News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Five Individuals Charged in Foreign Bribery Scheme Involving Rolls-Royce Plc and Its U.S. Subsidiary.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Americans nationwide did their part to reduce the opioid crisis by bringing the DEA and its more than 4,200 local and tribal law enforcement partners a record-setting 912,305 pounds-456 tons-of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs for disposal at more than...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Butler County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Defendant Committed Crimes while Employed as Revenue Agent in Albuquerque IRS Office.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, this past weekend led a congressional delegation to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to assess damages in the hurricane ravaged islands and ongoing recovery efforts. The delegation also held discussions with local leaders on how to restore power expeditiously ...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, working jointly with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) arrested Wednesday 22 individuals for trafficking firearms without a license. The arrests took place in the municipalities of Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Canovanas, Cataño, Caguas and San Juan.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A federal grand jury in Providence today returned a four-count indictment charging two Albanian nationals from New York with allegedly conspiring to break into a Smithfield, R.I., Target department store in October by cutting a hole in the roof, prying open an ATM inside the store and...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: The House of Representatives today passed the Save Local Business Act (H.R. 3441) to clarify what constitutes a “joint employer" under federal labor law. Introduced by Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), chairman of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, the bill rolls back the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) vague and expansive joint employer standard and provides certainty for local businesses and their employees. The bill passed by a bipartisan vote of 242 to 181.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Cristobal Guevara Castelan, age 31, of Atlanta, Georgia, pled guilty in federal court in Anderson. Castelan pled guilty to committing fraud in connection with the use of identification information in violation of Title...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - North Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, turned in 22,697 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This was the second highest total ever collected during the previous 13 take back events.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Ohio, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Akron Police Department, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol, announce Elijah Blankenship has been federally charged with transporting explosive materials, a violation of Title 18, Section 842(a)(3). Blankenship will have an initial appearance in U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen Burke’s courtroom today at 10am.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Monday, November 6th, U.S. District Judge Marco Hernandez sentenced Taquarius Kaream Ford, 38, of Portland, Oregon, to 33 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release. On Dec. 21, 2016, after a jury trial, Ford was found guilty of multiple counts, including Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion and Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Matthew McGaugh, 49, of Hensley, Arkansas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 12 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in July 2017 to an indictment charging one count of sexual abuse of a ward, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL, Calif. - The final tally is in from the 14th National Prescription Take-Back Day that was held on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 41 locations in San Diego County and four locations in Imperial County.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: STRONG CITY, Kansas: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is pleased to announce that reservations are now open for the preserve’s 2nd annual Candlelight Tour taking place on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017. All activities are free, but reservations are required for this event and fill up fast. Please call the visitor center at 620-273-8494 (hit 0) to make your free reservation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Whether you drive, bike, run or walk, you may visit the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area for free on Veterans Day weekend.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - A new shipping cask design enables EM’s Idaho Site to significantly increase nuclear waste shipments for disposal.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Defendant Participated in Three Violent Carjackings in 35 Days.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: On Saturday Dec. 16, 2017 from 6:30 pm until late, Utah Valley University’s Capitol Reef Field Station (CRFS) will host a winter star party. Astronomers and physicists will be on site to share information about constellations, the Milky Way, galaxies, and nebulae with visitors. Multiple telescopes will be available.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing titled, “Discussion Draft, Energy Star Reform Act of 2017 and H.R. 3477, Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act:"
