News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brittany Brown, of Stonewood, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Clarksburg, West Virginia man has admitted today to illegally purchasing a firearm, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2018
Release: LINTHICUM, Md. - Two more handguns were stopped by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport the past few days, bringing the number of guns caught during the first month of the young year to three.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2018
News Release: A former Major at Louisiana State Penitentiary (LSP) in Angola, Louisiana, was found guilty yesterday in federal court for conspiring to cover up the beating of a handcuffed and shackled inmate, and for writing a false report, falsifying official records, and lying under oath about what happened. After ...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2018
News Release: Big Thicket National Preserve is pleased to share a new trail experience and interpretive guide with visitors to the Kirby Nature Trail. Park staff recently completed the installation of new signage and launched a new trail guide highlighting many key features of the dynamic natural environment found...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen released the following statement on the White House Framework on Immigration Reform and Border Security : "The Department of Homeland Security ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – This week, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen traveled to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum. Secretary Nielsen met with international partners and industry leaders to discuss the importance of public-private partnerships in advancing a global security agenda.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2018 - The United States Department of Agriculture announced the selection of 30 university students who will attend USDA’s 2018 Agricultural Outlook Forum (AOF), as winners of the USDA Student Diversity Program. These undergraduate and graduate students will receive a weeklong trip to Washington, D.C., capped off by their attendance at the AOF, the USDA’s largest annual meeting, held Feb. 22-23 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Va.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: BNP Paribas USA Inc. (BNPP USA), a subsidiary of BNP Paribas S.A., pleaded guilty yesterday to participating in a price-fixing conspiracy in the foreign currency exchange (FX) market, the Justice Department announced. According to the one-count information filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: Former Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper James Carson pleaded guilty in federal court to violating an individual’s civil rights by using excessive force, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division John Gore, United States Attorney for the District of Kansas Stephen R. McAllister, and Special Agent in Charge for the Kansas City Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Darrin E. Jones.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: The former County Executive for Jackson County, Missouri and his former chief of staff pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud political campaign funds, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: A South Dakota man pleaded guilty today in connection with a scheme to defraud consumers by selling light-emitting devices known as the “QLaser System” as a treatment for more than 200 different diseases and disorders, the Department of Justice announced today. Today’s guilty plea capped a three-year effort by the Justice Department and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service to stop distribution of the fraudulent devices to consumers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: Five of six alleged members of an international criminal conspiracy were arrested and appeared before the Court in Dallas, Texas on charges related to their alleged roles in an international fraud scheme that has used counterfeit driver’s licenses and counterfeit money orders to obtain monies from victim bank accounts around the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: A former Hadley, Massachusetts, Police Officer was arrested today and charged in federal court in Springfield in connection with using unreasonable force during an arrest.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA – The U.S. Department of Labor has reached an agreement with the owner of 10 Orange County residential care facilities to pay 72 employees a total of $173,539 for unpaid overtime.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 26, 2018
News Release: DENVER, CO – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited four employers – Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Energes Services LLC, Dominguez Welding LLC, and Unlimited Services LLC – for exposing employees to health and safety hazards at an oil and gas tank ...
By DOT News Wire | Jan 26, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 26, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jan 26, 2018
The US State Department published a one page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 26, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
