News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - An Arizona man who took part in a methamphetamine conspiracy in March of 2017 pled guilty today to a federal drug charge in Huntington, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Rigoberto Fernandez, Jr., 29, entered his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. United States Attorney Stuart commended the work of the Huntington FBI Drug Task Force and the United States Postal Inspection Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger has announced that last Friday, United States District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller sentenced Otis Hunter to 107 years in prison after a jury found Mr. Hunter guilty of conspiracy to commit robberies, three business robberies, two carjackings, and five counts of brandishing...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Grants, NM - El Malpais National Monument re-opened Junction Cave to caving on Monday, April 30, 2018. The cave will remain open through the summer. Visitors holding a free caving permit may enter the cave. Caving permits may be obtained at the El Malpais or El Morro Visitor Centers.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Superintendent Barbara Tagger announces free youth programming for ages 8-12 at Horseshoe Bend National Military Park this summer. “Call us beginning May 14 to make a reservation for this summer’s Creek Culture Camps. On Tuesdays and Thursdays during June and July, explore Creek Indian culture with park rangers. Space is limited, so be sure to make your reservation soon.".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A doctor with offices in Asbury Park and Brooklyn today admitted unlawfully distributing prescriptions for anabolic steroids and for possessing marijuana with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 5 years’ probation, the first year of which will require him to spend every weekend in jail, on his conviction of violating the federal drug laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 30, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the funding of $7 million to support 11 projects in six states to develop solutions to challenges affecting the specialty crop industries that cross state boundaries. The awards are managed through the Specialty Crop Multi-State Program (SCMP) administered by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) released its Accomplishments Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017. The report, which is published annually by ENRD, highlights the division’s strong enforcement of our nation’s environmental laws, defense of government programs that strengthen the country’s energy independence and national security, and close collaboration with states and tribes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Today, at the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, Justice Edgardo Rivera García gave the keynote address to 29 judges from Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Panama and Peru in San Juan, Puerto Rico as part of the Judicial Studies Institute (JSI) training program, a collaborative ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Panasonic Avionics Corporation (PAC), a subsidiary of multinational electronics company Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic), has agreed to pay a $137.4 million criminal penalty to resolve charges arising out of a scheme to retain consultants for improper purposes and conceal payments to third-party sales agents, in violation of the accounting provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore, U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida, and Robert F. Lasky, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, today announced federal charges against juvenile detention officer Antwan Lenard ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Nader Saadeh, 23, of Rutherford, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: A Reno, Nevada attorney was sentenced today to 25 months in prison for filing false federal income tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada. Delmar Hardy was convicted, following a jury trial in September 2017, of filing false individual income tax returns for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Anthony Shelton, 20, and Cameron Ajiduah, 19, were sentenced today to 20 and 15 years in prison, respectively, for assaulting a man because of the victim’s sexual orientation, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 249, announced the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas, and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ Dallas Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Former Arkansas State Senator and State Representative Henry (Hank) Wilkins IV pleaded guilty today to conspiring to accept over $80,000 in bribes in exchange for influencing Arkansas state legislation and transactions, including steering approximately $245,000 in Arkansas General Improvement funds to ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: As Americans filed their taxes this spring, they wrestled for the last time with a system that for decades plundered their paychecks and made American businesses uncompetitive.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: CLARKSTON, MI – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Summit Properties & Development Co. Inc., based in Clarkston, Michigan, will pay a total of $137,237 in back wages and liquidated damages to 17 employees.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: DUNN, NC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has debarred Worldwide Staffing LLC from applying for H-2A certifications for three years following violations of the visa program’s requirements and a failure to pay back wages owed to employees. The company failed to reimburse employees ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ – After a June 2017 U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found 69 Mexican guest workers living in a life-threatening housing encampment at an El Mirage farm, the U.S. District Court of Arizona in Phoenix has entered judgments against a grower and its recruiting agents for violations of the H-2A guest worker program.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: ALLEN PARK, MI – After a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation, Michigan-based automotive tire and service retail chain Belle Tire has agreed to pay $342,926 in back wages to 1,207 employees at 100 locations in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio.
