News from August 2018
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Fredericksburg, Virginia, man was arrested at Richmond International Airport Thursday, Aug. 30, after a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer found a loaded semi-automatic handgun in the traveler’s carry-on bag.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: DAYTON - Kenneth Stopkotte, 53, of Unionville, Ind., was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 21 months in prison for using counterfeit money. He was also sentenced to an additional nine months in prison, to be served consecutively, for violating his terms of previous supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park is completing emergency repairs and making progress towards reopening parts of the park by 10 a.m. on Sat., Sept. 22, National Public Lands Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann sentenced a Summit, South Dakota, man convicted of sexual abuse of a child on Aug. 29, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Christopher Brent Heath (36) and Christine Marie Beaulieub (37), both of Bunnell, with manufacturing, passing, and possessing counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. Each faces a maximum penalty...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CHAZ TYLER, age 32, was charged on Aug. 29, 2018, in a one-count bill of information with misdemeanor damage to government property, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1361.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Boulder City, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Lower Colorado Region is lowering water levels in Lake Mohave to aid in harvesting razorback suckers, a species native to the Colorado River, from lakeside rearing ponds. The work is part of annual river operations which is timed to coincide with conservation...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kenneth Earle Ewing, of Hagerstown, Maryland, has admitted to transporting a 12-year-old across state lines for sex, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza today sentenced Troy Alex Freeman to seven years in federal prison for possessing ammunition as a conviction felon. Freeman pleaded guilty on June 12, 2018.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen traveled to Australia for the Five Country Ministerial. During the Ministerial, Secretary Nielsen met with senior security officials from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom to discuss persistent and emerging threats and how the “Five Eyes” nations can work jointly to thwart them.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: “Disasters Happen. Prepare Now. Learn How.” That is the theme this September for National Preparedness Month, an opportunity for us to remind our families, friends, and communities to get ready for disasters and emergencies before they strike. Thinking ahead can save lives. So we are working to create ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today filed a Statement of Interest on the side of the plaintiff in Students For Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President And Fellows Of Harvard College in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The plaintiff, Students For Fair Admissions, an organization of students ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Today, the Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) released the Fentanyl Safety Recommendations for First Responders’ companion training video Fentanyl: The Real Deal. The video was produced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to help first responders protect themselves when ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan returned a six-count indictment charging former Hamtramck, Michigan, police officer Ryan McInerney, 42, with civil rights violations, obstruction of justice, and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: An Alabama woman pleaded guilty today to six counts of wire fraud and three counts of filing false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin Sr. for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Seven men from around the country were sentenced today and yesterday for participating in an international child pornography production conspiracy, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Sherri A. Lydon of the District of South Carolina, and Special Agent in Charge Alphonso “Jody” Norris of the FBI Columbia, South Carolina Field Office.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the FDIC on Thursday announced that they have extended the next resolution plan filing deadline for a designated nonbank to Dec. 31, 2019, and the deadline for four foreign banking organizations (FBOs) to July 1, 2020. The extensions will allow additional time for the agencies to provide feedback to the firms on their last submissions and for the firms to produce their next plans.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: The Bank of New York Mellon (PDF), New York, New York Flood Insurance Consent Civil Money Penalty Dated Aug. 28, 2018 The Board on Thursday also announced the termination of the enforcement action ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that U.S. Department of Commerce, in conjunction with the White House, is accepting nominations for the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a proclamation allowing Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to provide targeted relief from quotas imposed under Section 232 on steel from South Korea, Argentina, and Brazil, and aluminum from Argentina.
