News from September 2017
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation and Washoe County Water Conservation District will conduct a negotiation session for a repayment contract for the costs of Safety of Dams work on Boca Dam, California. The work was done under the Safety of Dams program and negotiations are conducted pursuant to the Safety of Dams Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-578, 92 Stat. 2471) as amended.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of Distribution, and Possession of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: BALTIMORE, Md. - A 55-year-old Hyattsville man was sentenced Friday to 11.5 months in prison for attempting to unlawfully procure naturalization. This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Baltimore.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that two sex traffickers (commonly referred to as “pimps") were convicted in separate trials in federal court in Milwaukee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Giovani Hornea, 20, of Romania, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: EL PASO, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the David L. Carrasco Job Corps Center have renewed an alliance to provide young workers in El Paso with information, guidance, and training to enhance the center’s health and safety culture.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: MARIN COUNTY, Calif. - Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is seeking public comment on a proposal to increase fees for overnight camping and day use reservations at Kirby Cove and Bicentennial campgrounds located in the Marin Headlands. Increased fees would support the expansion of an online reservation system, new campground amenities and other projects that have a direct visitor benefit.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement on reports Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy plan to introduce next week yet another reckless, harmful health care repeal bill...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: DICKINSON, N.D. -- A spill training exercise will be conducted on the south side of Reclamation's Patterson Lake located three miles southwest of Dickinson, N.D. The training exercise and associated activities are scheduled to take place during the month of September.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 480 months in prison for coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct while he photographed the abuse. The sentencing follows an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Today Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) announced that after the committee received a briefing from Equifax, the committee will hold a hearing on the data breach compromising 143 million Americans’ personal data.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Russian cyber-criminal who sold stolen credit card data and other personal information through the identity theft and credit card fraud ring known as “Carder.su" pleaded guilty yesterday in two separate criminal cases to one count of participation in a racketeering enterprise and one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - Phillip Watkins, 32, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute heroin laced with carfentanil. Carfentanil is a controlled substance 10,000 times more powerful than morphine, and caused serious physical harm to people who bought the drugs. Watkins also pleaded guilty to attempting to murder a witness he believed was going to testify against him if he went to trial on the drug charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that five members of a Milwaukee family were sentenced to prison by the United States District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller for their involvement in several armed bank and business robberies in Milwaukee and West Allis, Wisconsin. The siblings received the following sentences.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Nokesville man was sentenced today to 6 1/2 years in prison for embezzling approximately $19.4 million from his employer, an information technology company headquartered in Reston.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-The U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $50,000 civil penalty against DebMed USA LLC, of Charlotte, North Carolina, for allegedly violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Thursday, following a 10-month-long investigation targeting local criminal street gangs in Fresno conducted by several federal law enforcement agencies and the Fresno Police Department, 15 defendants were arrested on federal charges and at least 14 defendants were arrested on state...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for False Statements Relating to Health Care Matters and Attempt to Obtain Controlled Substance by Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two individuals from Trenton, New Jersey, who were arrested in connection with a Trenton-area drug trafficking organization today pleaded guilty to separate charges of unlawful firearms possession and conspiracy to distribute heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh Minkler announced today the sentencing of the leader of a drug trafficking organization which distributed heroin and methamphetamine in the Indianapolis area. David McMichel, 33, Indianapolis was sentenced to 360 months (30 years) imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson.
