News from November 2020
By Labor Gazette | Nov 10, 2020
The US Labor Department published a two page rule on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 10, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 10, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 10, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that INDIAN RIDGE SEAFOOD COMPANY, LLC, ("INDIAN RIDGE SEAFOOD") a Louisiana Limited Liability Company located in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, pled guilty today to a one count Bill of Information for the illegal sale of oysters in violation of the Lacey Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Twelve defendants face federal felony charges related to illegal firearms possession after their indictments by a grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former officer with the Torrance Police Department (TPD) has been charged with being an unlicensed firearms dealer who sold dozens of guns, as well as certifying he was the actual purchaser of a handgun, when, in fact, he was buying the gun for another person, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Jay Dean Hall, of Petersburg, West Virginia, is facing drug and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A former Federal Air Marshal employee admitted in federal court in Providence today that he concealed his self-employment and then his role in a Middletown-based martial arts business from the United States Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, in order to collect nearly a quarter of a million dollars in OWCP disability benefits based on his employment with the government.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - With increased precipitation, lower temperatures, decreased fire risk, and after extensive consultation with health and safety experts, Tonto National Monument will increase access to the Lower Cliff Dwelling and trail starting Nov. 11, 2020. The Lower Cliff Dwelling Trail will now be open to uphill travel from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily, except for December 25th or when staff determine conditions are unsafe.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: This afternoon, in federal court in Brooklyn, Po Shan Wong and Zhen Wu of JCD Distribution Inc. (JCD) will make their initial appearances before United States Magistrate Judge Sanket J. Bulsara on a criminal complaint charging the defendants with selling “Virus Shut Out Cards," which they marketed as...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chin Hua Huang, 42, a resident of Taiwan, was charged in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia with participating in a criminal conspiracy to violate U.S. export laws and sanctions against Iran. Also charged was Taiwan business organization DES International Co., Ltd. (DES Int’l) and Brunei business organization Soltech Industry Co., Ltd. (Soltech).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - With the return of cool, fall weather, the Bureau of Land Management has rescinded some fire restrictions on public lands in Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta and Siskiyou counties in northeast California and in a portion of Washoe County in far northwest Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Gregory Alan Smith, 58, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 72 months (6 years) in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Smith was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $3,588,500, as well as a fine of $100,000.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Committee Chairs across the House of Representatives sent letters directing the White House and more than 50 federal agencies within their jurisdictions to comply with federal record-keeping laws and preserve information responsive to congressional subpoenas and investigations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lincoln, Nebraska, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, and Commission of a Crime of Violence While Failing to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on November 5, 2020, Olvin Manuel Ventura-Rivera, age 21, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson for attempted distribution of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: An Effingham County resident has been indicted on federal charges for aiming a powerful laser at commercial aircraft.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Yesterday, Michael Gilbert Butler, Sr., 45, of Peach Springs, Arizona, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 84 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Butler previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2020
News Release: Wrote Phony Prescriptions to Acquaintances Who Gave Hydrocodone to Him.
