News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RYAN SCOTT, age 39, of Kenner, has pleaded guilty to federal arson and weapon violations.
By State Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks at a full committee markup of four measures...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Stanley Reginald Barron, 37, of Cornelius, N.C. and his co-conspirator, Kimberlie L. Flemings, 49, of Mt. Holly, N.C., were indicted on federal charges in connection with a $1 million bank loan scheme, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. A third person, Brian Lyles, 46, formerly of Jersey City, New Jersey, was also charged separately for his role in the conspiracy.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, VA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has certified BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair facility as a Star worksite, the highest level of recognition in the Agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) for workplace safety and health excellence.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The carriage roads in the park are re-opened for winter activities (i.e. skiing, snowshoeing, and walking only) as long as they remain snow covered. The Acadia Winter Trails Association volunteer groomers are unable to groom the carriage roads at this time because carriage road surfaces remain soft and are susceptible to damage from heavy grooming equipment.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 15, 2018 – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an agreement with the government of South Korea that significantly reduces negative impacts on trade should another detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) occur in the United States. The agreement will allow for trade restrictions at the state level instead of the country level during any future HPAI detections.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Vicente Adolfo Solano, 53, a citizen of Honduras residing in Miami, pleaded guilty yesterday to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the launch of the Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center (CRI-TAC) during the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Division Midyear Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment against a former Nashville, Tennessee judge on obstruction and other charges stemming from a scheme in which he abused his official position for personal gain. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging an alleged MS-13 member residing in Arlington, Virginia with conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, and conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by extortion. The indictment ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: The former Technical Manager of the Major Projects division of Siemens Business Services GmbH & Co. OGH (SBS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Siemens AG), pleaded guilty today to conspiring to pay tens of millions of dollars in bribes to Argentine government officials to secure, implement and enforce a $1 billion contract to create national identity cards.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Toyobo Co. Ltd. of Japan and its American subsidiary, Toyobo U.S.A. Inc., f/k/a Toyobo America Inc. (collectively, Toyobo), have agreed to pay $66 million to resolve claims under the False Claims Act that they sold defective Zylon fiber used in bullet proof vests that the United States purchased for ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Vincent Ramos, the chief executive of Canada-based Phantom Secure, and four of his associates were indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges that they knowingly and intentionally participated in a criminal enterprise that facilitated the transnational importation and distribution of narcotics through the sale and service of encrypted communications.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, VA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has certified BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair facility as a Star worksite, the highest level of recognition in the Agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) for workplace safety and health excellence.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: BOSTON, MA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered JetBlue Corporation to reinstate and compensate a flight attendant who was fired for raising safety concerns about a flight. The order requires JetBlue Corporation to clear the affected personnel file and pay $143,783.66 in back pay, compensatory damages, and attorneys’ fees, and post a notice informing all employees of their whistleblower protections.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 15, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
