News from September 2017
By DOT News Wire | Sep 29, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced today that it is issuing $2,488,497 in grants to state entities, local communities, and non-profit organizations to address pipeline safety challenges related to damage prevention ...
By DOT News Wire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Remarks Prepared for Delivery by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao U.S. China Strategic Cultural and Social Dialogue George Washington University Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 Thank you, President LeBlanc. And let me thank the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, and the Institute of Public ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney, Richard W. Moore, announces that Eddie Grant, a 28 year old, resident of Mobile, Alabama was sentenced today to 36 months incarceration followed by three years of supervised release. A search warrant was executed at Grant’s residence and a Smith & Wesson, 40 caliber pistol along with a small amount of marijuana were found. Grant confessed to possession of the firearm and the marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - This afternoon, after a four-day trial, Willie L. Walker, 58, of Lynn Haven, Florida, was convicted in the U.S. District Court of depriving an inmate of his constitutional rights. The verdict was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Erik Fresen, a resident of Miami-Dade County, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola to one year of probation with 60 days of intermittent confinement in the Bureau of Prisons for failing to file a tax return for tax year 2011. Fresen was ordered to report to the Bureau of Prisons in mid-November, December, January, and February to serve 15 days of imprisonment each month.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - As directed by Congress, the Bureau of Land Management will adjust the fee it charges to process oil and gas drilling permits on public and Indian lands for inflation, effective Oct. 1. That adjustment will increase the fee by $180, to $9,790.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) released firearms trace data today for all U.S. states and territories for calendar year 2016. Data was gathered from ATF’s National Tracing Center (NTC), which is the nation’s only crime gun tracing facility. Trace data relates to firearms recovered by law enforcement. For calendar year 2016, the NTC traced more than 364,000 firearms.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: After 26 years of enforcing federal immigration and customs laws, Newark Special Agent in Charge Terrence S. Opiola is retiring from federal service, effective Sept. 30.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - This afternoon, after a four-day trial, Willie L. Walker, 58, of Lynn Haven, Florida, was convicted in the U.S. District Court of depriving an inmate of his constitutional rights. The verdict was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal jury has returned an indictment charging 12 defendants with conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of cocaine. The charge carries mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life and a $10,000,000 fine. Charged in an indictment and arrested this morning were.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - Nine defendants, including four Chicago-area men, have been indicted on fraud charges for allegedly using inside information about an impending corporate acquisition to earn illegal trading profits.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 30-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: A Salvadoran national was indicted on firearms and identity theft charges, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Windsor, Virginia man was sentenced yesterday to nine years in prison for distribution of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack," and for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Catherine Leahy Scott, New York State Inspector General, and Debbi Mayer, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General, Northeastern Regional Office (“ED-OIG"), announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: A man who enticed a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - To help ensure our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) are receiving urgent hurricane recovery and relief support, House Natural Resources Committee Democrats sent a letter to Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) late yesterday requesting an oversight hearing on the Trump administration’s efforts to address this growing crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Julius Hall, Jr., 31, Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Nathan Crowder, age 28, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Sept. 28, 2017, by a federal grand jury for possession of heroin with intent to distribute and conspiracy.
