News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On March 8, 2018, Stewart Sachs, age 66, of Reisterstown, Maryland, pleaded guilty to money laundering drug proceeds.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Cultural artifacts that were smuggled out of Belize and recovered by Special Agents of the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) have been successfully repatriated to their country of origin. The artifacts were returned at a recent ceremony when the United States and Belize signed a cultural property agreement, solidifying their collaboration to combat looting and trafficking of cultural objects.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A California man was sentenced today to 64 months in prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that the last defendant in a Shreveport methamphetamine distribution ring was sentenced Thursday to 120 months in prison.
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, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
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: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker announced a federal indictment charging THERESA ERNESTINE LINSMEIER with three counts of wire fraud and five counts of filing false tax returns.LINSMEIER will make her initial appearance in United States District Court on March 15, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated today that three Rutland County residents have pled guilty in three separate cases to violating the federal “crack-house" statute. The convictions arise from the defendants’ conduct in hosting out-of-state heroin dealers in their...
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, sent a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy seeking a subpoena for documents the White House is withholding relating to security clearances.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JESUS MATEHUALA-CABALLERO, a/k/a Francisco Rodriguez, age 40, a resident of Amite, was charged in a two count indictment with fraud and misuse of a social security card and resident alien card, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1546(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: An Iowa State University student was sentenced on Monday, March 5, 2018, to 2 years’ probation with a condition that he spend two consecutive weeks in jail.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: ALLENTOWN, PA - The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Lamm’s Machine Inc., an Allentown machine manufacturing company, for exposing employees to dangerous chemical hazards. The company faces proposed penalties totaling $14,782.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph P. Price, Jr. (619) 546-7642, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph J. Purcell (619) 546-7643.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: VERNAL, Utah - In keeping with the Administration's goal of Making America Safe through Energy Independence, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Vernal Field Office is seeking public comment on the Greater Chapita Wells Natural Gas Infill Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). This announcement initiates a 45-day public comment period.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged six Cincinnati men in a narcotics conspiracy in an indictment unsealed here today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Correction: the information published in the Federal Register is wrong regarding the date of the next Aniakchak National Monument SRC meeting.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: More Than 20 Weapons Recovered to Date in District of Columbia.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Court Judge Carlos E. Mendoza today sentenced Oniel Christopher Russell, a/k/a “O G Russell" (40, Jamaican national), to five years in federal prison for possessing two loaded firearms while being in the United States illegally, and for committing a felony assault on a federal law enforcement officer, causing bodily injury. A federal jury found Russell guilty on Dec. 28, 2017, after a two-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Cambria County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months imprisonment to be followed by three years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: HOHENWALD, TN - The Meriwether Lewis Visitor Information Center on the Natchez Trace Parkway will reopen Sunday, March 25, 2018. Spring hours of operation will be Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 12:00 pm to 4:30 pm, and Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. The visitor information center will be closed Tuesdays and Thursdays. The burial monument, restrooms, campground, and hiking trails are open seven days a week.
