News published on Federal Newswire in December 2017

News from December 2017


News Release: West Glacier, MT - On the afternoon of Dec. 26, park dispatch received a call from a commercial guide that a client had collapsed while on a guided snowshoe walk along Fish Creek Road.


News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today returned a federal gun charge against the Irondale man who last month crashed a stolen car in Mountain Brook after fleeing police there.


Indictment unsealed charging additional man for labor trafficking conspiracy that forced minors to work at egg farms near Marion

News Release: A federal court today unsealed charges against a fourth defendant for participating in a labor-trafficking scheme that forced minors to work at egg farms in central Ohio. The defendant, Pablo Duran Ramirez, was apprehended Saturday by Border Patrol while attempting to cross the border between Mexico and the United States. Three other defendants have previously been convicted for participating in the scheme.


U.S. Department of Labor Cites Three Companies for Exposing Employees To Lead, Other Hazards, During Renovation of Chicago’s Old Post Office

News Release: CHICAGO, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited three Chicago area companies that worked on the renovation of Chicago’s Old Post Office for failing to protect employees from lead and cadmium exposure. The companies face a total of 31 citations and proposed penalties of $220,497.


News Release: Evan Greebel, a former partner at the New York office of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP who served as outside counsel to Retrophin Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of two counts of a superseding indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit securities fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The verdict followed an 11-week trial before United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto.


National Park Service Announces $500,000 in Grants to Support Diversity in the National Register of Historic Places

News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service announced today $500,000 in grants to help fund 13 projects across the country to increase the number of listings associated with communities that are underrepresented on the National Register of Historic Places.


Seven Men Indicted for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses in Fox Valley Region

News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Dec. 19, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a nine-count indictment against seven individuals allegedly involved in drug trafficking in the Fox Valley area of Northeastern Wisconsin. The indictment named the following individuals.


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Anthony Vega-Lobato appeared in court on Friday, Dec. 22, on charges he produced, distributed, received, and possessed child pornography, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Spradlin. The appearance follows an indictment handed down by a federal grand jury yesterday.


News Release: FBI Seeking Information About a Bank Robbery in Aurora, Colorado.


KC Man Charged with Illegal Firearms

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was charged in federal court today for illegally possessing firearms.


News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday-Building a Digital Defense Against Debt Elimination Scams.


The US State Department published a five page notice on Dec. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Dec. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.