News from September 2017
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO, IL - A Chicago manufacturer of rigid metal, plastic, and hybrid containers faces $503,380 in proposed penalties after inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) responded to four separate reports of workers suffering injuries at the facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: HUNTSVILLE - A federal judge last week sentenced a Huntsville defense contractor on criminal charges of falsely obtaining Small Business Innovation Research contracts with the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, NASA Inspector General Paul Martin and Defense Criminal Investigative Service Special Agent in Charge John Khin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - In San Antonio today, 40-year-old Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle (OMO) San Antonio Centro Chapter Sergeant at Arms Jesse James Benavidez pleaded guilty to a federal charge in connection with the murder of Hells Angel Anthony Benesh in 2006 announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A South Sudanese national was charged today in federal court in Boston with assaulting a deportation officer at the Suffolk County House of Corrections as he was being processed for removal.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A pharmacy manager from Burnsville, North Carolina, pleaded guilty for her role in the fraudulent diversion of prescription drugs and money laundering, the Department of Justice announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: Santa Barbara Island is now open to public access.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced Friday $58.8 million will be designated to strengthen drug court programs and address the opioid epidemic nationwide. United States Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman announced this includes $2.9 million in grant awards for the Southern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: Victim Woke Up to Defendant's Assault.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced witnesses for the Committee’s upcoming hearing on rural development and energy programs in the Farm Bill reauthorization.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, issued the following joint statement after the Senate confirmed William Emanuel to fill the remaining vacant seat on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), giving the board its first Republican majority in nearly a decade.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Ryan Warnick, age 37, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Sept. 19, 2017, to 57 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge William J. Caldwell for his part in the armed robbery of PNC Bank.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - At this time we are beginning the effort to close the park based on the forecast of Hurricane Maria. We are making this decision to ensure that we can effectively evacuate the islands in a safe manner and secure the park to protect federal property and ensure staff safety. The storm...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A New Hampshire company was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for trafficking counterfeit New England Patriots AFC Championship and Super Bowl t-shirts during the 2015 NFL playoffs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that two men have been charged with stealing 36 firearms from an Anchorage gun dealer, EDC Alaska, during a Sept. 7, 2017, burglary on Northern Lights Blvd. that was captured on multiple surveillance systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A former lead technician at a central Alabama pharmacy was charged today with tampering with vials of opioid painkillers used in the compounding of intravenous fluid bags intended for hospice and homecare patients, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton, U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations, Special Agent in Charge Justin D. Green.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ANTHONY WEINER was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 21 months in prison for transferring obscene material to a minor. WEINER pled guilty on May 19, 2017, before U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska. Today’s sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Has Also Served As A District Attorney, Assistant District Attorney, And Police Officer.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: Winning Artwork will be Featured in Ansel Adams Gallery.
