News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph J.M. Orabona (619)546-7951.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Matthew Jaskula, 27, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of willfully depriving another of their constitutional rights under color of law resulting in bodily injury, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today spoke on the Senate floor about the importance of passing a long-term CHIP reauthorization bill. Hatch and Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the Keeping Kids’ Insurance Dependable and Secure (KIDS) Act (S. 1827), which passed the Senate Finance Committee by voice vote on Oct. 4, 2017. Full legislative text can be found here.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 34-year-old Cypress man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of coercion and enticement of a minor, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Christopher Ray Nunes pleaded guilty June 30, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Timothy Ray Wright, age 30, of York, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Dec. 20, 2017, by a federal grand jury with drug trafficking and firearms violations.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: On Thursday, Dec. 21, Everglades National Park opened a temporary visitor contact station at its Gulf Coast entrance in Everglades City, just in time for the holiday visitor season. The Park’s facilities in Everglades City were severely damaged by hurricane Irma in September 2017, and most are scheduled...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that VICTOR ESQUIVEL, age 27, of Brownsville, Texas, recently pled guilty to conspiring to distribute and to possesses with the intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: NEW HAVEN, CT - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Connecticut Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Division (CONN-OSHA), New Haven Building Trades, and Dimeo Construction Company, have established a strategic partnership to promote workplace safety and health, and educate employees on construction hazards during construction of a new science building in New Haven.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today expressed strong support for a new Secretarial Order signed by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to curb the nation’s growing dependence on foreign sources of minerals. Murkowski attended the signing ceremony at the Department of the Interior.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Erin Melinda Penera, age 42, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Use Of A Communication Device In Furtherance Of Drug Trafficking, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 843(b), punishable by not more than 4 years imprisonment, and up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- On Jan. 20, 2018, at 7 p.m., Biscayne National Park is hosting its first story slam and the theme is “water." Storytellers share true, personal, five to seven minute stories about encounters with water; salt or fresh, frozen or falling, flowing or still, floating on top or diving below. The stories will be professionally judged and cash prizes awarded. Hosting the event is Gabriela Fernandez of the Moth in Miami.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Mission Viejo man who allegedly bilked his employer out of nearly $1 million by using his consulting company to submit bills for internet marketing services that were not performed has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced today that Dominion Diagnostics, Inc. has paid $815,000 in total to the United States and the State of Vermont to resolve civil claims that Dominion Diagnostics violated the federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, and the Vermont...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Defendant Identified via File Sharing Software; Law Enforcement finds Images of Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DIMAS ESCOBAR, 41, a citizen of Guatemala last residing in New Britain, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of reentry of a removed alien.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: DEC. 21, 2017 - Several articles published this week in IT industry outlets incorrectly asserted that Personally Identifiable Information (PII) collected by the U.S. Census Bureau were part of a massive data leak. The reported data leak involved a third-party company that only had access to publicly...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
Release: DES MOINES, IA - A West Des Moines, Iowa, man was cited at Des Moines International Airport on Wednesday (Dec. 20) after a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer detected a loaded handgun in the man’s carry-on bag. The man was an airline employee who was planning to fly to New York City on personal travel. His airport security identification badge was revoked immediately.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Stafford man today of drug and firearms offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY- The Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service today released the final Comprehensive Administrative Strategy for the Old Spanish National Historic Trail. The document is available online at.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced the agency facilitated the export of more than $3.8 billion of American produced agricultural products in Fiscal Year 2017 through its Export Verification (EV), grading and classing programs.
