News from November 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) deportation officers arrested Irvin Acaphelus Cespedes, 41, Wednesday, Oct.16. Cespedes, an illegally present Jamaican national who has pending attempted murder charges, was released three times between April and October 2019 from local law enforcement custody with an active detainer because of New York City’s sanctuary policies.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: OCALA, Fla., - A federal jury has found Kevin Gene Hart 31, Ocala guilty of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, one kilogram or more of heroin, and 400 grams or more of fentanyl. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Jan. 28, 2020. Hart was indicted on March 27, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that following a five-week trial, a federal jury has convicted Richard Leon Wilbern, 59, of Rochester, NY, of the Aug. 12, 2003, armed robbery of the Xerox Federal Credit Union which resulted in the death of Raymond Batzel. The charges carry a penalty of mandatory life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Braddock, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of narcotics trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Great Falls man who admitted distributing methamphetamine as part of heroin and meth trafficking ring in the community was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Missouri, man who was arrested after crashing his car in a high-speed chase pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Three Saudi nationals have been charged in two separate indictments for allegedly violating federal export laws by purchasing more than $100,000 in weapons parts in the United States while on student visas and then smuggling the parts to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: Ali Alzabarah, Ahmad Abouammo, and Ahmed Almutairi, aka Ahmed Aljbreen, were charged for their respective roles in accessing private information in the accounts of certain Twitter users and providing that information to officials of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Abouammo was arrested in Seattle, Washington, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: Tower Research Capital LLC (Tower), a New York, New York-based financial services firm has entered into a resolution with the Department of Justice to resolve criminal charges related to a scheme involving thousands of episodes of unlawful trading activity in U.S. commodities markets by three former traders.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Fagron Holding USA LLC (Fagron) has agreed to pay $22.05 million to resolve allegations concerning the establishment of false and inflated Average Wholesale Prices (AWPs) by its wholly owned subsidiary Freedom Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Freedom) for active pharmaceutical ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced awards of approximately $95 million to support public safety efforts in the state of Tennessee. The funding from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) will target ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it reached an agreement with Lanier Technical College, a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia, to resolve the Department’s lawsuit alleging disability discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The agreement resolves ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: A Navy employee, who resided in Silver Spring, Maryland, before moving to Japan, was sentenced today to 40 years in prison for the production, transportation and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that the United States has filed a complaint alleging infringement by Gilead Sciences Inc. and Gilead Sciences Ireland UC (collectively, Gilead) of four U.S. patents awarded to and owned by the United States, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). These ...
By Commerce News Now | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of ceramic tile from China, finding that exporters from this country have dumped ceramic tile in the United States at margins ranging from 114.49 to 356.02 percent.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: ORLANDO, FL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Memos Painting & Drywall Inc. – based in Orlando, Florida – will pay $107,890 in back wages to 101 employees for violating the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By DOT News Wire | Nov 7, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 7, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 7, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
