News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Defendant Was One of Several ISIS-Directed Terrorists Who Conducted Coordinated Attacks on Federal Law Enforcement Officers and Plotted Domestic Terror Attacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina - The United States Attorney’s Office, the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services; SC Works; SC Vocational Rehabilitation; SC Department of Employment and Workforce; SC Department of Social Services; and the US Probation Office are continuing their statewide partnership to help individuals with prior criminal backgrounds secure employment.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Today, the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), held a hearing on “Reviewing the Policies and Priorities of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)."
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: HARRISONBURG, Va. - A Stuarts Draft man pleaded guilty Tuesday to traveling in foreign commerce to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Harrisonburg Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury charged Khalid Swanson, 43, of Cleveland, with being a felon in possession of a firearm, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Latvian National Pleads Guilty to “Scareware" Hacking Scheme That Targeted Minneapolis Star Tribune Website.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Hurricane Harvey started out as a tropical wave from the coast of Africa in early August. After weakening while traveling between Africa and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, Harvey entered the Gulf of Mexico on August 23 and reorganized into a tropical depression. In just 56 hours, Harvey grew into a Category 4 hurricane. On Aug. 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall with winds of 130 mph near Rockport, Texas, and over the ensuing days produced over 50 inches of rain inland.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House voted 396-0 today to pass H.R. 4547, the Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018 - bipartisan legislation to strengthen and improve the representative payee program to better protect vulnerable Social Security beneficiaries who are unable to manage their own funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: An employee of a Coral Springs addiction treatment center pled guilty to his role in obstructing an ongoing healthcare fraud investigation in Federal Court today.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Officials with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) , attending the Singapore Airshow this week, signed a revised Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement that will enhance the two countries long-standing cooperation in airworthiness.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: A resident of Ferndale was sentenced today to 114 months in prison on convictions connected to a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of H.R. 4547, The Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WEST BRANCH, IOWA-Herbert Hoover National Historic Site is hosting a speaker series February 24th, March 3rd and March 17th, all at 2:00 p.m. in the visitor center. A variety of topics will be covered, offering audience members a chance to learn new and fascinating things. All presentations are free and open to the public.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Dear Member Emanuel: We write to follow-up on your Jan. 26, 2018 response to our Dec. 21, 2017 letter regarding your participation in a series of National Labor Relations Board (“the Board") actions, including the vote to remand the Browning Ferris Industries (“BFI") case. These actions include...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Isleta Homicide Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Quincy man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for bank robbery.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) issued the following statements after House Republicans introduced a continuing resolution that includes reforms to improve the Medicare program and extend specific Medicare policies that could cause people to lose access to care unless Congress acts...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Concord, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Thomas William Hickey, 34, of Nashua pled guilty today to failing to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 46 year-old Houston resident has entered a guilty plea to conspiring to steal money from victim bank accounts and conspiring to steal taxpayer money by obtaining fraudulent income tax refunds, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A federal grand jury has indicted a Memphis man with possession of a firearm after being convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the indictment today.
