News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - Twenty-two members and associates of the Grape Street Crips/The Peda Roll Mafia were charged by a federal grand jury with multiple drug and money laundering offenses. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the unsealing of the two federal-indictments today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - The EM Carlsbad Field Office requires two drivers or a team transport a transuranic (TRU) waste shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), ensuring the truck is never left unattended unless it’s at a secured location.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: KEYSTONE, SD: Visitors to Mount Rushmore National Memorial on July 3rd will have the opportunity to experience a variety of educational programs, patriotic tributes, and musical entertainment in celebration of Independence Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Virginia business owner and business manager were convicted of unlawful cigarette smuggling, Assistant United States Attorney, Criminal Chief Randolph J. Bernard announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Kathleen Essick, 35, St. Louis, MO, pled guilty today to one charge of wire fraud as part of a scheme to defraud her employer. Essick appeared today before United States District Judge Ronnie L. White. Sentencing is set for Sept. 27, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Virginia man admitted today that he robbed four banks - two in New Jersey and two in Baltimore, Maryland - during a spree in December 2016, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Pakistani citizen was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for laundering more than $19.6 million on behalf of the perpetrators of a massive international computer hacking and telecommunications fraud scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A sports medicine doctor with a practice in Toms River, New Jersey, was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for accepting more than $60,000 in cash bribes in return for referring pain cream prescriptions and falsifying health records on behalf of Prescriptions R Us (PRU), a compound pharmacy in Lakewood, New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Kevin Carter Removed Liquid Fentanyl for his Own Use; Replaced it with Liquid without Fentanyl.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: GROVEPORT, Ohio - Amsted Rail Company Inc., a manufacturer of cast steel freight components, faces $610,034 in proposed penalties from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration after agency investigators found workers at its Groveport plant exposed to machine hazards and silica.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Dan Elwell was sworn in this week as Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Deputy Administrator. Appointed by President Donald J. Trump, Elwell is the second highest-ranking official at the agency responsible for ensuring aviation safety and air traffic control services for the nation.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Shoe liners that protect from harmful bacteria or bandages that treat wounds are some of the potential uses for a new technology developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement following Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly’s announcement on DHS requiring enhanced security measures for all flights to the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Orange County man who prepared tax returns for clients after falsely claiming to be a certified public accountant and a former IRS agent was sentenced this morning to serve 21 months in federal prison for preparing and filing fraudulent federal income tax returns.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: AUSTIN, Texas - A San Antonio man pleaded guilty Wednesday to possession with intent to distribute between 50 and 100 kilograms of marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: In Austin today, a judge sentenced to federal prison eight members of a drug trafficking cell associated with the LaFamilia cartel operating primarily in Austin and San Antonio announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Release Date: June 29, 2017. Contact: Kelly Carroll, Lead Park Ranger. Phone: 671-333-4050. July Public Programs at War in the Pacific National Historical Park. July 8, Saturday: 9 am at Asan Beach - “Keep Guam Beautiful". This community cleanup will take place at Asan Beach - a former WWII invasion site.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: In Austin today, a judge sentenced to federal prison eight members of a drug trafficking cell associated with the LaFamilia cartel operating primarily in Austin and San Antonio announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man today admitted selling crack cocaine, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that four additional defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury today for their roles in a conspiracy to use online escort and massage ads to lure robbery victims.
