News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Mexican National who was on a visitor visa has been ordered to federal prison for attempting to smuggle illegal aliens behind a load of produce, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Luis Valero-Carrizales, 39, pleaded guilty April 4, 2018.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, blasted the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation's (DOT) proposal to roll back Obama-era fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards that have ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management has completed a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and is seeking public comments for the proposed Rawhide Mining LLC Regent Expansion in Mineral County, Nevada. The BLM is also seeking public comments and input under Section 106 of the National Historic...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Investigation Targeted Sales of PCP, Crack Cocaine, and Heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Hartford Police Chief David Rosado announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned a 28-count indictment today charging the following 16 individuals with various offenses related to the distribution of heroin, fentanyl and other narcotics in the Hartford area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Amod Phillips, age 28, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on July 31, 2018, by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to serve seven years’ imprisonment for the armed robbery of the EFuel gas station located on Pittston Avenue in Scranton.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
Release: Washington, DC, Aug. 1, 2018 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today proclaimed Aug. 1-7 as National WIC Breastfeeding Week. Each year, National WIC Breastfeeding Week is held in conjunction with World Breastfeeding Week during the first week of August to promote and support breastfeeding as the best source of nutrition for a baby’s first year of life.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Trump Administration issued its final Short-Term Limited Duration Plan rule, which would give insurance companies greater authority to sell junk plans that do not comply with current law consumer protections, such as pre-existing condition protections...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH - In honor of National Lighthouse Day, Fort Pulaski National Monument will host a special ranger-guided hike on our Lighthouse Overlook Trail. This 1.7 mile out-and-back guided hike will begin Tuesday, August 7th, at 9:30 am and take approximately 1.5 hours to complete. The lighthouse trail winds along the east side of the island and is appropriate for visitors of all ages.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a federal inmate pled guilty to a weapon charge. Sterling Cleggett, 35, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution at McDowell, pled guilty to possessing a weapon inside the prison. Stuart praised the investigative work of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-On August 9, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will host an International Forum to Advance First Responder Innovation (IFAFRI ) Stakeholder Summit. The IFAFRI event is a unique international initiative aimed at reaching out to the homeland...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - Following memorable concerts in 2016 and 2017, Cape Cod National Seashore is pleased to welcome back the Cape Symphony for a free outdoor concert at 7 pm on Friday, August 24 at the outdoor amphitheater at Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: On July 31, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hosted the first-of-its-kind National Cybersecurity Summit in New York City, bringing together industry partners and top federal officials with the goal of laying out a vision for a collective defense strategy to protect our nation’s critical infrastructure. ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today proclaimed Aug. 1-7 as National WIC Breastfeeding Week. Each year, National WIC Breastfeeding Week is held in conjunction with World Breastfeeding Week during the first week of August to promote and support breastfeeding as the best source of nutrition for a baby’s first year of life.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Projects Will Provide High-Speed Communications Technology to Support Economic and Educational Opportunities WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2018 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $97 million in 12 projects to provide or improve rural broadband service in 11 states.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: A Detroit-area physician pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances for his participation in a scheme to unlawfully distribute more than 23,000 pills of Oxycodone. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Three high-ranking members of a sophisticated international cybercrime group operating out of Eastern Europe have been arrested and are currently in custody facing charges filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes for the Western District of Washington and Special Agent in Charge Jay S. Tabb Jr. of the FBI Seattle Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and several of its affiliates (Wells Fargo) will pay a civil penalty of $2.09 billion under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) based on the bank’s alleged origination and sale of residential ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Arongkron “Paul” Malasukum, 42, a resident of Woodside, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III, in Sherman, Texas, to nine months in prison to be followed by one year of supervised release for illegally trafficking parts from endangered African lions and tigers. Malasukum ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: A dual U.S.-Venezuelan citizen who controlled multiple companies was arrested yesterday on foreign bribery charges for conspiring to make, and making, corrupt payments to an official of Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), in exchange for favorable business treatment with PDVSA.
