News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JAMES RAIFORD, age 26, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 to five counts of violating the Hobbs Act by committing and attempting to commit robberies of local New Orleans businesses. RAIFORD also pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Kyle Leeper, 35, of Pennsylvania and Arlene Rodriguez, 35, of Almonte, California appeared today in federal court in Syracuse on an indictment charging them with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine, as well as firearms offenses, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Billings man on Tuesday admitted to illegally possessing firearms after he was arrested last year on suspicion of driving under the influence on the Fort Peck Reservation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney, FBI Urge Victims to Come Forward, Seek Assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Tennessee man was arrested today for allegedly posting threats online to “shoot up" a Planned Parenthood facility in Washington D.C. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee, and Timothy Slater, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Celebrate the birth of the National Park Service with a visit to Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Entrance fees will be waived in honor of the 103rd birthday of the National Park Service on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Tennessee man was arrested today for allegedly posting threats online to “shoot up" a Planned Parenthood facility in Washington D.C. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee, and Timothy Slater, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: At 9:30 AM ET on August 21st, the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Kevin K. McAleenan, will host a press conference at U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters regarding upcoming changes to the Flores ruling. The Acting Secretary will provide remarks on the changes and then take questions from members of the media.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: UPDATED: 10:00 a.m. WASHINGTON - Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar announced a final rule that finalizes regulations implementing the relevant and substantive terms of the Flores Settlement Agreement (FSA). Importantly, ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2019 – USDA Rural Housing Service Administrator Bruce Lammers today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $52 million in 45 community facilities projects that will benefit nearly 200,000 rural residents in 16 states.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: A 14-count indictment has been unsealed today in San Antonio, Texas, charging five individuals with coordinating an identify-theft and fraud scheme targeting servicemembers and veterans. The charged defendants, who were based both in the Philippines and the United States, are alleged to have used the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: A Florida man who was charged with conducting an extensive cyberstalking campaign that targeted his former schoolmate, a 30-year-old Massachusetts woman, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston. The victim’s name is being withheld to protect her privacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: A federal jury found two Los Angeles pharmacy owners guilty yesterday for their participation in a $35 million health care fraud and money laundering scheme to bill Medicare for medications that were never provided and to launder the proceeds of the fraud. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: A Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy, Richard Palmer, 58, was indicted today on charges that he used unreasonable force by shooting an unarmed woman and misleading state investigators about the circumstances of his actions, announced Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and FBI Special Agent in Charge Rachel Rojas of FBI’s Jacksonville Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: A researcher at the University of Kansas (KU) was indicted today on federal charges of hiding the fact he was working full time for a Chinese university while doing research at KU funded by the U.S. government.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on July 30-31, 2019.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Introduced by Claire Chase, Member of Elite Well Services ’ Board of Directors Thank you, Claire, for that kind introduction. It is my honor to be here with Vice President Pence and with a company doing so much to improve the fortunes of so many people in New Mexico and throughout America. You are providing the country with the energy independence that has eluded us since the first Arab Oil Embargo almost 50 years ago. Congratulations.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Last night, the U.S. Department of Commerce initialed a draft agreement with Mexican tomato growers to suspend the ongoing antidumping (AD) investigation of fresh tomatoes from Mexico, ensuring that the domestic tomato industry will be protected from unfair trade.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the initiation of new antidumping duty (AD) investigations to determine whether polyethylene terephthalate sheet (PET sheet) from the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and the Sultanate of Oman are being dumped in the United States.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ –An Administrative Law Judge in the Department of Labor ordered West Valley Ear, Nose and Throat – a medical clinic based in Phoenix, Arizona – to pay $15,000 in civil penalties after the employer violated federal law by requesting that five employees submit to polygraph tests.
