News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: Michael Hoffner, Sr., 52, of Voorhees, New Jersey, entered a guilty plea today before the Honorable Mitchell S. Goldberg to 40 counts of wire fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore today sentenced Anthony J. Klatch II (36, previously of Tampa) to nine years and seven months in federal prison for wire fraud. The Court also ordered that he serve this sentence consecutive to a 39-month sentenced imposed in December 2016, in the Southern District of Florida for access device fraud and identity theft. Klatch also must pay $516,754.94 in restitution to the victims of his investment scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: Join storyteller Rona Leventhal and her large bag of multi-cultural stories for a journey around the world on August 15 at 7 pm at Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA, DJ Basin Safety Council
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas woman who worked as a laboratory technician at a local pediatric medical practice was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for unlawfully obtaining the personal identifying information of a patient’s parent and using it to apply for personal credit cards, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada. United States District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey also sentenced her to one year of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - The remaining defendants charged in a 10-defendant marijuana conspiracy have all been ordered to federal prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. The 10 were charged in a multi-state drug trafficking conspiracy that had been trafficking narcotics since 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A 21-year-old Victoria man has been ordered to federal prison for possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking offense, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Terry Ray White Jr. pleaded guilty May 1, 2017 to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a synthetic cannabinoid and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Keith Seppi, 59, of Conneaut, Ohio, was sentenced today in United States District Court to serve thirty-five (35) years in prison, following his guilty plea to using a destructive device in relation to a crime of violence, and possessing a destructive device in furtherance of a crime ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today announced that Katherine Tai has been named Democratic Chief Trade Counsel for the committee.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA- Effective Monday, July 31, campfires or the ignition of wood, briquettes, or any fuel in fire pits, fire pans, and barbeque grills, are banned in Lake Chelan National Recreation Area and the area of North Cascades National Park located in Chelan County. This includes all National Park...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2017
News Release: Oyster Bay, NY - This week, Branching Out field teams from Boston and New York City met at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site for a four-day long gathering to learn about landscape management and work on various projects with park staff. Branching Out is a project of the Olmsted Center for Landscape...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2017
News Release: COTTONWOOD, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management Cottonwood Field Office has announced that effectively immediately, the Eagle Creek Road is open from the intersection of Zaza Road to the Salmon River. It had been under a temporary emergency closure order because of fire suppression activities that BLM was conducting and to ensure public health and safety.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2017
News Release: JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, California - A search is currently underway for two individuals believed to be hiking in Joshua Tree National Park. A vehicle belonging to the couple was found in the vicinity of the Maze Loop, in the northwest area of the park. Both individuals are in there...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A known MS-13 gang member wanted for two separate homicides in Texas was captured Saturday in Arlington, Virginia. The Arlington County Police Department, along with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Washington, D.C. field office and the FBI Washington Field Office’s Northern Virginia Gang Task Force, made the arrest.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – I have been fortunate to have served my country for more than 45 years - first as a Marine and then as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. I am honored to be asked to serve as the Chief of Staff to the President of the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Secretary Kelly remains the Secretary of Homeland Security until Monday, July 31, at which time Deputy Secretary Elaine Duke will become acting Secretary.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 28, 2017 – The government of Japan has announced that rising imports of frozen beef in the first quarter of the Japanese fiscal year (April-June) have triggered a safeguard, resulting in an automatic increase to Japan's tariff rate under the WTO on imports of frozen beef from the United ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that, following the memorandum from Attorney General Sessions to prioritize firearm prosecutions, the number of defendants charged with unlawful possession of a firearm increased nearly 23 percent in the second quarter of 2017 (2,637) from the same time period in 2016 (2,149).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: A Broward County, Florida tax return preparer pleaded guilty today to conspiring to file and filing fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida.
