News from July 2018
By DOL Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - With health care for millions of people, women’s access to reproductive health care, voting rights, workers’ rights, LGBTQ equality, environmental protections, and more on the line, U.S. Senate Assistant Minority Leader Patty Murray (D-WA) delivers the Weekly Democratic Address calling...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: Today, Mexican authorities extradited Sinaloa Cartel leader Damaso Lopez Nuñez, also known as “El Licenciado," to the United States to face drug trafficking charges filed in the Eastern District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -Mexican authorities today extradited Sinaloa Cartel leader Damaso Lopez Nuñez, also known as “El Licenciado," to the United States to face drug trafficking charges filed in the Eastern District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: The owner, chief executive officer, and former president of a Texas construction company, HERC Solutions, was sentenced to 18 months in prison today for defrauding the U.S. Department of State out of $1.37 million. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: DAPHNE JEAN PEAHRORA, 26, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on July 2, 2018 for assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Peahrora was arrested in Fort Washakie, Wyoming. She received nine months of imprisonment, to be followed by thirty-six months of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $33,350.45 and a $100.00 special assessment. The FBI investigated this case.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Fresh Seasons LLC satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: DAVIN D. THOMAS (“THOMAS"), age 32, of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, was charged July 5, 2018 in a one-count Superseding Bill of Information with soliciting money from students in exchange for awarding students financial aid, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Filmon Tekle was sentenced on Thursday to 21 months in prison for obstructing the administration of the internal revenue laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CRAIG FRANCIS, also known as Horus Durjaya Bey, 45, of Windsor, Connecticut, and Clermont, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for filing a false tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A previously convicted felon has been ordered to federal prison for unlawfully possessing three explosive devices and firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick along with Special Agent in Charge Fred Milanowski of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Carl Eugene Fleming, 55, pleaded guilty March 16, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The owner and operator of numerous beauty product websites pleaded guilty today to selling $2.3 million in non-FDA approved and misbranded drugs and medical devices, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge William P. Conway of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Criminal Investigations’ Chicago Field Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: Due to the continued extreme fire danger, extended weather forecast and current level of fire activity in the State of Colorado, park officials have announced a ban on all fires within Rocky Mountain National Park. This ban is effective beginning today, Friday, July 6, and will remain in effect until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: North American Power Group Ltd and its Owner Agree to Pay $14.4 Million to Resolve Alleged False Claims for Department of Energy Cooperative Agreement Funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: Johnny Clyde Benjamin, Jr., M.D., 52, an orthopedic surgeon practicing in Vero Beach, Florida, was sentenced to life in prison today, after having been convicted at trial of participating in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute Furanyl Fentanyl which resulted in death, aiding and abetting ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: FARMINGTON, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced it will hold a meeting of the Farmington District Resource Advisory Council, demonstrating that partnerships and inclusion are vital to managing sustainable, working public lands. The public is welcome to attend the meeting and field trip...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Lafayette man pleaded guilty Thursday to making threatening communications to the Lafayette office of U.S. Representative Clay Higgins.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: TONOPAH, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management expects to begin a bait and water trap gather on or about July 10. Corrals will be placed in areas within the Bullfrog herd management area (HMA) located in central Nevada. The BLM plans to gather and remove approximately 300 wild burros.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY-- Women’s Rights National Historical Park (NHP) is pleased to announce Convention Days 2018. In 2018, we are exploring the power of words to commemorate the 225th birthday of the reformer, orator, and preacher, Lucretia Mott; the bicentennial of Frederick Douglass; and the 170th anniversary...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: Senior Sinaloa Cartel Leader Extradited to the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2018
News Release: Today, Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue members began before sunrise and focused their search efforts on the summit of Mount Meeker (13,911 feet) and ridge lines extending off of Mount Meeker above treeline. Northern Colorado Helitack assisted with aerial search efforts for most of the day, until weather hampered aerial operations. No clues were discovered pertaining to Perri’s disappearance.
