News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Bridgeville, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Alex R. Ives, 31, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court to 37 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. for bank robbery. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Ives will serve a three-year term of supervised release. Ives was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $9,073.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today the formation of the new Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) focusing on deterring, detecting, investigating and prosecuting antitrust crimes, such as bid-rigging conspiracies and related fraudulent schemes, which undermine competition in government procurement, grant and program funding.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Richard Earl Carroll, 55, of Hilliard, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Carroll had pleaded guilty on July 26, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Americans nationwide have once again shown their strong support for DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by dropping off nearly 883,000 pounds of medications during the October 2019 Take Back event.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: An eighth defendant in the Reagor Dykes Auto Group fraud case has pleaded guilty, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: LAWRENCEVILLE, Va., Nov. 4, 2019 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Donald “DJ” LaVoy announced USDA has invested nearly $3.8 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for more than 1,250 rural households in Virginia. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with the Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (HACB), doing business as Park City Communities, to resolve allegations that the housing authority discriminated against persons with disabilities in violation of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Sharalyn McClain, 29, pleaded guilty today to violating the civil rights of an inmate by unlawfully assaulting him while McClain was serving as a correctional officer at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF). The plea was announced by Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: A Madera County, California, woman was sentenced today to 200 months in prison, followed by 180 months of supervised release, for aiding and abetting the production of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott of the Eastern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Civil Rights Division and Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers for the National Security Division, U.S. Attorney Jason R. Dunn for the District of Colorado, and Special Agent in Charge Dean Phillips for the FBI Denver Division announced today that a Colorado man has been charged with a federal hate crime for plotting to blow up the Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Thank you for that warm welcome. And a special thank you to the Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the entire Thai Government for hosting us here in Bangkok. You should be extremely proud of the job you have done executing multiple high-level summits at once.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES, CA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recently concluded an agricultural employment focused educational and enforcement initiative that recovered $422,152 in back wages for 443 low-wage workers across California and assessed $85,168 in civil penalties primarily against growers in Central California.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would allow job creators to offer bonuses or other incentive-based pay to employees whose hours vary from week to week.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 4, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 4, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 4, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 4, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 4, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 4, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
