News from March 2017
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a proposed delay in the effective date of the rule entitled Occupational Exposure to Beryllium, from March 21, 2017, to May 20, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: A Youngstown man pleaded guilty to selling heroin that resulted in a fatal overdose, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Regional Office of the United...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Paolo Aldorasi, 34, of London, was indicted today on a federal kidnapping charge stemming from the recent abduction of a man in the Georgetown area of Washington, D.C., announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, Andrew Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Peter Newsham, Acting Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Officers Allegedly Robbed Victims, Filed False Affidavits and Made Fraudulent Overtime Claims; One Officer Also Charged in Separate Six-Defendant Drug Conspiracy Indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - On Feb. 22, 2017, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging Gabriel A. Pena-Castillo with trafficking firearms, announced U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The United States Postal Inspector Service (USPIS) is in charge of the investigation in collaboration with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Keith Seppi, age 58, of Conneaut, Ohio, pled guilty today to using a destructive device during and in relation to a crime of violence and possessing a destructive device in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: CLEVELAND, Ohio - Law enforcement officials announced today that a Cleveland man was indicted in federal court on charges that he sold heroin that caused at least two overdoses in Wooster, Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: In April, 2016, a National Park Ranger on patrol observed suspicious activity, which led NPS law enforcement officials to investigate Andrew Kowalik of Rockport, Texas, for the smuggling of archaeological artifacts into the United States through Big Bend National Park. Cases of stone tools, including more than 500 artifacts, were found to have been smuggled through the national park from Mexican protected lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Iquill Wayne Morrison, age 22, of Laurens, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville to obstruction of commerce by robbery, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1951; and to use of a firearm during a crime of violence, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - A Petersburg, West Virginia man was arrested yesterday for multiple firearms violations, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb.7, 2017, Barry Moore, 40, of Greeneville, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 210 months in federal prison following a conviction for his leadership role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of cocaine base “crack" in the Eastern District of Tennessee. Upon his release from prison he will be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for 10 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a California man was sentenced today to 76 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to traffic approximately 12 kilograms of cocaine from California to New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of violating federal firearms and narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Virginia Foxx (R-NC), held a hearing today to examine legislative proposals to improve health care coverage and lower costs for working families. Part of a broader effort to repeal Obamacare and replace it with patient-centered solutions, ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: The House today passed a resolution of disapproval (H. J. Res 83) under the Congressional Review Act to overturn an unlawful power grab by the Obama administration and reject a failed approach to workplace safety. Introduced by Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), chairman of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, ...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, on Wednesday highlighted the stories of two Americans who were brutally murdered by illegal immigrants in the United States over the past year. Randy Nordman of Missouri and Jill Sundberg...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Annual recreational closures to protect pupping harbor seals at Point Reyes National Seashore go into effect on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. The closures are in Drakes Estero and the westernmost point of Limantour Spit, and remain in effect through June 30, 2017. Park rangers ask visitors to respect the...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) today released the following statements after the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) submitted its 2017 Trade Policy Agenda to Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A 61-count federal indictment returned Tuesday charged 11 defendants in a case involving the alleged theft of mail from Wichita mailboxes, identity theft and bank fraud.
