to allow the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation proposes to acquire up to 3,331 acre-feet of water for the East Bear Creek Unit of the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge. Reclamation has prepared a Finding of No Significant Impact and Environmental Assessment which details Reclamation’s proposed action to enter into an agreement with Merced Irrigation District for the temporary water acquisition through Oct. 31, 2017.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) today sent a letter with several colleagues to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke urging him to allow the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s review of 27 national monuments, which includes thousands of acres of U.S. Forest Service land, managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: FBI is Seeking Information About a Bank Robbery in Miami.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: A Brunswick couple was sentenced to prison for obstructing an investigation.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Skanska Walsh Joint Venture have entered into a strategic partnership to enhance workplace safety and health for approximately 1,600 employees working on the LaGuardia Airport Central Terminal Building Redevelopment Project.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area’s developed campground will reopen Friday, Sept. 1, in time for the beginning of its busiest camping season. Cooler temperatures during the fall and winter months make Red Rock Canyon a destination for visitors from around the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: The Aurora Police Department and the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force Are Investigating a Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Acting Director Thomas E. Brandon presented the ATF Honor Award to Assistant US Attorney Jamie Schoen, Assistant US Attorney Max Cauthen, and First Assistant US Attorney Lance Crick for their collective...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: This morning, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks sentenced Ja’Quan Johnson, a 26-year-old baggage handler at Austin Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA), to 18 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for stealing items from checked baggage, including a.40 caliber Glock semi-automatic...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On Aug. 24, 2017, U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Tavon Holmes, age 29, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 10 years and 6 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Two defendants were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings for their role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Costa Rica made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh this afternoon to face multiple charges involving conspiracy to import prescription drugs from India for distribution, without prescriptions, to consumers throughout the United States, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the sentencing of JUSTIN EDWARD WYLIE, 28, to 15 years in federal prison for production of child pornography. WYLIE was indicted on May 17, 2016, and pleaded guilty on Nov. 14, 2016, to one count of production of child pornography. The defendant was sentenced on Aug. 25, 2017, before Senior Judge Paul A. Magnuson in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Media. Scott Allen, 312-353-4727, allen.scott@dol.gov. Rhonda Burke, 312-353-6976, burke.rhonda@dol.gov. Release Number: 17-1073-CHI. -------------------------------. U.S. Department of Labor news materials are accessible at
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Jessica Lord, 36, of Concord, pleaded guilty to drug distribution and conspiracy charges, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: MARSHFIELD, WI - A Wisconsin manufacturer of steel pipes and tubes faces $110,458 in proposed penalties after U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspectors responded to a complaint and found 13 serious safety and health violations at the company’s Marshfield facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Raymond Donovan, the Special Agent in Charge of the Special Operations Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), today announced that MUHAMMAD ASIF HAFEEZ, a/k/a “Sultan," was provisionally arrested...
