News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - James Cunningham, 61, of Laconia, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court to four counts of distributing methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative and HOPE Initiative, Which Seeks to Reduce Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2018
News Release: (WESTON, Fla.) - A federal jury today found Jeremy (43, of Bethlehem, PA) guilty of conspiracy to distribute and distribution of controlled substance analogues. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years up to life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 13, 2018.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 25, 2018
News Release: Funding Supports Schools, Libraries, Municipal Centers, First Responder Vehicles and Equipment, Other Community Needs WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2018 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that USDA invested in nearly 400 projects to provide essential services for more than 7 million people in rural areas across the country in Fiscal Year 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2018
News Release: A Lemon Grove, California resident, and a Harrodsburg, Kentucky resident were convicted today of multiple child exploitation crimes, including conspiracy offenses, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania after a seven-day jury trial, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2018
News Release: The former owner and president of a Glassboro, New Jersey, drum reconditioning company was indicted today for allegedly illegally storing and disposing of hazardous waste, U.S Attorney Craig Carpenito and Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2018
News Release: Today, as a follow-up to a memo issued by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in November, the Office of the Associate Attorney General issued a new policy that prohibits the Department of Justice from using its civil enforcement authority to convert agency guidance documents into binding rules. Under the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice today filed a Statement of Interest in Young America’s Foundation and Berkeley College Republicans v. Janet Napolitano. The plaintiffs, Berkeley College Republicans (BCR) and Young America’s Foundation (YAF), allege that the University of California, Berkeley, enforced a double ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2018
News Release: SunCoke Energy Inc., its subsidiary Indiana Harbor Coke Company (IHCC), and Cokenergy have agreed to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations relating to excess emissions of coke oven gases from their coke plant in East Chicago, Indiana, announced the Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2018
News Release: A former Virginia detective with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, who was most recently assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Charlottesville for multiple charges of sexually exploiting minors, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2018
News Release: A Norfolk, Virginia, man pleaded guilty today to operating an odometer fraud scheme involving more than 50 vehicles, the Department of Justice announced. Lawson W. Basnight, 48, pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Virginia to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and odometer tampering. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2018
News Release: A Greenwich, Connecticut, man was sentenced to six months in prison today for failing to report over $28 million in funds he maintained in Swiss bank accounts to the Department of Treasury, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2018
News Release: A Dover, Massachusetts, insurance broker was sentenced today to eight months in prison for filing false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling for the District of Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2018
News Release: New charges were filed yesterday in the prosecution of the northwest Detroit street gang Young and Scantless (YNS). Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Matthew J. Schneider of the Eastern District of Michigan; Special Agent in Charge James Dier of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Detroit Field Division; and Police Chief James E. Craig of Detroit made the announcement.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 25, 2018
News Release: The federal bank regulatory agencies today announced they will give favorable consideration under Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations to institutions that are located outside of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, which were designated as major disaster areas in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, for bank activities that help to revitalize or stabilize these areas.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 25, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: Jeffrey R. Davis Former Vice President of Loans; Putnam County Bank, Hurricane, West Virginia Consent cease and desist order and $25,000 civil money penalty Dated Jan. 24, 2018 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 25, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NY – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Marshall Ingredients LLC for failing to protect employees against amputations and other hazards at its Wolcott facility. The food ingredients manufacturer and distributor faces $300,062 in proposed penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 25, 2018
News Release: GAINESVILLE, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Koch Foods of Gainesville LLC for multiple safety and health violations at its poultry processing plant. The company faces proposed penalties of $208,977.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 25, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 25, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a six page rule on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
