News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FRANCIS ASSIFUAH, a/k/a “Francis Assif," was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for participating in a massive scheme to defraud consumers by placing unauthorized charges for text messaging services...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a former 17 year veteran police officer with the Fairview Township Police Department, Tyson Baker, age 43, of Etters, York, Pennsylvania, was convicted on Sept. 14, 2017, on charges stemming...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Acosta: As we wrote in our July 21, 2017 comment to the Department of Labor’s (the “Department" or “DOL") Request for Information (“RFI") in connection with its examination of the final rule defining who is a “fiduciary" under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Wardensville, West Virginia man pled guilty today to a methamphetamine charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno resident made his initial appearance in federal court Thursday for allegedly engaging in a $3.5 million fraud scheme involving over 8,000 fraudulent PayPal credit accounts, bank accounts, and prepaid credit and debit card accounts he created with stolen identities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A total of twenty individuals are now in custody following a law enforcement operation this week led by special agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Seventeen of the twenty charged were in the United States illegally at the time the offenses occurred. John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Repair to the Sprague Lake Dam in Rocky Mountain National Park will begin next week. Sections of the Dam were damaged when large trees were uprooted during a major wind storm in 2011. Much of the area will still be accessible however a one third section of the trail on the northeast portion of Sprague Lake will be closed through the duration of the project. This aspect of the project is expected to be completed in late October.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation prepared an Environmental Assessment for Resighini Rancheria Junior Creek Culverts Replacement Project. The project will replace three deteriorated culverts with four modernized culverts designed to pass fish and flood flows. Replacement of the culverts...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Calum Thomas, age 20, and Christian Thomas, age 21, both of Annapolis, Maryland, on charges related to a scheme to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime. The indictment was returned on September 7, 2017, and was unsealed on Sept. 14, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A federal grand jury in Providence on Tuesday returned a four-count indictment charging Ronny B. Nova, a/k/a Benancio, 31, of Providence, with trafficking cocaine, heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 34-year-old Dallas man has been sentenced to federal prison in connection with a Denton County highway expansion project in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - Four defendants - two from Baton Rouge and two from California - were sentenced to federal prison terms for their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy involving shipments of heroin from California to Baton Rouge, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson. Six other defendants were previously sentenced in this matter.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Calum Thomas, age 20, and Christian Thomas, age 21, both of Annapolis, Maryland, on charges related to a scheme to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime. The indictment was returned on September 7, 2017, and was unsealed on Sept. 14, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: On Saturday, Sept. 30, Big Bend National Park will host a volunteer project in celebration of National Public Lands Day. The National Park Service has also designated the day as a fee-free day, allowing all visitors to Big Bend National Park, or any national park, to enter for free.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Diplomatic Security Services Arrests Individual for Impersonating a Federal Officer at the International Luis Muñoz Marin Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: In advance of Sunday’s Constitution Day, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) introduced H. Con. Res. 79, a resolution expressing the sense of Congress that it and the States should consider a constitutional amendment to reform the Electoral College and to establish a process ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - Join the Bureau of Land Management for a series of guided nature hikes along the coastal trail overlooking the Pacific Ocean at the Point Arena-Stornetta Unit of the California Coastal National Monument this fall.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy announced today that Mark Ramos, 31, of San Antonio, Texas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, more than 500 grams of cocaine before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a fine of $5,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Jamaican National Sentenced to Prison in Connection with Lottery Fraud Scheme Based in Jamaica.
