News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury today named a Hawthorne man in a 14-count indictment that alleges he intentionally drove his family into the water at the Port of Los Angeles in a scheme to collect proceeds of life insurance policies he had purchased on their lives.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man pleaded guilty today to robbing a local credit union, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler today requesting documents and information about the agency’s decision to roll back policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions to address climate change.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - IVAN MACHADO-SALDIVAR, 34, of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm while subject to a victim protection order, announced Robert J. Troester of the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Porter, IN - Join Dunes Learning Center for a Swedish Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, December 8 from 9:30am-12pm. Celebrate the season with Swedish pancakes and lingonberry jam, as well as traditional pancakes and maple syrup.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor UCOR have completed demolition of the West Column Exchange (COLEX) equipment at the Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12), reducing the threat of mercury releases into the environment, removing a significant structural risk, and clearing the way for future demolitions. Watch this video about the project.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Two Cranston men have been arrested after separate investigations revealed they allegedly communicated with minors in other states via the Internet, attempting to entice them to engage in sexual activity. Their communications allegedly included the transmission of sexually explicit photographs.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK-Following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Andreea Dumitru, a/k/a “Andreea Dumitru Parcalaboiu," an immigration attorney based in Queens, New York, was found guilty Nov. 19 in Manhattan federal court of asylum fraud, making false statements to immigration authorities, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Defendant Was Targeting Another Man in Shooting.
By State Newswire | Nov 20, 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 | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Timothy Byers, Jr., of Charles Town, West Virginia, was indicted today by a federal grand jury for bank robbery, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Washington - On Nov. 14, 2018, Justin Thompson, doing business as Justin Thompson Farms, Hineston, La., waived its right to a hearing, entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and paid a penalty of $1,925 for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Richard Rood was sentenced today to 150 months in prison for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable William H. Alsup, United States District Judge.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories were recently awarded the 2018 Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM’s) Gordon Bell Prize. A team co-led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) was recognized for their paper “Attacking the Opioid Epidemic: Determining ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Champaign man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Rockford before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to two drug trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Defendant was responsible for growing marijuana on twelve acres of federal land.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today expressed serious concerns over proposed rulemaking by the Trump Administration that would weaken the federal government’s standards for emergency preparedness at nursing homes. The letter from Wyden comes just after he released a comprehensive report examining failures in nursing home emergency preparedness regulations that led to deaths and significant hardship during 2017 hurricanes.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Venezuelan billionaire, who owns the Globovision news network, was charged in an indictment unsealed Monday for his role in a billion-dollar currency exchange and money laundering scheme. Two others, a former Venezuelan national treasurer and a former owner of the Banco Peravia bank in the Dominican Republic, each pleaded guilty in proceedings unsealed Tuesday for their roles in this scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Husband and Wife schemed to fake husband’s death for $2 million payout.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: The Christmas event scheduled for December 8 will still take place. Although it is raining today, December 7, the weather is forecast to clear in time for tomorrow's festivities. Please join us for an evening of music and holiday activities!.
