News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Douglas Scott Phillips (52, Richmond Hill, Georgia) has pleaded guilty to using the internet to attempt to entice a child to engage in sexual activity. Phillips faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison, and a potential life term of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) urging him to invite DC Councilmember Jack...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, HERBERT WILLIAMS, age 50, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced to serve 57 months in federal prison and 3 years of supervised release for violating federal law by possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor has selected Scott Ketcham as the new director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) Directorate of Construction (DOC) in Washington, D.C. Ketcham had served as deputy director of DOC since February 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Guatemalan national man pled guilty to the felony offense of Reentry of a Removed Alien, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Daniel Lopez-Ajqui, 26, faces up to two years in prison, a $250,000 fine, three years of supervised release, a special assessment, and possible...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area invites you to its 4th Annual Love Your Lake Community Cleanup event on National Public Lands Day (NPLD), Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. Volunteers will spend the morning picking up litter along Lake Powell’s southern shores near Page, Arizona. Trash bags and equipment will be provided. Participants receive a free event t-shirt, sunglasses, and water bottle, while supplies last.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for assaulting and kidnapping an individual with whom he had a romantic relationship, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A North Carolina man has admitted taking part in a conspiracy to steal design information from aircraft companies to speed up approval of competing airplane technology.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: MOOSE, WY- The entire Moose-Wilson Road is open to public access this afternoon and evening, but the unpaved portion of the road will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 17, from 4 a.m. to approximately 3 p.m. for dust abatement. Tuesday’s temporary closure applies to motorists, cyclists, and hikers.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Sherri Walker Hobson (619) 546-6986. NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Sept. 16, 2019. SAN DIEGO - Christopher James Stracuzzi entered a guilty plea in federal court today, admitting that he distributed fentanyl that resulted in the death of a San Diego man. Stracuzzi will be sentenced on Dec. 2, 2019...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: For nearly two decades, Bureau of Land Management staff in Arcata have been grooming beach habitat to encourage nesting by western snowy plovers, small shorebirds that are listed as a threatened species. For much of that time, BLM staffers were disappointed when the birds ignored the new nesting areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that two former Crow Creek Sioux Tribe councilmembers made appearances in federal court for their respective charges of Embezzlement & Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization, and Aiding and Abetting.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A civilian employee of Picatinny Arsenal (PICA) and an employee of a defense contractor today admitted their roles in conspiring with others to receive bribes and other gratuities in return for assistance with the awarding of government contracts, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - A former resident of Duquesne, PA was sentenced to two years and 10 months (34 months) in prison and three years of supervised release on violations of federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - Three defendants have been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in Jackson, TN on federal firearms offenses arising from the recent initiative led by the U.S. Marshals Service, Operation "Bluff City Blues". U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the new indictments today.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Polo Masonry Builders Inc. - based in Park Ridge, Illinois - for exposing employees to fall and scaffolding hazards while working on a commercial building project in Chicago, Illinois. The company faces penalties of $252,136. OSHA placed the company in the Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, Ga: A Savannah man has received the maximum federal prison sentence after his conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: NEW LONDON, WI - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Wood Sewer & Excavation Inc. for willfully exposing employees to excavation hazards at a construction site in Fox Point, Wisconsin. The company faces $65,921 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Chinese Government Employee Charged in Manhattan Federal Court with Participating in Conspiracy to Fraudulently Obtain U.S. Visas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A high-ranking member of the Oxnard-based Surtown Chiques street gang who attempted to secure control of drug trafficking in Ventura County and who extorted “taxes" on behalf of the Mexican Mafia prison gang has been found guilty by a jury of federal narcotics charges.
