News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Four San Fernando Valley residents - including an alleged career conman already under indictment in a foreclosure-avoidance and bankruptcy fraud scam - were arrested this morning pursuant to a new federal indictment that alleges a $17 million scheme that defrauded - and in some cases stole homes from - distressed homeowners, many of whom were elderly victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Granby man was arrested last night and charged in federal court in Springfield with child exploitation offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On March 6, 2018, a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against Ricky Davis, 44 of Knoxville, Tennessee, for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl analogues resulting in the death of at least one person. Davis appeared in court on March...
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: DALLAS - Yesterday, following a 10-day trial before U.S. Chief District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn, a jury convicted Terry Lynn Anderson, 67, and Rocky Freeland Anderson, 37, of Dallas, on multiple felony counts related to a health care fraud scheme they operated, announced Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Yesterday, following a 10-day trial before U.S. Chief District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn, a jury convicted Terry Lynn Anderson, 67, and Rocky Freeland Anderson, 37, of Dallas, on multiple felony counts related to a health care fraud scheme they operated, announced Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - Louis F. Petrossi, age 77, the founder and president of the Wealth Research Institute, a purported investment research firm, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, on three counts of securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, and wire fraud for his role in a scheme to defraud investors. The four-day trial was held before Chief United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner in Harrisburg.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Moab, UT - The National Park Service (NPS) is currently reviewing comments received on the Traffic Congestion Management Plan (TCMP) Environmental Assessment (EA) for Arches National Park. During the public comment period, November 1-Dec. 18, 2017, the NPS received 421 comments from people across the country and around the world. Forty-six people also attended a public meeting in Moab, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2017.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
Release: FAS’s recent trade mission to Central America’s Northern Triangle is poised to rank as one of the most successful in history, yielding $30 million in projected 12-month export sales for a host of U.S. farm and food products ranging from seafood to fresh produce to flavorings to bulk commodities.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. - On Saturday, March 17, 2018, Everglades National Park will host Junior Ranger Day! This annual event highlights youth in national parks and the Junior Ranger Program which engages kids and families while they visit National Park Service sites.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that yesterday, TYKE’EKE MONTE HINES, 19, of Wilmington, North Carolina, was sentenced in federal court by Chief United States District Judge, James C. Dever, III, to 84 months imprisonment after having been convicted of providing a firearm to a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Bryan Campbell, age 28, and Daymon Cassanova Ottey, age 29, both of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have been arrested and charged in a criminal complaint with conspiring to rob three area banks, armed bank robbery, brandishing a firearm in and during a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
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: PITTSBURGH - Bryan Campbell, age 28, and Daymon Cassanova Ottey, age 29, both of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have been arrested and charged in a criminal complaint with conspiring to rob three area banks, armed bank robbery, brandishing a firearm in and during a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -Three men have been indicted on federal charges stemming from an ongoing investigation into a firearms trafficking ring that acquired firearms in Atlanta, Ga., and transported the weapons into the District of Columbia for resale.
By State Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted being a felon in possession of a weapon - for the second time - as well as a violation of supervised release from his first felon in possession conviction, and agreed to a 144-month sentence, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
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: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On March 8, 2018, Craig, Fine, 48, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was arrested and charged with armed bank robbery and brandishing and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. Fine appeared in U.S District Court on March 9, 2018, before the Honorable H. Bruce Guyton, U.S. Magistrate Judge. He will remain in custody pending a preliminary hearing at 1:30 p.m., on March 22, 2018, in U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Made steroids with raw materials imported from China.
