News from July 2018
By USDA Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Washington - On June 14, 2018, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Charles D. Leonard (Leonard), doing business as Leonard Cattle Company, Springfield, Nebraska, settled a complaint filed against Leonard for suspected violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Terms of the...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Last month the National Park Service kicked off a new weekend tour at Chatham-a 1771 plantation on Stafford Heights, overlooking the Rappahannock River and Fredericksburg. Due to the popularity of the program “Life of a Plantation: War, Freedom and Change", park staff will add an afternoon tour time...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants to warn drone owners - especially hobbyists-about people offering to “help" register their drones with the agency. The FAA Drone Zone is all you need - and it costs only $5.00.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announces that the United States and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety have signed a civil settlement agreement resolving the State’s liability for civil penalties stemming from recordkeeping...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LAVON YOUNG, 39, of Union City, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: The FBI and Willowick Police Department Are Seeking Information Regarding an Unknown Murder Suspect.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Traveling to the Philippines to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct and Producing Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to three years’ probation, 180 days of which is to be served in home confinement, and a $7,500 fine on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute narcotics, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Five Charged for Elder Fraud Schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Dean Baptiste, 53, of St. Thomas, was sentenced today on separate indictments charging conspiracy to traffic illegal aliens and bank fraud, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that James Andrew Joy, age 29, of Spokane Valley, Washington, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on April 11, 2018, to Attempted Production of Child Pornography. Chief United States District...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass.-2018 marks the eighth year that Cape Cod National Seashore’s Bike Safety Committee has hosted bike safety events to provide awareness and reduce the occurrence and severity of bike accidents at the national seashore. This year’s “Bike Safety at the Seashore" events are slated for July 27 at Province Lands Visitor Center in Provincetown and August 3 at Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham. Both events will run from 10 am to noon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A Michigan man has pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a suburban Chicago woman whose home he burglarized.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced today the arrest of SHANNADE CLERMONT on charges of wire fraud, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The Complaint...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Edwin Colon, 24, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentenced of five years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Defendant released by the court from custody pending sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Steven Gayden, 23, Aurora, Illinois, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to nine years in federal prison, followed by a five-year term of supervised release. On April 13, 2018, Gayden pleaded guilty to conspiring to rob a business and to brandishing a firearm during that robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: In San Antonio, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging three individuals for allegedly defacing the San Antonio Mission National Historical Park Visitor’s Center last month, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Superintendent Mardi Arce and San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Bobby Harper (23, Bradenton) to five years in federal prison for distributing more than 40 grams of fentanyl. Harper pleaded guilty on April 23, 2018.
By State Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks at a hearing on the Trump Administration’s policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean...
