News from July 2019

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Mexican national man pled guilty to the felony offense of Reentry of a Removed Alien, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Eduardo Rios-Rios, 26, was immediately sentenced to a “time served" sentence, having served nearly four months in federal custody. He was remanded...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: HOUGHTON, MICH - The National Park Service (NPS) is soliciting proposals for a concession contract to provide ferry transportation service for visitors from Michigan to Isle Royale National Park. The Prospectus (CC-ISRO001-20) explains the business opportunity and the terms and conditions under which the NPS will award the concession contract.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 21-year-old local man has been ordered to federal prison for producing child pornography after exchanges on a social media site, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Thomas Anthony Garrett pleaded guilty April 3, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A man from Mexico was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison after a state trooper found 15 pounds of crystal methamphetamine hidden in child booster seats and other locations in his car, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - Today, an Ohio man admitted in federal court that he collectively defrauded a Kentucky bank and seventeen individuals and businesses in Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and Wisconsin of more than $4.6 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD")...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a Massachusetts man was charged today with conspiring to sell five kilograms of heroin at the Jersey Gardens Mall in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan is traveling to Huntington, West Virginia on July 8 to speak with law enforcement, community and political leaders about Department of Homeland Security (DHS) efforts to interdict dangerous, illicit opioids at or before reaching U.S. borders.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: A 20-year-old U.S. citizen from Houston, Texas, has entered a guilty plea to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick for the Southern District of Texas made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: A computer software development company owner pleaded guilty today to failing to account for and pay over employment taxes withheld from his employees’ wages announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney R. Trent ...
By Commerce News Now | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of fabricated structural steel from Canada, China, and Mexico. In the China and Mexico investigations, Commerce made affirmative determinations, finding that exporters ...

By Labor Gazette | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: TARPON SPRINGS, FL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Arry's Roofing Services Inc. – a roofing company based in Tarpon Springs, Florida – has paid $75,710 in back wages to 144 employees for violating the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

By Labor Gazette | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: KISSIMMEE, FL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Brooks Hospitality Corp. – operator of the Comfort Suites Maingate East in Kissimmee, Florida, and Gemini Global, a Kissimmee-based hotel staffing agency – has paid $64,786 in back wages to 100 employees for violating overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

By Labor Gazette | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: ERWIN, TN – The U.S. Department of Labor will provide information about the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act and help current and former nuclear weapons workers file claims on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, in Erwin, Tennessee.

By Labor Gazette | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: LARGO, FL – The U.S. Department of Labor will provide information about the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act and help current and former nuclear weapons workers file claims on August 6, 2019, in Largo, Florida.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 8, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 8, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a six page notice on July 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jul 8, 2019
The US State Department published a one page notice on July 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jul 8, 2019
The US State Department published a one page notice on July 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jul 8, 2019
The US State Department published a one page notice on July 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.