News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, woman convicted of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on Oct. 21, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: In Pecos today, a federal judge sentenced Reeves County Teachers Credit Union (RCTCU) Chief Executive Officer and former state of Texas employee James T. “Jimmy" Dutchover to eight (8) months in federal prison for defrauding the credit union and willfully failing to file a federal income tax return...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: After a 10-year hiatus, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is restarting uranium mining leasing on public lands, while also incorporating more stringent environmental standards into the process. All renewed leases for these mining sites will require a detailed environmental assessment of the impacts of future mining on the area to ensure protection of air, water, wildlife, and cultural resources with a renewed emphasis on safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Armand Taylor, of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, has admitted to his role in a drug distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced today the entry of a judgment of forfeiture regarding the M/V Wise Honest (the “Wise Honest"), a 17,061-ton, single-hull bulk carrier ship...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX - The Boquillas Port of Entry within Big Bend National Park, providing access to the town of Boquillas, Coahuila, Mexico, as well as the protected areas of Maderas del Carmen, Ocampo, and Cañon de Santa Elena, will start winter hours of operation beginning Saturday, November 2nd, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Martin Fox, the former president of a private tennis academy in Texas, will plead guilty in connection with his involvement in a scheme to use bribery to facilitate the admission of applicants to selective colleges and universities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Three defendants pleaded guilty on Oct. 15 in federal court to charges of sex trafficking and coercion and enticement to engage in prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - With robust public participation over the course of 17 prior events, the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by family members and visitors, including children and teens.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Three Kansas school systems have received federal grants to help make students safer, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Acting Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement about the Committee’s work moving forward...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: AUBURN, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Strahle + Hess USA Inc. for exposing employees to amputation hazards at the company’s Auburn, Alabama, facility. The auto parts manufacturer faces $140,554 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS NIEVES-FELICIANO, 41, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to drug and firearm offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: KANAB, Utah - Construction on the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) Dry Fork Trailhead project is scheduled to start on Monday, continuing through Dec. 20, 2019. The Dry Fork Trailhead is in Kane County along the Hole-in-The-Rock road, approximately 25 miles southeast of Highway 12.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: PENNSAUKEN, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has again cited Aruvil International Inc. for multiple workplace violations - including four willful safety citations - at the company’s Pennsauken, New Jersey, facility. The commercial and residential fencing company faces $370,298 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment last Thursday against Gary Osterhout, 65, of Sparks, Nevada, charging him with unlawful dealing in firearms and five counts of unlawful sale of a firearm to an out-of-state resident, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI - United States Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman, 44, of Greater Cincinnati, has announced his resignation effective 3pm on Nov. 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: California Resident Sentenced to Prison for Selling Fraudulent Financial Instruments and Tax Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Guatemalan national man was sentenced to “time served" for the felony offense of Reentry of a Removed Alien, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Daniel Lopez-Ajqui, 26, has been in custody since June 11, 2019, over four months in federal custody. Lopez-Ajqui entered a...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. -On Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, will hold a hearing on President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. military forces from Syria.
