News from August 2019
By USDA Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated nine Washington counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Clallam, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Thurston, and Wahkiakum counties who suffered losses due to a recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that TREVIAN EDWARDS, age 48, of Crosby, Texas, was sentenced today for conspiring to distribute cocaine hydrochloride.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: MIAMI LAKES, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Point Blank Enterprises Inc. - operating as The Protective Group in Miami Lakes, Florida - for exposing employees to amputation and other safety hazards. The company faces $92,820 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment yesterday charging DR. JENNIFER FARRELL, 37, with 35 counts of distribution of narcotics without a legitimate medical purpose.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 102 Illinois counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to excessive moisture, flooding and flash flooding that has occurred since Sept. 1, 2018, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Drier weather conditions have led to additional growth on the Ikes Fire, which is now approximately 205 acres. The lightning-caused wildfire is actively burning within a 7,785-acre planning area. The Ikes Fire is being utilized to fulfill its natural role within a fire-dependent ecosystem...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Defendant convicted of using identities of others to obtain new and take-over current credit cards for her own personal benefit.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Hamlin, West Virginia man pled guilty to being in possession of a sawed off shotgun that was not registered with the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jeffery Turley admitted that on March 17, 2018, he was in possession of a sawed off shotgun that was not registered.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Both People Were Working as “Money Mules" for a Fraud Scheme That Also Defrauded Victims in Utah and Idaho.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and Ranking Member Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) issued a subpoena to Jim Watkins, the owner of the website 8chan, for testimony related to the Committee’s ongoing oversight work on countering extremist content on social media platforms. A copy of the subpoena can be found here.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar: We write to oppose the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS or the Department) proposed regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was published in the Federal Register on June 14, 2019.[1] Section 1557 of the ACA prohibits discrimination...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Winning Artwork will be Featured in The Ansel Adams Gallery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today Rayshawn Mullins, 32, of Rochester, New York, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTOINE SNELL and TREYQUANE SNELL, both 20 of Bridgeport, each pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to a federal robbery offense stemming from a violent robbery and carjacking of a food delivery driver in Ansonia.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
Release: Summary:The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has added Vietnam to the list of regions affected by African swine fever (ASF). The Vietnam veterinary authorities confirmed an ASF outbreak to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on February ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Thomas Ruchlicki, age 63, of Clifton Park, New York, was sentenced today to 1 year of probation for making a false statement to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and James N. Hendricks, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albany Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rayshawn Mullins, 32, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, fentanyl, cocaine, and crack cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced that Thomas Derreck Charlet, 40, of Valdese, N.C., appeared in federal court today on charges of illegal possession of a destructive device. Charlet was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 6, 2019, and was arrested by law enforcement this morning. The federal indictment also charges Charlet with possession of ammunition by a felon and drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Defendant fraudulently obtained over $77,000 dollars in benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Donald L. Robison, 57, Ballwin, MO, pleaded guilty to 15 counts of wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering before United States District Judge Stephen R. Clark. Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 12, 2019.
