News from March 2018
By DOL Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: ASHLAND, OH ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Liqui-Box Corp., an Ashland plastic bag manufacturer, for serious and repeated violations of machine safety procedures. The company faces proposed penalties totaling $155,208.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: FBI Media Update: Man Robs Albuquerque Uptown Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE GREGORY CHARON, also known as “Yoshi," 32, of Danbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing heroin. Judge Shea also ordered CHARON to serve the first six months of his supervised release in home confinement.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Marlborough business owner and chief financial officer pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester in connection with a scheme to commit bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Totowa, New Jersey, man will appear in federal court today to face weapons charges after allegedly trying to get a firearm through security at Newark Liberty International Airport, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the decision to withdraw the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) final rule published on Jan. 19, 2017. The rule would have increased federal regulation of livestock and poultry for certified organic producers and handlers. The withdrawal becomes effective May 13, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Former Spring Hill Police Officer Christopher Patrick Odom, 27, of Spring Hill, Tennessee, was sentenced on Friday in U.S. District Court to 12 months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for deprivation of rights under color of law, announced Don Cochran, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Cody J. Cyson, of Minnetonka, Minnesota and Thomas L. Brown of East Hardwick, Vermont, each entered guilty pleas today in US District Court at the Yellowstone Justice Center in Mammoth, Wyoming, to the charges of entering a closed area in Yellowstone National Park and interference with an agency function.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two individuals who operate a Newark grocery store were charged today with fraudulently exchanging over $885,000 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for cash, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - An accountant from Georgia has been ordered to federal prison after admitting he committed wire fraud and stole more than $3 million from his former employer and client, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Daniel Nathan West, 52, of Duluth, Georgia, pleaded guilty Sept. 15, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: This summer, Joshua Tree National Park will sponsor a 9-week, Youth Conservation Corps program. Youths between the ages of 15 and 18 are encouraged to apply. To be eligible, applicants may not reach their 19th birthday during the program. Selected applicants will start work on June 18, 2018 and continue...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A federal jury sitting in Brownsville has convicted a 35-year-old man for conspiracy and methamphetamine smuggling, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. The jury deliberated for less than three hours following a six-day trial before convicting Jesus Yzaguirre Jr., of Brownsville, on all four counts as charged.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Mitchell Zong, 45, a former Anchorage resident, has been charged in federal court with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: On March 8, 2018, Johnathan D. Long, 41, of Johnston City was sentenced to federal prison for methamphetamine and firearm offenses, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles man who admitted he illegally manufactured and sold firearms - specifically short-barreled AR-15-style assault rifles and silencers - was sentenced this afternoon to 46 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former settlement agent from Wyckoff, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for defrauding banks out of $1.1 million using phony loan applications for properties in Bergen and Morris Counties, New Jersey, and for failing to pay over $450,000 in personal income taxes, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: TAOS, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management will be conducting a 1600-acre prescribed burn in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument on Cerro Montoso, located 12 miles northeast of Tres Piedras, New Mexico. The prescribed burn will be conducted for up to 30 days beginning as early as March 19 depending on weather conditions. Smoke may be visible from highways US 285 and US 64.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Romanian national was sentenced today, and another pleaded guilty, in federal court in Boston in connection with an ATM skimming scheme operating throughout Massachusetts and other states including Connecticut, New York and South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: DALLAS, TX-The Dallas FBI Violent Crimes Task Force, Dallas and Garland Police Departments are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a serial bank robber dubbed, the “Navigation Bandit" suspected of five bank robberies-four in Dallas and one in Garland between February 7 and March 12, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro sale event in Buffalo, Texas, on March 23-24. The event, at the Leon County Expo Center, will feature 50 wild horses and burros. The event will take place from noon - 6 p.m. on Friday, March 23, and 8 a.m. - noon on Saturday, March 24. Animals will be eligible for direct purchase to a good home. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
