News from June 2019
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: MOAB, Utah - EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project recently reached a safety milestone of 1,000 workdays without a lost-time injury or illness. During that period, employees shipped 1.4 million tons of mill tailings from the Moab Site for disposal. Currently, 140 employees work...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) during today’s hearing titled: “Efficiency and Resiliency in Federal Building Design and Construction."
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The footprint of the Hanford Site ’s Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) is shrinking. Since beginning lower-risk demolition earlier this spring, workers with EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) have safely removed a concrete vault and two stairwells attached to the PFP Main Processing Facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Boston, and East Hartford Police Chief Scott M. Sansom announced that JOSE ANTONIO QUIROZ-MARTINEZ, 27...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 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 Interim Police Chief Otoniel Reyes of the New Haven Police Department today announced that a grand jury in New Haven has returned a nine-count superseding indictment charging the following 14 individuals with heroin, cocaine and fentanyl trafficking offenses.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it’s now easier to view, access, and download its data on the transportation of agricultural products by rail, truck, barge and ocean. Thanks to a new, interactive format, customers have an alternative to static PDFs and Excel versions of the data maintained by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), which issues several transportation reports, including the weekly Grain Transportation Report.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ-In light of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (June 15, 2019), the FBI Phoenix Field Office is raising awareness about cyber scams targeting the elderly in Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: A Georgia podiatrist was sentenced for his participation in a kickback scheme where he prescribed medication that was ultimately paid for by a federal program that provides low cost medication to members of the U.S. Armed Forces.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - United States Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle; John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut; and Interim Police Chief Otoniel Reyes of the New Haven Police Department today announced that a grand jury in New Haven has returned a nine-count superseding indictment charging the following 14 individuals with heroin, cocaine and fentanyl trafficking offenses...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: As severe weather continues across the United States and this year’s hurricane season begins, the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney Trent Shores remind the public to be on the lookout for fraud against natural disaster victims and to report it to the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Andy Castro, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Criminal Investigation Division (EPA-CID), Atlanta Area Office, Colonel Andrew Kelly, District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - ACell, Inc. (ACell), a Maryland-based medical device manufacturer, pleaded guilty to charges relating to its MicroMatrix powder wound-dressing product (MicroMatrix). ACell entered a guilty plea before U.S. District Court Judge Ellen L. Hollander in the District of Maryland to one...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Savannah River Site ’s (SRS) management and operations contractor recently acquired a probing and laser scanning device to improve personnel safety and the process of taking measurements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Omil Cotto, 33, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to charges of methamphetamine possession with the intent to distribute and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2020 Homeland Security bill.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: SEATTLE - Special Agent in Charge Brad Bench of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Seattle Field Office and U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran announced today that the former coach of a South King County bowling team was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Seattle...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Charlestown man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for bank robbery.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
Release: Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL), Chair of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2020 Financial Services and General Government bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: TODAY, at 4: 5 p.m., or immediately after final passage of H.Res. 430, a civil enforcement resolution, top House Chairs will hold a press conference.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - A Bronx, New York man was convicted in federal court Monday pursuant to an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York’s Trafficking in Person Unit (TIPU) and the New York City Police Department (NYPD). Claudius English, 45, was convicted June 10 in the Southern District...
