News from January 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: / 415-310-5549. For information about parking closures and impacts: GGNRA, National Park Service. Nathan Hale Sargent, Public Affairs Specialist. 415-786-8021. e-mail us. Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. Priya Clemens, Public Information Manager. 415-317-2222 (please text). pclemens@goldengate.org...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN) today issued the following joint statement after the Department of Education withdrew its proposed "supplement, not supplant" regulation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: Defendant is One of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as a Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: COSHOCTON, Ohio - A follow-up inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found a casting and foundry facility operator continues to expose workers to machine and fall hazards at its Coshocton plant.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - McKesson Corporation (McKesson), one of the nation’s largest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs, agreed to pay a record $150 million civil penalty for alleged violations of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), Carlton S. Shier, IV, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Detroit Field Division Special Agent in Charge, Timothy J. Plancon, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that David Varner, 57, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of maintaining a drug involved premises, was sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: Owner Of Major Online Colored Contact Lens Business Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison in Largest-Ever Scheme to Import and Sell Counterfeit and Misbranded Contact Lenses Prosecuted in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: Vice Lords Associate Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Obtaining and Disclosing Private Hospital Information of Victims and Their Families.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has approved a plan to enhance recreation facilities and reopen certain motorized routes within the Sonoran Desert National Monument.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: GREEN BAY, Wis. - In less than 10 days in 2016, two employees at a Green Bay muffler component manufacturer suffered severe injuries as they operated machinery without adequate safety guards and procedures in place, federal workplace safety investigators have determined.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The business manager for Alanis Morissette and other entertainment and sports figures admitted in court papers filed today that he embezzled nearly $7.2 million from his clients.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Brookline man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for tipping off two friends in connection with an insider trading scheme that netted more than $1 million in illegal profits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Lamar Gayle, 34, of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty today to drug charges related to his role in an international drug trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Nicholas T. Billman, 20, of Flushing, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 264 months in prison for brandishing a machine gun while he robbed a general store in Freeport, Ohio on Oct. 22, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Willie Griffin, 27, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon and stealing firearms from a licensed firearms dealer, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: Four Miami-Dade County residents conspired to break into parked vehicles to steal personal property, including personal identification information, that was then used to carry out identity-related fraud schemes.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: AUBERRY, Calif. - Water has been turned off at the San Joaquin River Gorge visitor facilities, located about 35 miles northeast of Fresno near Auberry, while the Bureau of Land Management makes improvements to the on-site public water system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Dana Morris, 42, of Williamsburg, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for stealing over $558,595.26 from her former employer, an elderly resident of Williamsburg.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev.-The owner and operator of Candy Color Lenses, a major online retailer of colored contact lenses in the United States, was sentenced to 46 months in prison today for running an international operation importing counterfeit and misbranded contact lenses from suppliers in Asia and then selling them over the internet without a prescription to tens of thousands of customers around the country.
