News from April 2019
By DOL Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is joining with occupational safety organizations for the 6th annual National Fall Prevention Safety Stand-Down, May 6-10, 2019. The week-long event will focus attention on preventing falls in construction, the leading cause of fatalities in the industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on April 22, 2019, Yosvany Padilla-Conde, of Milwaukee, pled guilty to aiding and abetting Jason Luedke’s attempt to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization - i.e., the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: AUGUSTA, Ga: Four members of a Texas family have been charged in a scheme to fraudulently obtain multiple Masters Golf Tournament tickets.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: A Wisconsin woman pleaded guilty today to a national-security crime related to her support of a foreign terrorist organization, announced United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio this morning, Senior U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra sentenced 57-year-old Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Darryle Robert Bankhead to 33 months in federal prison and ordered him to pay $117,779.45 restitution for stealing government equipment, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Pedro Pineda-Acosta, 38, a citizen of Mexico who was living in Madison, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 21 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States. Pineda-Acosta pleaded guilty to this charge on Jan. 18, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Stormey Angel Lois-Hite, of Anmoore, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - An Ottawa man was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison for driving to Missouri to meet what he believed was a mother who was willing to sell her 10-year-old daughter for sex, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, he was ordered to pay $5,000 to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
Release: CHARLESTON, W.V. - Do you have a gold star on your driver’s license?
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Field Office and Friends of Cow Mountain are inviting volunteers to come help repair fire-damaged recreation facilities and trails in the South Cow Mountain OHV Management Area on Saturday and Sunday, April 27-28, from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. each day. The OHV area has been closed since July 2018, being heavily damaged by the Mendocino Complex fires.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - A total of nineteen individuals have been indicted in two separate indictments for conspiracy to distribute Methamphetamine, Cocaine and Marijuana in the Western District of Tennessee. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the indictments today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Lori Christine Woodson, 62, of Lawton, pleaded guilty today to one count of bank fraud and one count of wire fraud, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that William Richard Hilliard, Jr., 49, of Cherryville, N.C., pleaded guilty to child pornography charges for secretly recording nude videos of underage females aboard his yacht. U.S. Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf presided over Hilliard’s guilty plea.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: (San Juan, PR) - The US Attorney’s Office, in collaboration with the Puerto Rico Department of Justice, the PR Department of Family Affairs, the Office of the Ombudsman for the Elderly and AARP Puerto Rico, have joined efforts to create a media campaign to educate the general public on the prevention and reporting of elder abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: Overdose Death Attributed to Heroin Sales.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone National Park staff will travel to nearby communities to talk with anglers and other interested individuals about ongoing efforts to restore native fish species, the threat of aquatic invasive species, and the park’s fishing regulations.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) are seeking development of new standards to improve the security and resilience of critical mobile communications networks through a new Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Solicitation 70RSAT19RB00000001 published today on FedBizOpps.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: Admitted that He Burned the Victim’s Car in Retaliation for the Victim Providing Information to Law Enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - U.S. Attorney Aaron L. Weisman, the DEA Providence Resident Office, and state and local law enforcement across Rhode Island today announced that final preparations are underway for the 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to be held next Saturday, April 27. The biannual event will...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: Two men who discharged firearms in Marion were sentenced today to ten years in federal prison.
