News from October 2018
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: First responders around the globe share a common mission to ensure the safety and security of the people they serve, as they often respond to complex and evolving natural and manmade disasters. To respond more effectively, safely and efficiently to both small and large-scale emergencies, the world’s first responders share a common need for technologically advanced tools and equipment that are also affordable.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Arrest Made in Child Pornography Case.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A 64-percent reduction in active burrows - or homes - for burrowing owls, a candidate for listing as a threatened or endangered species in Washington state, occurred between 2013 and 2017 on the Hanford Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of the McKeesport and Munhall areas of Allegheny County, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to five years in prison and six years of supervision on his conviction of distributing drugs that caused a woman’s death, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging LUIS SEMIDAY, a/k/a “PopOff," RICHARD JIMENEZ, a/k/a “Showtime," KEVIN CRUZ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Maria Chapa Lopez announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Robert Mosakowski will lead the efforts of her Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election. AUSA Mosakowski...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Queens, N.Y. Soundless Landscapes, a solo show of recent work by Michael Bergé;s, at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Please come to see the show and greet the artist.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: A federal jury found two home health owners and two employees guilty today for their roles in a scheme to bill Medicare and Medicaid for over $3.7 million in charges when the owners had previously been excluded from participating in federal health care benefit programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorneys Mike Hurst of the Southern District of Mississippi and William C. Lamar of the Northern District of Mississippi announced today that they have appointed District Election Officers (“DEO") in their respective Districts to be responsible for overseeing the handling of complaints of election fraud and voting rights abuses in Mississippi in consultation with U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Boulder City, Nev. - With national Domestic Violence Awareness Month coming to an end, the iconic Hoover Dam was lit purple Monday night in honor of efforts in Nevada and across the country to raise awareness about these crimes.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO - Arrow Plumbing LLC has admitted to willfully violating the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety standards by failing to require and enforce the use of trench boxes or other trench protection techniques at a home construction site in Belton, Missouri. An employee suffered fatal injuries when an unprotected trench collapsed on him as he worked.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: An El Salvadoran man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported was sentenced today to more than three months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - The licensed captain who was at the helm of a 60-foot luxury yacht when it collided with a 23-foot powerboat in waters off the coast of Westerly, R.I., on Sept. 22, 2015, that resulted in the death of the operator of the powerboat pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to a charge seaman’s manslaughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Douglas Jason Way, aka Jason Way, 45, of Evanston, Illinois, was sentenced Monday to eleven years in prison following his conviction by a jury on five felony drug charges and two fraudulent misbranded drug charges, announced United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott; Special Agent in...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Dave Bardzik, 56, of Ossipee, pleaded guilty in federal court to making false statement in violation of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Richard P. Donoghue and Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorneys for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, respectively, announced today that special telephone numbers have been set up to receive complaints of possible violations of federal election laws relating to the upcoming general elections in New York City and other counties in their districts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former CEO of Mariner’s Bank and an accomplice both were charged today for their roles in a scheme to obtain nominee loans from Mariner’s Bank, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: EM Assistant Secretary Anne White visited some of the United Kingdom's nuclear facilities last week as part of a DOE delegation. Following is her report on the trip.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Defendant Had Been In Prison for Participation in Narcotics Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Madison, Wis. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Russell Broga, 51, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Madison to tax evasion for tax year 2013. This charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson scheduled sentencing for Dec. 19, 2018, at 11:00 a.m.
