News from February 2018
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Executive Session, Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks commending the progress on several bipartisan bills before the Committee to support the health and wellbeing of families and communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Thomas Brooks, 54, of Wilmington, was sentenced to 15 years’ incarceration by Chief U.S. District Judge Leonard P. Stark following convictions for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Buffalo, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to using Twitter to transmit threatening communications against several persons, including two FBI employees and two former members of the military and their families, on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, also known as ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CLARK McALPIN, age 37, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to participating in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy throughout the New Orleans area. Specifically McALPIN pled guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. '' 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A) and 846.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today that United States District Court Judge Kristine G. Baker sentenced Elbert Harris, 58, of Pine Bluff, to federal prison for his role in a widespread scheme to steal money intended for feeding children in low income areas in Arkansas.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: NEARLY 7.9 MILLION PEOPLE VISITED LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA IN 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - United States Attorney R. Andrew Murray announced today that eight individuals are facing federal drug conspiracy charges for their involvement in a narcotics distribution ring operating in Mecklenburg County. A federal criminal indictment was filed on Feb. 22, 2018, and was unsealed late yesterday in federal court following arrests conducted during an early morning round-up.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - The following is a summary of misdemeanor immigration prosecutions from January and February 2018. All defendants were or will be placed into removal proceedings, by the Department of Homeland Security, following the completion of their sentences.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Luis Matias, of Buffalo, 27, with possessing with intent to distribute; and distributing, butyryl fentanyl and crack cocaine. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced the indictment of Michael Ron David Kadar, 19, who holds dual United States and Israeli citizenship, in three jurisdictions for hate crimes and other offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Chancler Encalade, 20, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison for assaulting a man because of the victim’s sexual orientation, announced the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Texas, and U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Dallas Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: The owner and operator of numerous Miami, Florida-area home health agencies was sentenced to 240 months in prison today for his role in a $66 million conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Deloitte & Touche LLP has agreed to pay the United States $149.5 million to resolve potential False Claims Act liability arising from Deloitte’s role as the independent outside auditor of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. (TBW), a failed originator of mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division today announced a second initiative to combat sexual harassment; the effort announced today—the Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Initiative (SHWI)—focuses on workplace sexual harassment in the public sector.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the City of Houston, alleging that the Houston Fire Department (HFD) discriminated against two female firefighters on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: A former CEO of a Salt Lake City, Utah, company was sentenced today to 12 months and 1 day in prison for tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney John W. Huber for the District of Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Please attribute the following statement to Justice Department spokesman Devin O'Malley: "The National Institute of Justice—the research, development, and evaluation agency of the Department of Justice—has never tested nor certified ballistic items, such as backpacks, blankets, or briefcases, other than ...
By State News Post | Feb 28, 2018
The US State Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 28, 2018
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 28, 2018
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
