Yuma News
NGL Crude Logistics LLC Agrees to Pay $25 Million Civil Penalty and to Retire $10 Million in Renewable Fuel Production Credits
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- Published: 01 October 2018 01 October 2018
Tulsa, Oklahoma - The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with NGL Crude Logistics, LLC that requires the company to retire 36 million renewable fuel credits and pay a $25 million civil penalty under the settlement to resolve violations of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. The cost of the RIN retirement is approximately $10 million.
Karate Conference to feature 10th degree black belt from Okinawa
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- Published: 01 October 2018 01 October 2018
Yuma, Arizona - AWC students will have an opportunity to attend a three-day conference led by dignitaries coming from Okinawa, Japan. Isao Kise, a 10th degree black belt and director of the All Okinawan Shorin Ryu Kenshin Kan Karate and Kobudo Federation, will be leading the conference along with his translator Sonomi Atsuzawa-Windley.
Administrator Caren Harp of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Delivered Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
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- Published: 01 October 2018 01 October 2018
Washington, DC - Chairman Hoeven, Vice Chairman Udall, Members of the Committee, it is an honor to appear before you today. My name is Caren Harp, and I am the Administrator of the Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). OJJDP’s mission is to provide national leadership, coordination and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization.
Long Island Companies and Owners Charged With Falsely Labeling Squid as Octopus
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- Published: 01 October 2018 01 October 2018
Washington, DC - A federal grand jury indicted two Long Island corporations and their owners for their scheme to falsely label seafood that was later sold across the country. The indictment accuses Roy Tuccillo Sr., 58, and his son, Roy Tuccillo Jr., 31, both of Jericho, and two of their Westbury food processing and distribution companies, Anchor Frozen Foods Inc., and Advanced Frozen Foods Inc., of importing giant squid from Peru and marketing and selling it to grocery stores as octopus. The four defendants are charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and violate the Lacey Act, as well as four substantive Lacey Act violations.
Purdue astronaut takes another giant leap with record-tying spacewalk
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- Published: 30 September 2018 30 September 2018
West Lafayette, Indiana - NASA astronaut and Purdue alumnus Drew Feustel will take part in a spacewalk Sunday (Sept. 30) that will become another historic record for a Boilermaker astronaut.
U.S. Soldier Sentenced to More Than 11 Years for Illegally Manufacturing, Using a Chemical Weapon
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- Published: 30 September 2018 30 September 2018
New Orleans, Louisiana - Ryan Keith Taylor, 24, of New Llano, Louisiana, and a soldier at Fort Polk, was sentenced Monday to 135 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for manufacturing, possessing and detonating a chemical weapon in the Kisatchie National Forest adjacent to the Fort Polk Army installation in Louisiana.
Newly-Released FBI Crime Data Shows Violent Crime Decline in 2017
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- Published: 30 September 2018 30 September 2018
Washington, DC - The Federal Bureau of Investigation Monday released the 2017 edition of its Crime in the United States (CIUS) report, a part of the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports (UCR). The report, which covers January-December 2017, reflects that after two consecutive, historic increases in violent crime, in the first year of the Trump Administration the nationwide violent crime rate began to decline. The report estimates that the nationwide violent crime rate decreased by approximately one percent in 2017, while the nationwide homicide rate decreased by nearly one and a half percent.