News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: A North Lauderdale resident was arrested and charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Upcoming Lake Mead National Recreation Area Events Nov 1 - Dec 16.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, nineteen Democratic Representatives and Senators sent a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Elaine Chao, strongly urging her to deny a petition submitted by the American Trucking Associations (ATA) requesting a determination that the State of California’s meal and rest break rules are preempted by Federal law.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Racehorse training-center operator Evangeline Enterprises LLC of Carencro, Louisiana, has agreed to pay $300,000 in civil penalties and to make changes in its handling of polluted wastewater at its Louisiana facility to settle Clean Water Act claims filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), the Department of Justice and EPA announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Dorion D. McMullen, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Dennis D. Chapman, also of Cleveland, have admitted to drug distribution charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - A Bluefield man who was arrested after a drug and gun investigation earlier this year pled guilty today to two federal charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Tyquon Freeman, 21, entered guilty pleas to possession with intent to distribute less than 50 kilograms of marijuana...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - Two Rockford men have been charged by a federal grand jury with firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Two Springfield Police Officers - one current and one former - were arrested today and charged in federal court in Springfield, Mass., in connection with using unreasonable force against two Latino juveniles during an arrest in 2016. One of the officers is also charged with threatening two juveniles during an interrogation and falsifying subsequent reports regarding the incident.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A businessman was charged in a superseding indictment filed yesterday in federal court in Boston for conspiring to bribe senior officials of the Republic of Haiti, and to launder funds for that purpose, in connection with a planned $84 million port development project in that country.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) released the following statement at the conclusion of the Washington Anti-Doping Summit at the White House.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Brian Ray Dunlap (age 66, St. Augustine) has been arrested and charged by a federal criminal complaint with using the internet to attempt to entice a child to engage in sexual activity. Dunlap faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison. He is currently detained pending a detention hearing.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: CLEVELAND, OH - A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Ohio has indicted two managers at Extrudex Aluminum Inc. in Ohio for conspiracy to obstruct justice during a 2012 workplace fatality investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: MACON: United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Charles E. Peeler, announced Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018 that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Todd P. Swanson will lead office efforts in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today that Senior Trial Counsel Allen B.K. Urgent will lead the office’s efforts in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the Nov. 6, 2018, general election.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former procurement officer of Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), pleaded guilty Wednesday for his role in an international money laundering scheme involving bribes paid by the owners of U.S.-based companies to Venezuelan government officials in exchange for securing additional business with PDVSA.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald and Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Minneapolis Division Jill Sanborn will convene a community meeting in response to the tragic shooting that took place this past week at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Leaders of the interfaith community...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Crater Lake National Park will conduct a prescribed pile burning along North Entrance Road and Highway 62 West in the coming days. Fire crews will ignite the piles when conditions such as weather, fuel moisture, and smoke dispersal are favorable.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) released the following statement at the conclusion of the Washington Anti-Doping Summit at the White House.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal jury has returned a verdict convicting Juan Sampel, 48, and Jose Gonzalez, 40, both of Rochester, NY, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. Because of their prior drug felony convictions, Juan Sampel faces a mandatory life sentence, and Jose Gonzalez faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years, and a maximum penalty of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Annette L. Hayes announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Arlen Storm will lead the Office’s work in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election. AUSA Storm is the District Election Officer...
