News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that an illegal alien from Mexico was sentenced last week to two and a half years in prison for reentering the United States after being deported four times.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: A partnership of federal land managers, local fire departments, and Idaho Firewise has announced the Every Yard Counts (EYC) Campaign, an effort to raise awareness about wildfires in the wildland-urban interface and what can be done to protect homes in southwest Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Red Scaffold, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to an Intimate Partner was sentenced on May 14, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Today, Jason Matthew Wells, 50, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez to 51 months’ imprisonment. Wells had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of armed bank robbery and aiding and abetting.
By USDA Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of three producers and three industry representatives to serve on the Peanut Standards Board. All appointees will serve the remainder of three-year terms ending June 30, 2020.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 22, entitled “Advancing Effective Conservation Policy: Successes, Challenges, and Next Steps.".
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Larrissa Helen Smith, 29, of Kayenta, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 12 months and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a car accident that resulted in injuries to four minor children. Smith had previously pleaded guilty to one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Burros from Death Valley National Park will soon be moving to new homes. The National Park Service has entered into a five-year agreement with the Texas-based nonprofit Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue to capture 2,500 burros from Death Valley National Park and relocate them to offsite adoption facilities and sanctuaries.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Today, Jason Matthew Wells, 50, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez to 51 months’ imprisonment. Wells had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of armed bank robbery and aiding and abetting.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Robert Charles Brady, 36, of Fort Lauderdale, was sentenced yesterday to 84 months in prison by United States District Court Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks, after having previously pled guilty to wire fraud, filing false records in a federal investigation and operating an aircraft without an airman’s certificate.
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has canceled plans for its Visa Lifecycle Vetting Initiative (VLVI), formerly referred to as the Extreme Vetting Initiative.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: This morning, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) welcomed United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres back to the Committee. Chairman Royce discussed the important role women play in the peacekeeping process and he applauded the Secretary-General’s work to increase the representation...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The U.S. Attorney’s Office today launched the Birmingham Safe Neighborhoods Task Force to offer prevention and community outreach programs within the city. This task force will complement the law enforcement work of the Birmingham Public Safety Task Force, which was announced last month, in combined efforts to reduce violent crime in the Birmingham area, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town.
By DOL Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Today, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), held a hearing to discuss student privacy and the importance of protecting students’ personally identifiable information (PII) and data.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that RODNEY BROWN, age 23, and MICHAEL PORTIS, 27, both of New Orleans, were sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to carjacking-related charges. Previously, BROWN pled guilty to carjacking and PORTIS pled guilty to brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a carjacking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Glacier National Park announces the completion of the environmental analysis and review process for the Sperry Chalet, Next 100 Years Project. The Finding of No Significant Impact, or FONSI (the decision document), was signed by the NPS Intermountain Regional Director on May 13, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The U.S. Attorney’s Office today launched the Birmingham Safe Neighborhoods Task Force to offer prevention and community outreach programs within the city. This task force will complement the law enforcement work of the Birmingham Public Safety Task Force, which was announced last month, in combined efforts to reduce violent crime in the Birmingham area, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town.
By USDA Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney will lead a trade mission to Guangzhou and Shenzhen, China, May 21-May 25, accompanied by a diverse delegation of agribusiness and state government leaders looking to establish new business connections in southern China.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed seven bipartisan measures, including the BURMA Act of 2018 (H.R. 5819), which promotes democracy and human rights in Burma.
