News from April 2018
By USDA Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson today made the following statement after Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway released partisan legislation to reauthorize the farm bill.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a South Carolina woman from bringing a loaded handgun on board a plane at a Charlotte Douglas International Airport checkpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that a JOSE PEREZ-BARRIOS, age 46, plead guilty and was sentenced on a single count indictment charging him with illegal reentry into the United States by a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: A 52-year old Lynnwood, Washington man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 33 years in prison for his predatory and exploitive scheme to recruit young women and teens to prostitution for his own enrichment, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. DAVID D. DELAY was convicted of...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was arrested today in Miami Beach, Fla., for misusing a Social Security number and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Pilot Program in District of Columbia Cited in Broader National Effort.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging Rafael Caro Quintero with leading a continuing criminal enterprise and other drug-related crimes through his leadership of the Caro Quintero drug trafficking organization, a faction of the Mexican organized...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: MADISON/MILWAUKEE, WIS. - Today, as the Department of Justice recognizes the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the nationwide rollout of an initiative aimed at increasing awareness and reporting of sexual harassment in housing. The announcement includes...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: The FBI is Seeking the Public’s Assistance Regarding Bank Robberies in Littleton and Aurora.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Virginia woman who is an active-duty member of the U.S. Navy and a New Jersey couple have been charged with conspiring to illegally purchase five semi-automatic handguns bound for New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that Grand Canyon National Park will modify its entrance fees beginning June 1, 2018 to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs that enhance the visitor experience. Effective June 1, 2018 the park entrance fee will be $35 per vehicle or $30 per motorcycle, for a seven day pass. An annual park pass will cost $70.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Democrats, led by Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), held a joint press conference to introduce the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act, a companion bill to the bipartisan Senate legislation which would limit President Trump's ability to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller and interfere in the Russian election meddling investigation. Below are Ranking Member Nadler's remarks, as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: On April 10, 2018, Alphonso Pierre Allison, 47, a/k/a "Pierre," "P," and "Perry," of Carbondale, was sentenced to federal prison for drug and firearm offenses, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today. Allison, who had previously pled guilty to a...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of its ongoing efforts to address aging park infrastructure and improve the visitor experience, the National Park Service (NPS) announced today changes to the entrance fees charged at national parks. The changes, which come in response to public comments on a fee proposal released...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A corrections officer was arrested for allegedly accepting cash bribes in exchange for delivering contraband to inmates at Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix (FCI Fort Dix), U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito and Special Agent in Charge Ronald G. Gardella of the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, New York Field Division, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, as the Department of Justice recognizes the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the nationwide rollout of an initiative aimed at increasing awareness and reporting of sexual harassment in housing. The announcement includes an interagency...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States has filed a civil complaint seeking the forfeiture of an oil painting by Marc Chagall that was recovered by the FBI decades after it was stolen from collectors in New York. The United States intends to return the artwork to its rightful owners.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging Samir Berri, R.Ph.; Anthony Cole, R.Ph.; Shamimur Rahman, R.Ph.; Ghassan Hamka, R.Ph.; Asm Akter Ahmed, M.D.; and Fouzi Ramouni with multiple health care fraud offenses, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today. Berri, Ahmed and Ramouni are also charged with distributing and conspiring to distribute controlled substances (all opioids).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: In Austin today, federal charges were filed against two Austin area residents and an Arizona machinegun manufacturer in connection with a firearms smuggling scheme that involved machine guns and assault weapons, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was charged today in federal court in Boston with illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
