News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years imprisonment, followed by 20 years supervised release, on a charge of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of children, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: The investigation is ongoing regarding 42 year old Jeremy Mills of Fritch Texas, whose body was recovered in the South Canyon area of Lake Meredith National Recreation Area Monday.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: A Pakistani citizen was sentenced today to 31 months in prison for his role in a scheme to smuggle undocumented migrants from Pakistan into the United States.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The National Park Service (NPS) is inviting photographers and other artists to submit digital images for use on Acadia National Park’s 2018 annual pass. The selected image will appear on thousands of annual passes purchased by visitors from all over the country. The winner will receive credit and an America the Beautiful interagency annual pass ($80 value), which can be used at over 2,000 federal recreation areas nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: Patrick Amen, 31, was sentenced in federal court Monday in Omaha, Nebraska, for receiving child pornography. Chief Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Amen to 72 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, amen will begin a five-year term of supervised release. He must also register as a sex offender.

By USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: Alongside its local, State and Federal partners, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s U.S. Forest Service remains actively involved in response to wildfires in California. While these fires are not on National Forest System lands, the Forest Service provides additional firefighting personnel, incident ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: A federal court in Houston, Texas, permanently enjoined Levett Navarro Camarena and her son Chase Edward Camarena from preparing federal tax returns for others, including under the name of the business Hispanic Services, the Justice Department announced today. Levett Camarena and Chase Camarena agreed to civil injunction orders that require them to cease preparing federal tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: A jury returned a guilty verdict today against Ahmad Khan Rahimi, aka, “Ahmad Rahami,” 29, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, in Manhattan federal court on all eight counts of the Indictment, which charged him with offenses related to his execution and attempted execution of bombings in New York City on Sept. 17, 2016. Rahimi, who faces mandatory sentence of life in prison, is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 18, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today issued the following statement on the FBI's 2016 Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted report, which show an unacceptable rise in law enforcement officers assaulted and killed in the line of duty: "Every law enforcement officer goes to work knowing that today ...

By Labor Gazette | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA – A Philadelphia restaurant has agreed to pay 63 workers a total of $197,917 in back wages, and an equal amount in liquidated damages, to resolve alleged federal wage violations, including requiring employees to work unpaid hours. The agreement is part of a proposed consent judgment filed on Oct. 16, 2017, pending review and approval by a federal judge.

By Labor Gazette | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Following President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order Expanding Apprenticeships in America, U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta today announced members of the President's Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion. The Task Force—representing companies, trade and industry groups, educational institutions, and labor unions—brings to the table substantial workforce development experience in addressing the nation’s skills gap.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 16, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Oct 16, 2017
The US State Department published a two page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Oct 16, 2017
The US State Department published a one page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Oct 16, 2017
The US State Department published a one page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 16, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 16, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 16, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 16, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 16, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.