News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: Largest Increase in AUSAs in Decades Allocates 3 Prosecutors to the Eastern District of Washington to Focus on Violent Crime, Civil Enforcement, and Immigration Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: Largest Increase in AUSAs in Decades Allocates Ten Federal Attorneys to the District of Arizona to Focus on Immigration Crime, Violent Crime, and Affirmative Civil Enforcement.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2018
News Release: UPCOMING LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA EVENTS JUNE 5 - 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2018
News Release: (BUFFALO, NY ) - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA New York Division, announced today that Patrick R. McQuade, 29, of North Tonawanda, New York was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of a controlled substance by fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of up to four years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2018
News Release: This afternoon, a 79 year old male was observed floating in the ocean off Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area (Seashore). A bystander brought the male to shore and began resuscitation measures; however, the efforts to revive the man were unsuccessful.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2018
News Release: (FORT WORTH, Texas) - Thomas Cody, of Stephenville, Texas, Chalee Campbell, of Fort Worth, Texas, Jacob Hendricks, aka, Jake Hendricks, of Clifton, Texas, Terry McConathy, of Benbrook, Texas, Rebecca Mullins, of Stephenville, Texas, and Christal Walker, of De Leon, Texas, are in federal custody following...
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce’s (R-CA) bipartisan delegation today concluded its four-country trip to Africa after a visit to Sierra Leone.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2018
News Release: MOOSE, WY-Teton Interagency Dispatch received notification about 8 a.m. this morning, Friday, June 1, that several individuals were injured in a horse incident near the Colter Bay Corral operated by Grand Teton Lodge Company.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2018
News Release: Incident occurred at 8:15 am Saturday, June 2, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2018
News Release: Yosemite National Park identifies the two climbers who fell from the Free Blast route on El Capitan as Jason Wells, age 46, of Boulder, Colorado and Tim Klein, age 42, from Palmdale, California.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2018
News Release: On July 14, 2018, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial is hosting the second “Fiesta en el Parque/Fiesta in the Park" from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Central Time. This free, family event is co-sponsored by the Association of Latino Americans of Southern Indiana (ALASI) and will feature food and music representative of the Latino culture in Southern Indiana and a tour of Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial by Spanish language park rangers.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: One-Year Extension Available to Holders of Many Expiring Contracts through Continuous Signup WASHINGTON, June 1, 2018 – As part of a 33-year effort to protect sensitive lands and improve water quality and wildlife habitat on private lands, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will resume accepting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: A Holcomb, Kansas tax return preparer was sentenced yesterday to 21 months in prison for filing a fraudulent income tax return and aiding and assisting in the preparation of fraudulent tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Stephen R. McAllister for the District of Kansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: A husband and wife pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts of willfully failing to pay their income taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder for the District of Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: A New York man was arrested today and charged in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York with conducting an extensive cyberstalking and threats campaign that targeted a woman he dated for several months in 2013 and 2014. The victim’s name is being withheld to protect her privacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: Vicente Adolfo Solano, 53, a citizen of Honduras residing in Miami, was sentenced to 210 months in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, after planning to detonate an explosive device at a Miami mall. Solano pleaded guilty on March 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury has returned an indictment, which was unsealed today, charging a Winston-Salem resident with conspiring to file false tax returns, aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, and filing a false personal tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew G. T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: GRANT, MI – Michigan roofing and siding contractor American Classic Construction Inc. will pay $310,000 in back overtime wages and liquidated damages to 74 employees following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) in Grand Rapids that found the employer had violated ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA – In an effort to help establish prevailing wage rates, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is conducting a survey of heavy construction projects in Virginia to collect data on wages paid to workers, as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: SEATTLE, WA – Ecos Homecare Inc., owners of three Washington State residential home-care facilities, will pay $213,461 to 26 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found overtime and recordkeeping violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
