News from July 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: The drug overdose epidemic currently gripping the nation is so tenacious in part because it’s being driven by fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that comes in many forms. Each form has a slightly different chemical structure, and clandestine chemists are constantly cooking up new ones. From a law-enforcement perspective, this makes fentanyl a moving target and very difficult to control.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Matthew McCollum, age 34, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, pled guilty on July 2, 2018, before Senior United States District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo for drug distribution resulting in death.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: For Possessing Heroin With Intent to Deliver.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: Two South Dakota Prosecutions Part of Largest Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action in Department of Justice History.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- Miguel G. Ortiz-Vélez, a.k.a. “Papín", mayor of the municipality of Sabana Grande has been indicted and arrested for his participation in a conspiracy to steal federal funds involving fraudulently obtained contracts from the PR Department of Education (PR DOE), announced U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: Credit Suisse’s Investment Bank in Hong Kong Agrees to Pay $47 Million Criminal Penalty for Corrupt Hiring Scheme that Violated the FCPA.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: The Leave No Trace for Outdoor Ethics Center (The Center) and its Leave No Trace Traveling Trainers team are partnering with Lassen Volcanic National Park to hold a week of training, education events, and service work from July 23 to 30, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, TN-As part of the FBI’s commitment to attract highly skilled and diverse talent, the Knoxville Field Office is hosting a Diversity Agent Recruitment (DAR) Event on Aug. 16, 2018. The DAR event is part of a nationwide initiative aimed at reaching applicants with a variety of backgrounds to more fully diversify the FBI. The event is invitation-only and interested parties must apply through the FBI website to be considered.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is temporarily closing public lands and recreation sites in the Cache Creek area due to dangers imposed by the County Fire, burning near Lake Berryessa in Napa and Yolo counties. The County Fire has burned more than 80,000 acres and has high potential for growth.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has opened a 15-day public scoping period for nominated oil and gas lease parcels located in Montana and western North Dakota. The scoping period runs through July 20, 2018, and is intended to solicit public input on nominated lease parcels, including the preliminary recommendations and stipulations.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: GENOA, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Cleary Pallet Sales Inc., a Genoa, Illinois-based pallet manufacturer, after 10 employees required emergency medical treatment for carbon monoxide exposure. The company faces proposed penalties totaling $216,253.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that, on June 27, 2018, a grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging JOHNATHEN LOPEZ, 28, of Waterbury, with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. LOPEZ was arrested on July 2, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that a Federal Grand Jury in Columbia, South Carolina, returned an Indictment against the following.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Through their combined investigative efforts, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Arson and Explosives Task Force, along with investigators from the Philadelphia Police Department, the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, and the District Attorney’s Office of Delaware County, were successful in interdicting numerous Illegal Explosive Devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A man currently on both state parole and federal supervised release has been charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances for selling more than one pound of methamphetamine, as well as cocaine.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: Dear Colleagues: As you know all too well, the Trump-Pence Administration is dedicated to undermining women’s access to basic health care services and rolling back women’s reproductive rights. From efforts to restrict coverage for contraception to efforts to dictate the conversations between women and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jeremiah R. Dodrill, of Spelter, West Virginia, has admitted to methamphetamine distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Grand Junction Field Office invites the public to review and provide input on the draft Old Spanish Trail Recreation and Development Strategy. The July 10 open house will be from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Museum of the West in Grand Junction, 462 Ute Avenue.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: In the Revolutionary War, armies had a lot more to do than fight. They employed a variety of professional tradesmen and women who worked to provide and repair supplies needed by the troops. Blacksmiths made or fixed ironwork; tailors and seamstress sewed and repaired clothing; Woodworkers built barrels, carriages, and wheels; Tinsmiths made artillery cartridge casings; Armorers repaired muskets; Cordwainers made military accoutrements and shoes for the troops.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Three illegal aliens, who were arrested while being transported in the same human smuggling operation, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. for unlawful return after removal from the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Special Agent in Charge...
