News from May 2018
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) is embarking on an enhanced training program to ensure the next generation of nuclear workers is equipped to safely carry on the liquid waste mission.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Persistent drought and dry weather conditions have resulted in extremely dry vegetation throughout the park. Because of the critical fire danger, the following fire restriction take effect on Sunday, May 27, 2018: No open fires are permitted throughout Mesa Verde National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) of the House Committee on the Judiciary, delivered the following remarks on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 5682, the “FIRST STEP Act."
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Mexican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A member of the Insane Crips gang in Wichita was indicted today on federal drug and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Memorial Day Weekend; a time to honor those who have fallen serving our country, and the unofficial start of summer. It is Zion National Park’s busiest weekend. Last year over 75,000 people visited the Park, with Sunday being the busiest day with 31,000 visitors. While the Park is extending...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: First Arrested on May 17, 2018 on 12-Pound Cocaine Seizure and Second Arrested on May 19, 2018 on 21-Pound Cocaine Seizure.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Colombian national pleaded guilty today to his involvement in trafficking 490 kilograms of cocaine bound for the United States from Colombia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the guilty plea of PISANU SUKHTIPYAROGE, a/k/a “Pat," 71, owner of the Royal Orchid Restaurant, to one count of visa fraud and one count of alien harboring. SUKHTIPYAROGE entered his guilty plea earlier today before Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright in United States District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Veterinarians and animal health scientists keep domestic animals healthy and look for ways to combat and contain contagious diseases that can not only cause extensive damage to livestock and affect the food supply, but also can infect people (about 60 percent of human diseases come from animals). When...
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Savannah River Site (SRS) recently hosted the Energy Technology and Environmental Business Association (ETEBA) for the Federal Business Opportunities Forum at the University of South Carolina Aiken’s Convocation Center.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office reached a $50,000 civil settlement today with Nantucket Cottage Hospital (NCH) in connection with the improper recordkeeping of Schedule II controlled substances by its pharmacy and the failure to maintain effective controls against diversion.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Teams from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Boston, the U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) partnered to engage in a large-scale, Maritime Active Shooter Exercise May 21, led by the Massachusetts State Police that took place midstream on vessels sailing through Boston Harbor in Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: A federal court in Florida entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against two individuals and one corporation preventing them from operating an alleged mail-fraud scheme, the Department of Justice, including the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the South District of Florida, announced today.
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Committee’s hearing on addressing shortages in the country’s health care workforce.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Soldier Creek, South Dakota, man convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor was sentenced on May 22, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - DEA Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman, along with the Tempe Police Department and Arizona Attorney General’s Office, announced the recent takedown of a local methamphetamine trafficking ring. Five people were indicted for their alleged involvement in a drug trafficking organization that operated in Tempe, Tolleson, Avondale, and West Phoenix.
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: NAPLES, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Douglas N. Higgins Inc., a South Florida utility company, after an employee suffered fatal injuries at a Naples Park worksite. The company faces $162,596 in proposed penalties, the maximum allowed.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Michael Pon was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and related charges announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Special Agent in Charge, San Francisco Field Division, Chris Nielsen. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Vince Chhabria, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A California-licensed securities attorney was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Boston in connection with his role in schemes to manipulate the stock of two publicly traded microcap companies, Greenway Technology and Crown Marketing.
