News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced today that a doctor with offices in Asbury Park and Brooklyn admitted unlawfully distributing prescriptions for anabolic steroids and to marijuana possession with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Vincent J. Jones, Jr. (47, Fernandina Beach) to eight years and four months in federal prison for distributing cocaine. He pleaded guilty on Jan. 23, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: SMITHFIELD, UT - In consultation with the Town of Newton, Newton Water Users Association, Cache County Council, and Cache County Sheriff’s Office, the Bureau of Reclamation has concluded that, due to ongoing safety risks and illegal dumping, the unsanctioned gun range at Newton Dam and Reservoir will...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-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...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-DE), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Michael Bennet (D-CO) today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt urging him to maintain oil and natural gas industry guidelines to provide certainty for industry, improve public health, and combat climate change.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: On Wednesday, May 2, 2018 the last mile of the Pīpīwai trail will be closed for helicopter operations in support of the trail boardwalk replacement project. The closure will occur from 7am to 2pm. In the case of poor weather conditions, operations will be moved to the backup date of Thursday, May 3, 2018. The trail is located in the Kīpahulu District of Haleakalā NP.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Father and Two Sons Trafficked in Cocaine and Crack Cocaine.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, U.S. Undersecretary of Energy Mark Menezes announced up to $23 million for innovative technologies to reduce capital costs and shorten deployment timelines of marine energy devices.The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) will...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS - Today, United States Attorney Kurt Alme and Yellowstone County Attorney Scott Twito announced the preliminary results of collaborative efforts to reduce violent crime in Yellowstone County under the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative, including the court appearances and arrests of 17 subjects facing federal or state charges for armed robbery, trafficking methamphetamine, and illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Sulphur man pleaded guilty last week to storing child pornography online.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Vincent J. Jones, Jr. (47, Fernandina Beach) to eight years and four months in federal prison for distributing cocaine. He pleaded guilty on Jan. 23, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum is hosting several weekly, reoccurring events featuring ancient Puebloan culture and artifacts over the next few months.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced today Ionic Security, Inc., based in Atlanta, Georgia, is the first company to successfully complete prototype testing and move to the pilot deployment phase as part of the Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Joseph Michael Willard, 54, of Missouri, was indicted April 26 for the production and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney William M. McSwain. The indictment alleges that Willard produced and possessed images of minors - including one under age 12 - engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Defendant Defrauded Hewlett-Packard Company of $11.7 Billion During HP’s 2011 Acquisition of Autonomy.
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: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to an investment fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced the unsealing of an indictment against WAYNE JEROME CELESTINE, age 57, a physician who practices in Gretna, Louisiana and resides in the New Orleans area. On Monday, April 30, 2018, DR. CELESTINE was arrested on charges of distribution of controlled substances.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following a review of the requirements put in place in 2016 regarding the “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses" regulation, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has taken action to correct an error that was made with regard to implementing the final rule.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact for an Environmental Assessment on providing $202,384 to the Creekside Center for Earth Observation to reintroduce the bay checkerspot butterfly to San Bruno Mountain in San Mateo County. Historically, the threatened butterfly’s populations were recognized in many San Francisco Bay Area counties.
