News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Defendant Alexis Juelle-Albello pled guilty before United States District Court Judge Pedro A. Delgado to a one-count indictment which charged that from on or about May of 2011, continuing through the present, in the District of Puerto Rico, the defendant traveled in interstate commerce...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. B A Durham-based clinician was sentenced today in federal court in Greensboro on charges that he used the DEA registration number of another person to acquire suboxone, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Tataw Ayuk-Arrey Obenson, age 21, of Burtonsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty on Aug. 14, 2019, to interference with interstate commerce by robbery; and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - Three Chicago men have been charged in a murder-for-hire conspiracy that resulted in two fatal shootings in the city’s Lawndale neighborhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- U.S. Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that less than nine months after 33 Horry County and Myrtle Beach drug traffickers were indicted based on a federal wiretap investigation into the G-Shine/SMG gang, all 33 have pleaded guilty and are being sentenced in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Bernardino County man was arrested today on a federal grand jury indictment alleging he blackmailed young women on Facebook by threatening to publish nude photographs and videos unless they complied with his demands of sending him additional sexually explicit images.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: LOVELAND, Colo. -- A Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed renewal of the Town of Estes Park (Estes Park) water service contract with the Bureau of Reclamation for Colorado-Big Thompson Project water has been made available for public review and comment. Estes Park has contracted directly...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: National award recognizes outstanding work in the area of emergency medical service for our Nation’s Wildland Firefighters.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced today, in partnership with the Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada, the implementation of an agreement to improve mutual security and expedite lawful travel through preclearance for travelers and their accompanying baggage ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 15, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced it will defer accrual of interest for all agricultural producers’ spring 2019 crop year insurance premiums to help the wide swath of farmers and ranchers affected by extreme weather ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: Robert Hammac, 45, a former officer of the Lake Charles Police Department, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge James D. Cain, Jr., for using excessive force against an arrestee, announced Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: Nathaniel Griffin, 29, today pleaded guilty to using unlawful force on an inmate while Griffin was serving as a correctional officer with the Tennessee Department of Corrections, announced Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee D. Michael Dunavant, and FBI-Memphis Special Agent in Charge M.A. Myers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: A Florida man was arrested today following the return of an indictment by a federal grand jury charging him with two counts of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual activity and two counts of attempted enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity. Assistant Attorney General Brian ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: William Patrick Syring, 61, of Arlington, Virginia, was today sentenced to 60 months in prison for threatening employees of the Arab American Institute (AAI) because of their race and national origin, threatening AAI employees because of their efforts to encourage Arab Americans to participate in political and civic life in the United States, and transmitting threats to AAI employees in interstate commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: Azizjon Rakhmatov, 32, a citizen of Uzbekistan and resident of New Haven, Connecticut, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). Today’s plea took place before U.S. District Court Judge ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: Two former correctional officers at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, were sentenced today for their roles in assaults on a handcuffed inmate in January 2017. Adrian Almodovar III and Charles Philson III previously pleaded guilty to depriving the inmate of his constitutional rights while acting under color of law.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve plans to continue its previously announced periodic testing of the Term Deposit Facility (TDF) with one operation in August. These operations are aimed at ensuring the operational readiness of the TDF and providing eligible institutions with an opportunity to maintain familiarity with term deposit procedures. The TDF test operations are a matter of prudent planning and have no implications for the near-term conduct of monetary policy.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor is hosting an online dialogue to help employers and nursing mothers understand their rights and responsibilities under the law. The Supporting Nursing Mothers in the Workplace dialogue will also solicit best practices to educate nursing mothers about key protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Employers, nursing mothers, state and local policymakers, and other interested people can participate through Friday, Aug. 23, 2019.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, NY – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Arbre Group Holding – doing business as Holli-Pac Inc. – for willful and serious violations of workplace safety and health standards at its Holley, New York, facility. The company, which packages frozen fruits and vegetables for retailers, faces a total of $200,791 in penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced the release of the first solicitation under the new firm-fixed price approach to procuring Job Corps center operations on Federal Business Opportunities at https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=8ebcfadd06ee5319297bd729f8ed447f&tab=core&_cview=0. ...
