News from August 2021
By DOL Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: DENVER - A worker at a Denver milk packaging plant operated by Safeway Inc. lost four fingers while operating a molding machine that lacked required safeguards.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Pikeville man was sentenced to 147 months in prison for committing armed robberies in Kenly and Selma, North Carolina. Richard Lavar Carter entered his guilty plea on April 13, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site is pleased to announce the selection of Beth Wasson as the new Lead Park Ranger for Interpretation. She will work closely with the Interpretive Supervisor, Seasonal Rangers, and interns to develop public programs, manage volunteers, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Jefferson City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving child pornography over the internet.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today its updated policy to support noncitizen victims of crime. ICE will help victims seek justice and facilitate access to immigration benefits for noncitizens who have been victims of crime. This new policy is designed to improve victims’ ability to seek justice against perpetrators of crime, including in cases of human trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Leonard C Boyle and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong today announced that CORNELL SCOTT HILL HEALTH CORPORATION (“CSH") has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and has paid $350,000 to resolve allegations that CSH improperly billed the Connecticut Medicaid program for certain dental services.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - Today, Drug Enforcement Administration Houston Division diversion investigators served three Immediate Suspension Orders that immediately suspended the DEA registrations held by Woodfield Distribution, LLC. and Woodfield Pharmaceuticals, LLC. (collectively, Woodfield) for failure to maintain effect controls against the diversion of controlled substances and the imminent danger to public health and safety.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter to Secretary Tom Vilsack Wednesday, House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Chairwoman Jahana Hayes signified support of the USDA's intent to make certain that the Thrifty Food Plan, on which Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are based, is up-to-date and reflective of the latest science, as required by the bipartisan 2018 Farm Bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joshua W. McCallister, Acting Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, today announced that JOSE L. GERENA, 31, and BRIAN I. CRUZ-RODRIGUEZ, 29, both of New Haven, were arrested yesterday and charged by federal criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that David Hartwig, 34, Menomonie, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 81 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon and for possessing heroin with intent to distribute. This prison term will be followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A Will County man has been arrested on federal charges for allegedly transporting a minor to Illinois from Iowa to engage in criminal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Defendant allegedly embezzled more than $260,000 from BPD in automotive supplies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Pensacola, Florida, man was sentenced on Aug. 10, 2021, to 10 years in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine ice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Houston man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that BRIAN MEDUS, 44, of Covington, pleaded guilty as charged to violating Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371 and 1952(a)(3), conspiracy to use an interstate facility with intent to carry on unlawful activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal jury convicted a Lumberton man yesterday on a charge of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican Leader of the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Rick Allen (R-GA) submitted a comment letter to Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) Director Gordon Hartogensis regarding the interim final rule implementing the taxpayer-funded bailout of failing and insolvent multiemployer pension plans that was included in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
News Release: Protecting Resources. Protecting You. BUSHKILL, PA- Park rangers at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area will conduct a sobriety check point on the Pennsylvania side of the park on Friday evening, Aug. 13, in an effort reduce the number of impaired drivers on park roads and keep motorists safe.
By State Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
Release: We stand with the international community in calling for the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to release, immediately and unconditionally, Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig. We continue to condemn these arbitrary detentions as well as the sentence imposed against Mr. Spavor on August...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today following the U.S. Senate confirmation of Andrew Light by voice vote this morning to serve as Assistant Secretary for International Affairs of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)...
