News from March 2018
By Commerce News Now | Mar 8, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Remarks Prepared for Delivery by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Latino Coalition Policy Summit JW Marriott, Washington, D.C. Wednesday, March 7, 2018 Good afternoon. Thank you for that kind introduction, Hector [Barreto]. Hector served as the SBA Administrator when I was the Secretary ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ronald C. Simmons, 76, of Colusa, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two misdemeanor counts: unlawful baiting and unlawful taking of a migratory game bird, in violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. He was immediately sentenced by U.S. Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan and ordered to pay a $7,500 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-The Bureau of Land Management and the Pueblo de Cochiti have announced hours changes for the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument in an effort to better manage the resources of the monument, protect its fragile formations, and ease staffing shortages. Entry into the monument will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the monument closing to visitors at 5 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Earlier this week, federal prosecutors filed a terrorism charge against a Huntsville man who has acknowledged that he bought bomb-building ingredients last year, stated his aspirations to conduct ISIS-inspired attacks on police stations and Redstone Arsenal, and attempted to form a cell to conduct violent acts within the United States.
By State Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14 entitled “Modernizing Export Controls: Protecting Cutting-Edge Technology and U.S. National Security.".
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Gettysburg National Military Park fire managers are preparing for a prescribed fire on two days from late March to late April, weather permitting. The plans call for burning portions of a 215 acre burn unit between Devil’s Den and South Confederate Avenue. Fuel and weather conditions must be within certain parameters and that will determine the exact date for each of the one-day operations.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after CMS Administrator Seema Verma sent a letter to the state of Idaho on their proposed plan to sell health insurance plans that do not comply with federal law...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: BALTIMORE - A former Pennsylvania police officer was sentenced Thursday to one year in prison for mail fraud, following an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Philadelphia with assistance from the FBI’s Baltimore Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to her role in a heroin and cocaine conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS - William M. Totten, 55, of Canal Winchester, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to serve 125 months in prison for leading a drug trafficking organization in central Ohio that distributed more than 20 kilograms of cocaine. Totten and four others were charged following a cooperative investigation by federal, state and local law enforcement in Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Lyle Livesay, of Delray Beach, Florida, has been sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for laundering the proceeds of fraud against banks in Oklahoma and elsewhere, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Jason Arnold pled guilty to bank fraud and money laundering charges related to a scheme to defraud a financial institution and the company he worked for as a controller.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Earlier today, a federal grand jury in Savannah charged Jaquan Shakur Singleton, 23, with perpetrating an armed carjacking near Forsyth Park on Feb. 12, 2018. The indictment alleges that Singleton brandished a nine-millimeter semiautomatic pistol and used force, violence, and intimidation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Defendant Misappropriated Over $1.1 Million in Investor Funds to Buy a Luxury Car, Renovate His Home and Pay for Defense Counsel in a Related Criminal Case.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Jeremy Scott Clark (44, Ponte Vedra) was arrested today and charged by federal criminal complaint with distributing child pornography. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years, in federal prison, and a potential lifetime of supervision. Clark has been detained pending a hearing scheduled for March 13, 2018, in Jacksonville.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that, this morning, Chief United States District Court Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced MICHAEL STANLEY CLARK, age 32, of Denham Springs, Louisiana, to 25 years in federal prison following his conviction for production, distribution, transportation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Kenneth Eric Coe, Jr. a/k/a “Junior," age 23, of Darlington, SC, pled guilty in federal court in Florence, to aiding and abetting Robbery of United States Government Property, a violation of Title 18, United States Code...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Jeremy Scott Clark (44, Ponte Vedra) was arrested today and charged by federal criminal complaint with distributing child pornography. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years, in federal prison, and a potential lifetime of supervision. Clark has been detained pending a hearing scheduled for March 13, 2018, in Jacksonville.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -Three women and one man were arrested Wednesday and charged with mail and wire fraud conspiracy, mail fraud, trafficking in counterfeit goods, introducing misbranded articles into interstate commerce, distribution of a controlled substance, international money laundering, and smuggling.
