News from June 2018
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Hassayampa Field Office invites the public’s comments on an updated Draft Mining and Reclamation Plan of Operations and Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed high-quality pozzolan mine on approximately 88 acres of public lands in Skull Valley, Ariz.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform-the Committee with jurisdiction over federal employees-issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: An independent external audit of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) Environmental Management System (EMS) was conducted the week of June 4-7, 2018. LM successfully passed the audit with no negative findings and will be able to declare conformance with the new International...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: (SAN FRANCISCO) - A federal grand jury indicted Gino Carl von Eckstein yesterday for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse; Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen; Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has issued an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for River Garden Farms water transfer to Zone 7 Water Agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Randolph man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, released the following statement after the Supreme Court issued its ruling in favor of the individual freedom of public sector employees in Janus v. AFSCME today...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Four Americans, Including Ambassador, Were Killed; Three Others Were Seriously Wounded.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Company Admits to Three Different Evasion Schemes, Must Pay $796,000 and Implement Compliance Measures.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 168 months in prison for his leadership role in a massive drug distribution ring responsible for selling millions of dollars’ worth of heroin out of a residential building near a high school in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By State Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, and Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA), Ranking Member on the Subcommittee, introduced a bill on Monday, HR 6207, the Democratic Republic of the Congo Democracy and Accountability Act of 2018, to promote free and fair elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: The Defendants Shipped Drugs To All 50 States And Made More Than $1 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: A grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging Dr. Lesly Pompy, 57, of Monroe, Michigan with unlawful distribution of prescription drugs and health care fraud, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Additional charges were brought today against the owner of a Kansas City, Mo., day care center who, along with the center’s director, was previously indicted by a federal grand jury for a conspiracy to fraudulently receive as much as $556,000 in federal benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALAN D. ZALESKI, 57, of New Britain, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of making a false statement to the U.S. Probation Office and the U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Willie Evans, Gino Banks, and Devonta Jimmerson, all of Jackson, were sentenced yesterday before United States Chief District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III for the robbery of a local Jackson convenience store and illegal discharge of a firearm during said robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Christopher Freeze, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced FourWinds Logistics, Inc. (FourWinds) consultant Gary Cain to 68 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge D. Richard Goss, San Antonio Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN J. PALIE, JR., 62, of Tiverton, Rhode Island, and JOHN J. PALIE III, 42, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, waived their right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to fraud offenses stemming from their having sold titanium to a Connecticut defense subcontractor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Tuesday, after a four-day trial, a federal jury found Robert S. Turchin, 68, of Salinas, guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit bribery and identity fraud and three counts of identity fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAVID BERGSTEIN, a film producer and entrepreneur, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 8 years in prison for defrauding investors of more than $26 million. BERGSTEIN was found guilty on March 1, 2018 following a four-week jury trial before U.S. District Court Judge P. Kevin Castel, who imposed today’s sentence.
