News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Former IRS Employee Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Today, Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a joint subcommittee hearing on worker protections in the modern economy...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that Reinaldo Cruz Taura, president of Puerto Rico-based RCT Mechanical Engineering, pleaded guilty to providing kickbacks in connection with federal government subcontracts to perform work on the federal building and courthouse in St. Croix, VI and on coast guard facilities in Puerto Rico. Taura will be sentenced at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - An Akron, Ohio man was sentenced to federal prison for a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Martel Trayvelle Easton, 21, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute carfentanil. Easton was also ordered to serve...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to participating in a romance fraud scheme that bilked victims across the United States and overseas of nearly $900,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Wilmington has returned an indictment charging TELESFORO RENZAURES-JACOME, age 32, of Mexico, with illegal and unlawful alien in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Join the staff of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park as we commemorate the 156th Anniversary of the Battles for Chattanooga with a series of special programs taking place in and around the city from November 23-25, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita-area pharmacist was sentenced today to 150 months in federal prison for unlawfully dispensing opioid prescription drugs, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By State Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Washington-Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the Acting Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan regarding the Department’s failure to comply with a duly authorized congressional subpoena.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Boise, Idaho - In an effort to improve rangeland wildlife habitat conditions through the removal of encroaching Western juniper stands, the Bureau of Land Management successfully implemented the Trout Springs Prescribed Fire this past September, in the Juniper Mountain area of southwest Idaho. Federal firefighters were not the only ones contributing to the burn’s success, however, as the BLM also utilized a seven-person hand crew from the Idaho Conservation Corps (ICC).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: FBI Arrest Merrillville Man for 1988 Murder and Rape of Gary Woman.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: OPELIKA, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited BH Media Group Inc. for exposing employees to amputation hazards after an employee suffered an injury at the Opelika, Alabama, facility. The company faces $145,858 in penalties.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 128,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - United States Attorney General William P. Barr recognized two attorneys from the Southern District of Ohio as part of the 67th Annual Attorney General’s Awards Ceremony today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau and Shelby County Schools will kick off the 2020 Census Statistics in Schools program nationwide in Memphis, TN at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium with 1,000 area students participating in various fun activities centered on being counted in the once-a-decade headcount...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - James Becker, age 53, of New Hartford, New York, was sentenced today to 12 months in prison, to be followed by 1 year of supervised release, for failing to file his personal income tax returns for the years 2012-2015. He also was ordered as part of the conditions of his supervised release to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $162,049.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: A Jackson man was sentenced yesterday to 35 years’ imprisonment for convictions of distributing heroin mixed with fentanyl, causing the death to at least one individual, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Sakena Kocer Possessed a Firearm and Sold Marijuana While on Supervised Release.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C.-Today, Senator Murray, ranking member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, spoke on the Senate floor about Democrats plans to force a vote on a Congressional Review Act to roll back the Trump administration’s 1332 waiver rule, which encourages states to eliminate protections...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: A former American Parking employee was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for defrauding BancFirst and his employer of $426,220.36, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
