News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A United States Postal Service employee and his half-brother were arraigned this morning after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of participating in a conspiracy that caused nearly a quarter million dollars in losses in two armed robberies and the burglary of USPS trucks carrying cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jason Glen Willis, age 32, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2); and to Possessing...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting they conduct a retrospective review of Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) mergers, and how these mergers have affected prices for consumers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2018
News Release: Distribution of Heroin Causes Serious Injury and Death.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2018
News Release: PRICE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Price Field Office was alerted on July 26, 2018 to a potential trespass horse along the Buckhorn Draw Road. The suspect horse was first spotted near the Limestone Benches within the North Sinbad grazing Allotment on July 25th as being a grey gelding with no other identifiable markings.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 27, 2018
News Release: NOTE: These reforms are modest because more changes would require legislation from Congress. Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming is passing around a draft bill that would require recovery plans for species and allow states more opportunity to lead conservation efforts. That Democrats would block these changes tells you that their priority isn't conservation. It's political control from Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2018
News Release: Kansas City Area Laboratory Owner Convicted of Illegally Storing Hazardous Waste.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $770.8 million in airport infrastructure grants, as part of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2018
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Jimmy Kit Fields, 37, of Olton, Texas, appeared today in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge D. Gordon Bryant, Jr., and pleaded guilty to enticement of a minor, announced Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Yonkers, New York, man was convicted by a federal jury of possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2018
News Release: Marla Daily, President of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation, will share images and stories of the history of Anacapa Island from her new book, Images of America: Anacapa Island, during a special lecture on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2018
News Release: Alleged to have had a sexual relationship with a 17 year old female under his supervision.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2018
News Release: SAN DIEGO - A 62-year-old Mexican woman in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) died Wednesday night at the Alvarado Hospital in La Mesa, California. An autopsy is pending to determine the official cause of death.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. -- In keeping with the Administration’s goal of strengthening America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management will offer 144 parcels in Eureka, White Pine, Nye, Lincoln and Elko Counties totaling approximately 295,174.30 acres in the Ely and Elko District’s at its September quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The BLM will hold the lease sale online via www.energynet.com.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A dual citizen of Iran and Canada pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to international money laundering.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: “Horse Power" Makes a Difference at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on July 24, 2018, United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced William Waring and Tanay Jones, both of Bronx, New York, for conspiring to distribute heroin, crack cocaine, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Kerby Rigaud, who participated in an international business email compromise scheme, has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: A Coral Springs, Florida, tire retailer was sentenced today in the Southern District of Florida for conspiracy to defraud the Government, announced U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
