News from April 2019
By USDA Wire | Apr 9, 2019
The US Agriculture Department published a two page proposed rule on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 9, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 9, 2019
The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 9, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kedric Pearson, of Waynesboro, Mississippi, and Taylor Espinoza, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, have admitted to their involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - MARK DOUGLAS, age 71, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged in a one-count bill of information for embezzlement of union funds, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - In observance of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 7 to 13, 2019, U.S. Attorney David. C. Joseph was the guest speaker on Monday at the annual proclamation ceremony in Shreveport, hosted by the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office, which was at the Shreveport-Caddo Government Plaza on Travis Street.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The lead defendant in a federal hate crimes indictment has pleaded guilty to five charges and admitted he organized a group of street gang members who firebombed African-American residences inside the Ramona Gardens Housing Development in Boyle Heights “in order to force the African-American victims to move from the [development]."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Former Dallas City Councilman Larry Duncan was sentenced this morning on charges stemming from the public corruption investigation into Dallas County Schools (DCS), announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Victor Gates, 72 of Philadelphia, PA, a retired 30-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department, was sentenced today to serve 40 months in prison, followed by two years’ supervised release, and to pay a $15,000 fine. Gates was also...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Tuesday introduced two explosive detection canines who will be working in the security checkpoint queue at Sacramento International Airport (SMF). The canines will work with handlers from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department (SCSD) during key times to supplement existing passengers screening operations.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - A short film about the Nobels Emigrant Trail, an important route for 19th century pioneers, is now available for public viewing, thanks to a partnership involving the Bureau of Land Management and California State University, Chico.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Glacier National Park Superintendent Jeff Mow has selected Pete Webster to be the park’s new deputy superintendent.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Eugene Jonathan James, age 21, of Orangeburg, South Carolina, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. today sentenced Brian Burt, a/k/a “Sledge," (47, Port Orange) to 11 years in federal prison for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Dear Ambassador Lighthizer:. As my colleagues and I review the terms of the new agreement to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), I can’t help but recall when NAFTA was presented to Congress a quarter century ago. This time needs to be different. In 1993, the Ways and Means Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -A former resident of McKees Rocks, PA, has pleaded guilty to possessing with the intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARIO RECINOS, 27, a citizen of Guatemala last residing in Central Falls, R.I., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 42 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised, release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Timothy J. Smith, 42, of Mobile, Alabama, was arraigned today in the U.S. District Court in Pensacola after a federal grand jury returned an indictment, unsealed today, charging him with computer fraud, theft of trade secrets, and interstate threatening communications. Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man and a Philadelphia man today admitted their respective roles in conspiring to distribute oxycodone, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
