News from October 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after President Trump signed into law H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act, a bipartisan law aimed at combatting the opioid crisis...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comment on the Maswik South Rebuild Environmental Assessment (EA). The EA will be available for public review and comment for a 30-day period from October 25 to Nov. 25, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Danville, VIRGINIA - A pair of Danville men pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Danville to a charge of production of child pornography, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An Indian Springs, Nevada, felon who fired a shotgun at the Devils Hole gate padlock, destroyed a surveillance camera and equipment, then harmed pupfish, an endangered species, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Andrew P. Gordon today to 12 months and a day in prison and three years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada and Superintendent Mike Reynolds for Death Valley National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Cheryl Barrera, 50, South Beloit, Illinois, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to four years in federal prison for possessing 50 grams of more of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Barrera pleaded guilty to this charge on Aug. 1, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted Henry Stovall, Jr., on charges of methamphetamine conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, methamphetamine, and using and maintaining a drug-involved premises. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Twenty years ago, passengers could arrive at the airport within minutes of their flight’s boarding time, with little concern of any barriers causing them delays. They could carry bottled water, baseball bats, and even scissors through the security line. Dropping off a child to visit their grandparents? ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich today sentenced William Brinson Ball (40, Dubai) to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor for sex and transporting child pornography. The Court also ordered Ball to forfeit an iPhone and $5,000, which were used in the commission of the offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Allegedly Burned the Victim’s Car in Retaliation for the Victim Providing Information to Law Enforcement.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced today Health Subcommittee Staff Director Emily Murry will be departing the Committee staff.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division today announced the formation of the Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force (ARPO Strike Force), a joint law enforcement effort that brings together the resources and expertise of...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. - Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Thursday highlighted the agency’s Passenger Screening Canines (PSCs), a key asset used to enhance security and keep passengers safe and secure when departing Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: HOUGHTON, MICH- The National Park Service will be relocating wolves from Ontario to Isle Royale this winter. Isle Royale and their partners successfully relocated 4 wolves from Minnesota to the park this fall in an effort to restore predator prey dynamics to the island ecosystem. The support and assistance of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Ontario Premier Doug Ford made the next step of the Isle Royale wolf translocation project possible.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two siblings from Cleveland, Ohio, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal robbery and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of a superseding indictment against TAN WEE BENG...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: “We are grateful to the visionaries in the 1930s who conceived the idea of a parkway and to the countless people who have tirelessly worked since then to complete this spectacular section," said Superintendent Cassius Cash. “We can’t wait for people to experience the unparalleled views offered along this new Smokies destination.".
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Oct. 25, 2018 - Unites States Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee and Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced today the formation of the Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force (ARPO...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jose David Santiago-Curet, age 22, of York, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced DAVID ISIAH GIBSON, 46, of Chicago, Illinois on Oct. 19, 2018 for carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. Gibson was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received one hundred forty four months of imprisonment, to be followed by sixty months of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment. The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation investigated this case.
