News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: FLAGSTAFF - Last week, Gary Cody Francis, 55, of Chinle, Ariz., was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Stephen M. McNamee to 156 months in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release. Francis had previously pleaded guilty to one count of abusive sexual contact with a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Pecos, NM:- Park Prescriptions Program participant Cari Anderson is kicking off 2018 in style! She is the most recent recipient of the Park Prescriptions Program’s quarterly prize drawing. Anderson, who won a $50 Home Depot gift, is a relative newcomer to the program. She and her canine companion, Falcor, have made a habit of hitting the park trails and are logging three to four miles on a regular basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Matilda Lynn Prince has been convicted by a federal jury of twenty-nine counts of health care fraud for filing fraudulent claims with Medicare and the Georgia Medicaid program for optometry and ophthalmology services that were never provided to patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man who worked as an emergency medical technician and volunteer firefighter today admitted enticing a child to produce sexually explicit images, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Departments of Homeland Security and Justice Release Data for the First Time on Terrorism-Related Activity For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – On Jan. 16, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) released ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2018--Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of two members to serve three-year terms on the Popcorn Board.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a report, revealing that three out of every four, or 402, individuals convicted of international terrorism-related charges in U.S. federal courts between Sept. 11, 2001, and Dec. 31, 2016 were foreign-born. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today filed a notice of appeal in The Regents of the University of California and Janet Napolitano v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Elaine Duke seeking review before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Department also intends later this week to take the rare step of filing a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment, seeking direct review in the Supreme Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Virginia-based home furnishings company, Bassett Mirror Company, has agreed to pay the United States $10.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly making false statements on customs declarations to avoid paying antidumping duties on wooden bedroom furniture imported ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today filed an amicus brief supporting reversal of the D.C. District Court’s decision denying the Archdiocese of Washington’s motion for preliminary injunction against Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions released the following proclamation commemorating Religious Freedom Day: “Thomas Jefferson served as President for two terms, as Vice President, and as Secretary of State, but he did not mention these prestigious titles on his tombstone. Instead, he named three accomplishments he was more proud of: that he had founded the University of Virginia, authored the Declaration of Independence, and authored the Virginia statute of religious freedom.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Jerry Chun Shing Lee, aka Zhen Cheng Li, 53, a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, was arrested last night on charges of unlawful retention of national defense information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: ------------------------------- Update: On March 4, 2019, Senior U.S. District Court Judge Charles Roberts Breyer of the Northern District of California granted the Rule 29 motion and granted an acquittal. Mr. Bogucki was acquitted on all charges.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced its approval of the application under section 18(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act by Huron Community Bank, East Tawas, Michigan, to acquire certain assets and assume certain liabilities of a branch of First Federal of Northern Michigan, Alpena, Michigan.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: VIDALIA, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division will host free compliance assistance seminars for Georgia agricultural employers and farm labor contractors to promote compliance with the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) and the labor provisions of the H-2A temporary worker program.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 16, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 16, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 16, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 16, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Jan. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 16, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Jan. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
