News from May 2020
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited TPC Group LLC for exposing employees to workplace safety and health hazards after a fire and explosion at the Port Neches, Texas, plant in November 2019. The company faces $514,692 in fines.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced that Shameris Washington, a/k/a GB, and Larry Watkins III, who were convicted of racketeering conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, were sentenced to serve 135 months and 54 months in prison respectively by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn - May 26, 2020 - A Nashville man is facing a federal firearms charge after an elaborate scheme to hide caches of weapons inside the Davidson County Downtown Detention Center (DDC), announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: Faces at Least 10 Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging an Alexandria man with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to al-Shabaab, a terrorist organization operating in Somalia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Jordan Cook, age 32, of Boerne, Texas, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for violating the Lacey Act. The Lacey Act prohibits the trafficking in interstate commerce "tainted" (i.e., taken in violation of a law or regulation) wildlife...
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: SHILOH, TN - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Shiloh National Military Park is increasing recreational access and services. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service-wide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The safety manager of a charter bus company operating in Massachusetts was sentenced today for bribing a federal safety investigator in order to influence the safety review of the passenger buses.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay between May 10-May 16, 2020. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GABRIEL ROMERO ESCALERA-ROMERO, 29, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to 60 months of imprisonment for trafficking cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Calif. May 26, 2020 - Fire staff completed ignitions on the last segment of the Cedar Central Prescribed Burn unit yesterday evening, for a total of 245 acres treated since Sunday. With ignitions complete, firefighters will continue to patrol the area as vegetation inside the unit self-extinguishes.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a mathematical formula that, computer simulations suggest, could help 5G and other wireless networks select and share communications frequencies about 5,000 times more efficiently than trial-and-error methods.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced yesterday that Jose Casado, 32, of Rochester, NY, pled guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, quantities...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, Missouri - Deandre Moore, 26, of St. Louis, was sentenced to 186 months in prison for six armed carjackings. Moore appeared today before U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Beaver County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of access device fraud and identity theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in two bank robberies and one attempted bank robbery and to impersonating a federal agent, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Covington man, Dennis Duane Free, 32, was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday, to 132 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, after previously admitting to conspiring with others to distribute crack cocaine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shameris Washington, a/k/a GB, and Larry Watkins III, who were convicted of racketeering conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, were sentenced to serve 135 months and 54 months in prison respectively by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: Sunday, May 31, 2020, is the 131st Anniversary of the Great Johnstown Flood of Friday, May 31, 1889. We will commemorate those who lost their lives on that fateful day, while ensuring the safety of visitors and staff.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX #: (716) 551-3051. ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Matzen, 39, of Troy, NY, who was convicted of escaping from federal custody and to two counts of bank robbery, was sentenced to serve 65 months in prison by Chief U.S. District...
