News from March 2019
By USDA Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Washington - On March 12, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued a complaint against Four R Ranch LLC, Greg Ryan and Tim Ryan (Four R), Rineyville, Kentucky, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act (Act).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: On Nov. 2, 2019, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, along with partner organizations, will celebrate the area’s strong surf fishing history at the 1st Cape Hatteras Surf Fishing Heritage Celebration. The free event will be held at the Fessenden Center in Buxton, North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After an 11-day trial, a federal jury found Satish Kartan, 45, and his wife, Sharmistha Barai, 40, guilty on March 14 of conspiracy to obtain forced labor and two counts of obtaining forced labor. In addition, Kartan was found guilty of fraud in foreign labor contracting. Assistant...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Clarence Hoffert, 58, who was convicted by a federal jury of filing false retaliatory liens against federal officers and employees, was sentenced to serve 48 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Christopher C. Conner...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
Release: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – Intel Corporation and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will build the first supercomputer with a performance of one exaFLOP in the United States. The system being developed at DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, named “Aurora”, will be used to dramatically advance scientific ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man who helped sell heroin in Huntington between 2014 and 2016 pled guilty yesterday to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Charles Deshawn Lockhart, 27, entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin in federal court in Huntington. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the FBI Drug Task Force and the Huntington Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Two Jackson County, Illinois, men have been indicted on federal methamphetamine-related charges, Steven D. Weinhoeft, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today. Jonathan R. Moore, a/k/a "J-Mo," 33, of Carbondale, and Elijah S. Lacy, a/k/a "E," 34, of Murphysboro, were...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: City of New York to Comply with the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act and Prevent Contamination of the City’s Drinking Water Supply.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Department of Justice today filed a Statement of Interest in U.S. District Court in New Jersey supporting claims by the Ramapough Mountain Indians (Ramapough) that the Township of Mahwah, New Jersey, violated the tribe’s rights under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Person’s Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) by interfering with religious assembly on tribal property known as “Sweet Water.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Paul Barrett, age 41, of New Castle, Delaware, pled guilty on March 15, 2019 to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Terrel Edward Elliott, Jr., age 24, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty late on March 15, 2019, to unlicensed dealing in firearms and to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. According to his plea agreement, Elliott was dealing in firearms less than two months after his release from prison and on a first-degree assault conviction in the Circuit Court of Maryland for Howard County.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court for obstruction of justice, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A north suburban man was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for swindling more than $1.4 million from several clients, some of whom were elderly and had pledged their retirement savings.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-On Friday, March 15, 2019, a federal jury found Dat Quoc Do, 28, of Madras, Oregon, guilty of two counts of unlawful use of a weapon for discharging a firearm during a road rage altercation on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in September 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a business owner and his business have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Embezzlement and Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), delivered testimony at a public EPA hearing on the agency's recent proposal that puts the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards in legal jeopardy. Before his testimony, Senator Carper and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur announced that Meyers, Rodbell & Rosenbaum, P.A., a law firm with offices in Riverdale Park and Gaithersburg, has entered into a settlement agreement with the United States to resolve allegations that it failed to reimburse the United States for certain Medicare payments made to medical providers on behalf of a firm client.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Five artists have been selected as Denali National Park and Preserve’s 2019 Artists-In-Residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DANIEL JUSTIN MAHAN, age 43, a resident of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, was sentenced Thursday, March 14, 2019 by United States District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon to 151 months imprisonment, having pleaded guilty to receipt of materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors and violation of the Federal Gun Control Act. Upon release from imprisonment, he will serve a 5 year term of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Calling all visitors, neighbors and fans of Rock Creek Park! The National Park Service (NPS) invites you to review and share feedback on a plan to improve the Rock Creek Park Nature Center complex in upper Northwest Washington, D.C. The Nature Center complex includes the Nature Center and planetarium, horse center, maintenance area, picnic areas 13 and 14, and a network of pedestrian pathways and trails.
