News from October 2018
By USDA Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
Release: Washington, D.C., Oct. 3, 2018 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in accordance with legislation implementing the results of the Uruguay Round of negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, is informing the public of the international ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-One year ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which Attorney General Sessions has made the centerpiece of the department’s violent crime reduction strategy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a former office manager of a Cameron company was sentenced Monday to 12 months and one day in prison for stealing more than $91,000 from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas man was indicted Wednesday on charges of robbing a bank in Kansas City, Kan., U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A felon who disguised himself by applying dark colored makeup pleaded guilty Tuesday to armed robbery of a casino floor cashier cage at New York-New York Hotel and Casino, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson of the District of Nevada.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 230,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Japan during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement in response to news that the Department of Education will not be publishing a final rule on Borrower Defense or Gainful Employment before Nov. 1, 2018...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The National Park Service (NPS) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to determine the interest of private individuals, housing and lodging developers, and other organizations to enter into a public-private partnership (P3) agreement to construct and operate housing for seasonal employees of Acadia National Park on park land in Bar Harbor, Maine. Responses to the RFI are due by close of business on November 5, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ABELL OUJADDOU pled guilty to participating in a scheme to trade in the stock of the Valspar Corporation (“Valspar") based on material nonpublic information relating to another’s company’s efforts to acquire Valspar. OUJADDOU pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud before U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Southern District U.S. Attorney Bobby L. Christine joined the Department of Justice in announcing more than $70 million in grant funding to bolster school security, educate and train students and faculty, and support law enforcement officers and first responders who arrive on the scene of a school violence incident, including $250,000 for the Richmond County Board of Education.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Robbery Crew Committed At Least 11 Armed Robberies in New York City, Including Stabbing a Victim in the Torso During a Home Invasion Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated that Brandon J. Thompson, age 31, and Quintrell Morris, age 19, both of Columbia, plead guilty in federal court. Thompson plead guilty to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, use/carry/possess/brandish of firearms during and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Colorado Implements A Comprehensive Approach To Fighting Opioid Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: FARGO - A number of concerns have recently been raised about public safety and criminal investigations on the Fort Berthold Reservation. In response to these concerns, Christopher Myers, U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota, and Charles Addington, Director of the Office of Justice Services...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
Release: AUSTIN, Texas - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has intercepted two loaded firearms so far this week at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS). The first was found on Tuesday, Oct. 2, and the second one was detected this morning. Both were discovered in a passenger’s carry-on bag during checkpoint screening.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Today, after a 24-day jury trial, a jury found Aurea Vázquez-Rijos, a.k.a. “Beatriz Vázquez/Aurea Dominicci;" her sister Marcia Vázquez-Rijos and Marcia Vázquez-Rijos’s ex-boyfriend José Ferrer-Sosa, guilty of the murder of Adam Joel Anhang Uster, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez Vélez. Adam Anhang was murdered on Sept. 22, 2005.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - One year ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which Attorney General Sessions has made the centerpiece of the Department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: FARGO - A number of concerns have recently been raised about public safety and criminal investigations on the Fort Berthold Reservation. In response to these concerns, Christopher Myers, U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota, and Charles Addington, Director of the Office of Justice Services...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Garrison Sloan, 44, of Fort Defiance, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 6 years’ imprisonment, to be followed by lifetime probation with sex offender conditions and registration. Sloan had previously pleaded guilty to ten counts of Voyeurism, an Arizona state law assimilated for federal prosecution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Defendant Admits He Traveled with Teen Bowlers, Drugged Them and took Pictures of Sexual Molestation.
