News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Washington, New Jersey, man was convicted today of sex crimes, extortion and stalking - including asking a minor girl to produce explicit images of herself and threatening a second girl if she didn’t agree to meet and date him, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of trafficking cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - An East Texas man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison for enticing a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Judy Villanyi, 48, of Summerville, South Carolina, was sentenced to five months imprisonment for violating 18 U.S.C. § 7272, Obstructing and Impeding the Due Administration of the Tax Code. The offense carried a maximum possible punishment of up to three years imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RONALD PEREZ, 30, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin. Judge Thompson also ordered PEREZ to perform 100 hours of community service while on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On Feb. 27, 2017, U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Saleh Stevens, age 45, of Owings Mills, Maryland, to 30 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. Judge Garbis also ordered that Stevens pay over $3.4 million in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: The public comment period regarding a proposed fee increase to the tri-park annual pass will close this Friday, March 2, 2018. The tri-park annual pass permits unlimited entry for one year into Haleakalā National Park, Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park, and Pu’uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park. There is no change to the National Park Service’s current policy regarding Kanaka Maoli who wish to conduct traditional practices in the park.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Soil remediation has become a larger part of cleanup at East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) since workers safely demolished many of the contaminated and unneeded buildings at the former uranium enrichment complex.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A federal jury in Boston convicted four members of MS-13’s Eastside Loco Salvatrucha (ESLS) clique yesterday.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: “Today our Committee will consider our annual Views and Estimates on the Fiscal Year 2019 Federal Budget. This is part of our responsibility to inform the Budget Committee of our agenda and our priorities for the year ahead.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: FEB. 27, 2018 - Today the U.S. Census Bureau released annual statistics for the 2017 rental and homeowner vacancy rates, homeownership rates and characteristics of units available for rent for the United States, regions, states and the 75 largest metropolitan statistical areas. Data for all geographies are from the Current Population Survey/Housing Vacancy Survey and are available annually.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are calling for answers from the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration after receiving documents from a whistleblower that appear to show that the government reimbursed over $24 million to a contractor for costs related to whistleblower litigation.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: “Border walls have proven to be extremely effective in preventing the flow of drugs and illegal aliens across our borders. Walls have worked in Yuma, Arizona and San Diego, California, where both areas have seen a 95 percent drop in attempted illegal border crossings. Simply put – walls work. The Department of Homeland Security looks forward to building the wall where our frontline operators say it is needed and in accordance with all applicable laws.” Border Security,
By USDA Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the Senate’s long-awaited confirmation of Bill Northey to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Northey will serve as Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service (FFAS)*.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that David H. Howard, 59, of Tampa, Florida, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, to one count of threatening, intimidating, and interfering with a Muslim family’s enjoyment of their housing rights, in violation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced it will be filing a Statement of Interest in a multi-district action regarding hundreds of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the creation of a new effort, the Department of Justice Prescription Interdiction & Litigation (PIL) Task Force, to fight the prescription opioid crisis. The PIL Task Force will aggressively deploy and coordinate all available criminal and civil law enforcement tools to reverse the tide of opioid overdoses in the United States, with a particular focus on opioid manufacturers and distributors.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice on Friday, Feb. 23, reached an agreement with the Jackson County School Board in Florida that paves the way for the district to complete desegregation and achieve full unitary status. The agreement, which was approved by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida on Friday, addresses all remaining issues in the school desegregation case and, when fully implemented, will lead to the closure of that case.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Tyson Poultry Inc. was sentenced in federal court in Springfield, Missouri, to pay a $2 million criminal fine, serve two years of probation, and pay $500,000 to directly remedy harm caused when it violated the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department announced. The charges stemmed from discharges at Tyson’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, a complaint was unsealed charging Bernard Augustine, 21, of Keyes, California, with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS or ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, ...
