News from February 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on National Security, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: This month, two seminal documents in American history-the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment to the Constitution-went on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC).
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Rock climbing routes on cliffs used by nesting Peregrine Falcons in Zion National Park will be temporarily closed, beginning March 1, 2018. Closures are implemented due to the falcon’s sensitivity to disturbance during the nesting season. If disturbed, the nesting pair may abandon their...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Update on the Restoration of Puerto Rico’s Electric Infrastructure."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury today convicted a Naperville man on sex trafficking charges for violently forcing women to engage in prostitution between 2007 and 2016.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: Importance of Placards and Lockout/Tagout Procedures
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., woman was indicted by a federal grand jury today for a scheme to file fraudulent tax returns in order to obtain more than $100,000 in illegal tax refunds.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: Manhattan Project National Historical Park (MAPR) is partnering with the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge (CMOR) and the Girl Scouts of the USA to celebrate 75 years of Girl Scouts in Oak Ridge. Beginning on Saturday, March 10, at 10:00 AM (ET) at CMOR, individual girl scouts and/or troops are welcome...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combating the Opioid Crisis: Helping Communities Balance Enforcement and Patient Safety."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 34-year-old Houston resident has entered a guilty plea to selling a firearm to a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick along with Special Agent in Charge Fred Milanowski of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to two years’ probation on his conviction of willfully violating an OSHA regulation causing the death of an employee, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: OAKLAND - Former Southwest Airlines baggage handler Keith Ramon Mayfield pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland today to entering an airport area in violation of security requirements, conspiracy to distribute marijuana, and conspiracy to launder money, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Washington state resident has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years supervised release, and was ordered to pay approximately $846,819 in restitution on his conviction of embezzlement, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Claudio Fontes Ferreira, 30, of Deerfield Beach, Florida, Rodrigo D. Ferrareze, 37, of Delray Beach, Florida, and Taise Braganca Moscon, 26, of Pompano, Florida, each pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to access device fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Thomas M. Annello, Acting Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DAMIAN BARBARITO ROMERO, age 37, from New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty as charged today before United States District Judge Sarah S. Vance to a one-count Indictment charging him with possession of child pornography involving children under the age of twelve, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252(a)(4)(B).
By EPA Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combating the Opioid Crisis: Helping Communities Balance Enforcement and Patient Safety."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Alexander Archie, Jr., 41, of Gulfport, pled guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Sul Ozerden to possession with intent to distribute heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. yesterday sentenced Joshua Alan Dunlap (38, South Carolina) to 20 years in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity and traveling to engage in sexual conduct with a minor. The court also ordered him to forfeit an iPhone, which had been used in furtherance of the commission of the offense.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
Release: ROANOKE, Va. - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun to implement new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at airports across the country with the procedures now in place at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: New York Attorney Charged with Tax Fraud.
