News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Faces Up to Life in Prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
Release: PEORIA, Ill. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has implemented stronger carry-on baggage security screening procedures that travelers can expect to see when departing General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, the New York City Fire Department Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro and Ashan M. Benedict, Special Agent-in-Charge with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, New York Field Division, announced today that a 29-year-old Queens man has been charged with arson and other crimes for allegedly setting nine separate fires to vehicles in his South Ozone Park neighborhood between December 2017, and February 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: U. S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JARVIS HARDY, age 28, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged in a nine-count superseding indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for 1) conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack") (Count One); 2) four counts of distribution of...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Raul Cotto-Rivera, age 40, of York, Pennsylvania, was convicted yesterday of various drug trafficking offenses after a three-day jury trial held before U.S. District Court Judge Yvette Kane.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Raul Cotto-Rivera, age 40, of York, Pennsylvania, was convicted yesterday of various drug trafficking offenses after a three-day jury trial held before U.S. District Court Judge Yvette Kane.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
Release: PORTLAND,Ore. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding several Fast Track hiring events early next week to recruit full- and part-time Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at Portland International Airport (PDX).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. -The owner and operator of a stock trading operation today admitted participating in a multi-year insider trading scheme that made over $3 million in illicit profits by exploiting material information in violation of confidentiality agreements, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Court Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Ronnie Rolland Montgomery (28, Orlando) to seven years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He pleaded guilty to the offense on September 6 2017. Five others were previously charged in this conspiracy, have pleaded guilty, and are awaiting sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The FBI on Thursday arrested a Florida man on securities and mail fraud charges related to a multi-million dollar scheme involving highly speculative, low-priced penny stocks, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DOMINICK PACIFICO, 34, of Stony Point, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 7, 2018, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a three-count indictment against three defendants charged with conspiracy to possess a controlled substance on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: THOMAS BROUSSARD (“BROUSSARD"), age 68, of Houma, Louisiana, was indicted today for receipt of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Spring is around the corner. Though the weather becomes warmer, occasional snowfall can still occur. “While planning your trip, check the weather and don’t forget the daylight-saving time change and spring ahead one hour on March 11," says park ranger Shauna Cotrell.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Martin Shkreli was sentenced by United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto of the Eastern District of New York to seven years’ imprisonment for committing securities fraud and securities fraud conspiracy, to be followed by three years’ supervised release.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS, MT - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a citation to Resource, Support & Development Inc., a Billings, Montana, nonprofit that provides support to adults with special needs, after investigators found the company failed to provide a safe workplace for its employees. Resource, Support & Development Inc. faces $11,641 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched a regional campaign to raise awareness about the four leading safety hazards in the construction industry. The “Focus Four Hazards" campaign will serve employers and employees in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: FBI Statement on 11th Anniversary of the Disappearance of Robert A. Levinson.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Everyone is invited to participate in free guided hikes, Coffee Talks and ‘Ike Hana No‘eau Hawaiian cultural programs in the Kahuku Unit of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, from April through June 2018. Visitors can also explore Kahuku on their own on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., including Easter Sunday, April 1.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, sent letters requesting...
