News from December 2018
By State News Post | Dec 13, 2018
The US State Department published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 13, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) launched the Escape Respirator Challenge, a $250,000 prize competition that seeks new concepts for an escape respirator solution. This challenge invites the innovation community to submit relevant, useable, effective, and feasible concepts that protects the user against aerosolized chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) hazards and provides oxygen.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TOSHIREA JACKSON, 49, of Bridgeport, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Defendants Accused of Trafficking Heroin and Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Porfirio Rodriguez Reyes, 39, of Lincoln, received sentences today of 57 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of actual methamphetamine and 57 months for possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: In Less than Two Months the Couple Stole or Attempted to Steal Eight ATMs, Stole Four Vehicles, Burglarized a Convenience Store, Robbed a Bank, and Engaged in Two High-Speed Chases.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is revising branding requirements for cattle imported from Mexico. This change simplifies the branding process, while continuing to ensure Mexican cattle are easily identifiable and traceable for the rest of their ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering up to $600 million in loans and grants to help build broadband infrastructure in rural America. Telecommunications companies, rural electric cooperatives and utilities, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: An Akron man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the armed robbery of a Dollar General.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - The former Chief Financial Officer of a north suburban automobile parts company has been indicted on federal fraud and money laundering charges for allegedly embezzling $700,000 in company funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man who was arrested yesterday after an hours-long standoff with police officers was indicted by a federal grand jury for attempted distribution and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - LEILANI HILLIS, 60, of Rockford, the former director of operations of a Rockford non-profit organization, was charged today in federal court with one count of mail fraud and one count of tax fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Friday, December 7, 2018, four men entered guilty pleas for their roles in the conspiracy to murder Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati-Casañas, a Federal Bureau of Prisons Correctional Officer, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. Lieutenant Albarati was murdered on Feb. 26, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Jese Carillo Casillas, age 33, based out of Kennewick, Washington, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on Aug. 24, 2018 to Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl, Heroin, Methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Indianapolis - Violent crime in Indianapolis (Marion County), Indiana has risen to astronomical levels. In the third quarter of 2018, there were 118 homicides and 331 non-fatal shootings in Marion County alone. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana (USAO) has faced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Emmanuel Collins, a/k/a Scooter, 40, and Quintella Wilson, 36, both of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to claims (Collins) and aiding and abetting fraudulent returns, statements...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An owner and four former employees of New England Compounding Center (NECC) were convicted today by a federal jury for their roles at NECC, the company that caused the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak. The outbreak was the largest public health crisis ever caused by a pharmaceutical drug. With today’s convictions, 11 former owners, executives, and employees of NECC have been convicted of federal criminal charges.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $100 million to establish an Energy-Water Desalination Hub (Hub) to address water security issues in the United States. The Hub will focus on early-stage research and development (R&D) for energy-efficient and cost-competitive desalination technologies including manufacturing challenges, and for treating non-traditional water sources for multiple end-use applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - An EMT in Jackson County, Kan., pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing morphine from vials, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
