News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: One defendant robbed liquor stores and a bank, while the other defendant carjacked two cars and robbed a convenience store.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Exploited a United States Investment Program Thwarting the Creation of More than 2,000 Jobs in the Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A La Joya Housing Authority Board member has been arrested on charges of federal program bribery regarding a city public relations contract, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) and contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) recently completed an important step toward moving radioactive capsules from a water-filled basin to safer, dry storage at the Hanford Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NY -Victor Ehlers, 37, of Lyons Falls, New York, and Lowville, New York, was sentenced to serve 101 months in prison followed by a three year term of supervised release for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute it, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of firearms and ammunition by a drug user.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: Miami, FL - The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) is seeking the public’s help in locating a man wanted for possession and distribution of cocaine charges in the Southern District of Florida. Ulysses Cabrera, a/k/a “Uley," a/k/a “Big Cuz," 29, of Miami, is the leader and organizer of a dangerous violent street gang located in Miami, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: A Macomb County woman pleaded guilty today on charges of wire fraud in connection to an adoption fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve invites you to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first landing of enslaved Africans in English-occupied North America. Bells have traditionally served as symbols of freedom. On Aug. 25, 2019, the National Park Service and its partners are inviting all...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jordan Lassiter, 21, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to six years in prison for robbing commuters on the Metro Transit system in two separate incidents in February and March 2019, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: LAKE BARRINGTON, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Five Star Roofing Systems Inc. - based in Hartford City, Indiana - for exposing employees to fall hazards while performing roofing work at a commercial building site in Lake Barrington, Illinois. The company faces $220,249 in penalties for repeated fall protection violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Timothy Juston Wimer, of Old Fields, West Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury today for drug distribution and firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Ryan Storm Irwin, 26, of Brandon, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Carlton W. Reeves to 12 months and a day in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Kirk Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Irwin was also ordered to pay a $1,000.00 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced that a former Western Carolina University student and his two co-conspirators were sentenced to prison today on armed robbery charges, for attempting to rob a rival marijuana dealer at gunpoint. U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger presided over the sentencing hearings.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: Seventeen people were indicted in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to bring large amounts of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, crack cocaine and marijuana from California to the Cleveland area and sell the drugs here.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 26-year-old Houston man been ordered to prison in Laredo federal court after admitting to a three-city carjacking spree, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
Release: APHIS Adds Serbia to the List of Regions Affected by African Swine Fever APHIS Assessment Finds No Significant Environmental Impact for Conservation Program Designed to Support the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher USDA Informs the Public on International Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standard-Setting Activities ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chair Paul Tonko (D-NY) today demanded answers from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding potential changes to Environmental...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited L N Framing Inc. for exposing employees to fall hazards at a Jacksonville, Florida, worksite. The residential and commercial framing contractor faces $58,343 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Gilberto Marchese, a/k/a, Noel, 38 of Lockport, NY, with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, attempted possession with intent to distribute of cocaine, possession with intent...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: SHANKSVILLE, PA - Flight 93 National Memorial will honor the 40 passengers and crew members of Flight 93 on the 18th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 attack. This year's observance will be highlighted by speaker Mitchell Zuckoff, author of the newly released Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11.
