News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Lafayette man pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing a stolen pistol he had purchased on the street.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a proposed Plan of Operation for mineral exploration in the Lordsburg Playa. The public has until Sept. 10 to submit their substantive comments on the potential impacts to public land and resources that may occur from the proposed exploration activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that yesterday Eugene “Gene" Asbury, 70, and Natasha “Tess" Clonch, 33, of Gallipolis Ferry were each sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute synthetic cannabinoids. Stuart praised the investigative work of the West Virginia State Police and the United States Postal Inspection Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Prime Healthcare Services, Inc.; Prime Healthcare Foundation, Inc.; Prime Healthcare Management, Inc.; and Prime’s Founder and chief executive officer, Dr. Prem Reddy, have agreed to pay the United States $65 million to settle allegations that 14 Prime hospitals in California knowingly...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: In 2003, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) established investigative and legal teams to focus more closely on cases involving human rights violators.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Carlos Bayon, 63, of Grand Island, NY, who was previously charged by criminal complaint with interstate communication of a threat, is facing an additional charge of threatening two federal officials, after an amended complaint was filed today. The new charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: DALLAS, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dollar Tree Stores Inc. for exposing workers to fire, smoke, and other hazards at a Dallas location. The national discount retailer faces $129,336 in proposed penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier sentenced a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of distribution and receipt of child pornography on Aug. 2, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Two rice researchers from China have been charged in a conspiracy to steal rice production technology in an alleged attempt to bring this proprietary science back to China.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County has been sentenced in federal court to 30 months imprisonment and three years supervised release on his convictions for violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Labor Department’s July 2018 jobs report...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady released the following statement regarding the announcement by President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jay’Von Flemming, 25, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson for armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during the robbery. Flemming was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND -James P. LeDonne, age 63, of Granger, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading guilty to mail and wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Allegheny County has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating firearm laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management Idaho Falls District, Idaho Department of Lands, and the Caribou-Targhee National Forest are issuing Stage I Fire Restrictions. This restriction goes into effect August 6 at 12:01 a.m. on all BLM-managed public lands, Caribou-Targhee NF and state and private lands, in eight eastern Idaho counties, until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - A federal judge sentenced two brothers to decades in federal prison for their roles in an El Paso based drug trafficking organization announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; Special Agent in Charge Kyle W. Williamson, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), El Paso Division; and FBI Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie, Jr., El Paso Division.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: RESPONSE TO QUERY. AUG. 3, 2018 - After Cenveo filed its petition for bankruptcy, Cenveo and the United States engaged in discussions regarding Cenveo’s restructuring process, including its projected liquidity and any impact it would have with respect to the 2020 Printing and Mailing Contract. The United...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: RAPID CITY, S.D. -- Reclamation and South Dakota Game Fish and Parks (GFP) are holding an open house meeting on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018, at the Rocky Point Warehouse from 5:00-8:00 pm MST. The meeting will be held at 18513 Fishermans Road, Belle Fourche, SD 57717.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: Park Receives $55,500 Contribution from the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board.
