News from December 2018
By DOT News Wire | Dec 14, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 14, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its December 2018 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on marketing and reporting air carrier data compiled for the month of October 2018. The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the public can be found at http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 14, 2018
News Release: DOT Advises Air Travelers and Colleges About Tour Packages to College Bowl Games. The U.S. Department of Transportation is reminding consumers going to college bowl games and other special events not to make a payment for a special event air tour package without obtaining either the ticket to the bowl ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in Federal Court, United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced TONY CHEVALLIER, 40, from Clinton, North Carolina, to 360 months in prison, to be followed by 10 years of Federal Supervised Release. CHEVALLIER was...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 14, 2018
Release: APHIS published a Federal Register notice in July 2016 notifying the public of the intended updates. During the 30 day comment period, APHIS received six comments and all were in favor of these changes. The NPIP is a cooperative Federal-State-industry program for controlling certain poultry diseases. The document can be viewed here.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer who once worked at Los Angeles International Airport and his ex-wife have been found guilty by a federal jury of multiple felonies for participating in a narcotics distribution ring that moved hundreds of kilograms of cocaine, heroin and marijuana from the Los Angeles area to Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A North Kansas City, Mo., woman has been indicted for embezzling $116,367 from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Feng Chen, 23, of Ontario, Canada, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with assaulting a federal officer by means of a dangerous weapon, evading a checkpoint operated by a Federal law enforcement agency in a motor vehicle in excess of the legal speed limit, and with eluding inspection by immigration officials. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2018
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Coordinated a Shipment of Two Tons of Cocaine, Concealed Inside Steel Bumpers, from Colombia to Mexico and Destined for the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TYMON PETERSON, 29, of Stratford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to one count of making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Dumfries man was sentenced today to over 21 years in prison for distribution of fentanyl causing serious bodily harm.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2018
News Release: DENVER- Kathleen Gonder, Chief of Interpretation and Visitor Information at Bryce Canyon National Park, has been named superintendent of Cedar Breaks National Monument. Gonder, a 29-year National Park Service veteran with broad experience in park administration and leadership, will begin her new duties on Feb. 3, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that PATRICK SCHEXNAYDER, age 27, of New Orleans, has pleaded guilty to federal firearms and narcotics violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Gabino Peralta-Saucedo, a/k/a “Pony," (43, Michoacán, Mexico) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and a quantity of heroin. Peralta-Saucedo faces a minimum mandatory term of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison. Peralta-Saucedo was arrested in Mexico in September 2016, and was extradited to the United States in September 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2018
News Release: SAN JOSE - Ferdinand Pasion Arafiles, a/k/a Dennis Arafiles, was sentenced today to 10 months in prison, 5 months of home confinement, and ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution for his role in scheme to defraud a Bay Area manufacturer and seller of networking equipment, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Edward J. Davila, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2018
News Release: GREAT FALLS-Great Falls resident Derek Mathew Ferdinand, 32, was sentenced to nine months in prison, two years of supervised release and ordered to pay $1,485 restitution in federal court on Dec. 11 for conviction for making fake money, U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2018
News Release: For Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine, Methamphetamine & Heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Naif Abdulaziz M. Alfallaj, 35, a citizen of Saudi Arabia and a former resident of Weatherford, Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to visa fraud and making a false statement to the FBI by, among other things, concealing his application to and attendance at an al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan in late 2000.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Emmanuel Lucero-Saavedra, age 40, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced yesterday to time served (11 months in jail), for illegal re-entry into the United States.
