News from December 2017
By DOT News Wire | Dec 19, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation released the following statement regarding the derailment of Amtrak Cascades Train 501 in the state of Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: Citation Companies Agree to Pay $2.25 Million to Settle Civil False Claims Act Allegations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that OLIVER SOHNGEN, a/k/a “Helmuth Moss," a/k/a “Stephan Weierbach," was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for sex trafficking of minors. SOHNGEN pled guilty on Aug. 10, 2017, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Ellis, and was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Christopher Mroz, 26, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 15 years in prison for stalking and two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
Release: DECATUR, Ill. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) implemented new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items this week at Decatur Airport (DEC) and Willard Airport (CMI). The new procedures, which were announced earlier this year, and are being implemented across the country, require travelers to place all electronics larger than a cell phone in bins for X-ray screening in standard lanes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Harry McCarthy, age 57, of Ogdensburg, New York, pled guilty today to sexually exploiting a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A registered child sex offender was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey to 180 months in prison for receipt of child pornography, which was also a violation of his supervised release conditions, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Vanessa Cardona, 28, of White Plains, NY, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo, to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - An individual who pleaded guilty to production of child pornography was sentenced today, announced Sandra J. Hairston, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 54-year-old David Thayer Girard, formerly of San Antonio, to 15 years in federal prison for distribution of child pornography announced United States Attorney John F. Bash and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Westerly man will continue to be held in federal custody following his arraignment on a superseding indictment charging him with receipt, possession and distribution of child pornography, enticement of a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity, and transferring obscene material to a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - The BLM is set to kick off the 26th annual Eagle Watch Week at recreation sites along the east end of Lake Coeur d’Alene beginning Dec. 27. The 5-day event is held in partnership with Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) and has become a must-do activity in northern Idaho. Eagle Watch is a terrific way for Americans to enjoy access to public lands, especially in the winter.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: Spokane- Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Daniel Lee Dove, age 36, of Airway Heights, Washington, was sentenced after having previously pleaded guilty on Nov. 30, 2016, to Possession of Child Pornography. Senior United States...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Ranking Member John Larson (D-CT) introduced the Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2017 (H.R. 4547), bipartisan legislation to improve and strengthen the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) representative payee program.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 145,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JILL ANDRAS LEBLANC, a/k/a JILL FREMIN, 38, of Thibodaux, was charged yesterday in a Superseding Bill of Information with one count of wire fraud and one count of theft of government funds.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: ATCHISON, KS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Bartlett Grain Company LP have signed a comprehensive settlement requiring the company to implement safeguards, training, and audit procedures at its 20 grain handling facilities in six states.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man Wearing White Hard Hat, Orange Vest Tries to Rob Albuquerque Bank.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, the Democratic members of the House Committee on Homeland Security’s Task Force on Denying Terrorists Entry to the United States released the below joint statement on their inability to sign-on to the Task Force’s final report. The Democratic membership of the Task Force, led by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), includes Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA).
