News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Karlos Alexander Wilson, Jr. (24, Pinellas Park) today pleaded guilty to two counts of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 32 years, up to life, in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone is accepting comments regarding a proposed project on hiking trails in the southern part of the park. The project would involve portions of the Trail Creek and Two Ocean Plateau hiking trails that were damaged or destroyed by spring water run-off. This project would repair that damage and alleviate a problematic stream crossing during the summer of 2018. More specifically, the project would.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH-A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has pleaded in federal court to charges of Obtaining Controlled Substance by Fraud, and Distribution of Oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS: As part of the National Park Services’ strategy to enhance employee safety, the Natchez Trace Parkway’s Safety, Health, and Wellness Committee developed an Award Coin program. This year, 21 employees received coins. Employees are recognized for providing visitor assistance, improving ATV/UTV...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Waltham man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for unlawfully possessing multiple firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Marita Holland, 32, of Toledo, was sentenced to a year in prison for theft of government funds, said U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman and IRS Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Korner.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: BOISE - James Peirsol, 53, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today to 200 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine throughout the Treasure Valley, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Lodge also sentenced Peirsol to serve ten years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: In anticipation of this weekend’s significant weather event, Mount Rainier National Park announces the winter closure of the Sunrise Road at the White River Campground intersection, the Mowich Lake Road, and the Paradise Valley Road. Due to forecasted winter weather conditions, the Stevens Canyon Road will close this evening, Oct. 19, and remain closed through the weekend. This road is currently scheduled to close for the winter season on Monday, October 30.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Defendant faces up to life in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Edwin M. Jenkins, Jr., age 30, of Bluffton, South Carolina was charged in a 7-count superseding indictment with two counts of distribution of heroin, one count of distribution of a mixture of heroin and fentanyl, one...
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - With an estimated 815 million people suffering from hunger and 20 million at risk of starvation worldwide, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement at a hearing to examine current policies governing the delivery of food aid through the Food for Peace program and ways to use existing resources more efficiently to reach more people in need.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 24-year-old resident of Benavides has been ordered to federal prison for assaulting a Border Patrol agent by use of a deadly or dangerous weapon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A federal jury sitting in Laredo convicted Oscar David Gonzalez II on April 12, 2017, after a two-day trial.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2017 – In the wake of the 2017 hurricanes, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing emergency assistance to dairy operators in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. USDA is preparing for signup to begin Oct. 21, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced that Gerald Wallace, 35, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to threatening to shoot members of a mosque in Miami Gardens, Florida. Wallace pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Florida to one count of obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs by making the threatening call.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Note: Relevant video can be found here. Underage Sex Trafficking Crackdown Leads to Recovery of 84 Minors On Oct. 18, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, along with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), announced that 84 minors were recovered and 120 traffickers were arrested ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Abdella Ahmad Tounisi, 23, of Aurora, Illinois, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison, and a lifetime of supervised release, for attempting to travel overseas to Syria to join Jabhat al-Nusrah, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: On Oct. 19, 2017, the Federal Reserve conducted a floating-rate offering of term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility. The operation offered seven-day term deposits with the rate set equal to the sum of the interest rate paid on excess reserves plus a fixed spread of 1 basis point.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: ZEBULON, NC – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a temporary restraining order against a plastics manufacturer after an investigation found the company failed to pay minimum wage and overtime to its employees.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is conducting a construction survey in 24 New York counties to collect data on wages paid to workers to help establish prevailing wage rates, as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – A U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia has ordered Bland Farms Production and Packing LLC – an onion producer in Vidalia – to pay $1,480,268 in back wages and liquidated damages after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
