News from April 2019
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Easter weekend is just around the corner and the Bureau of Land Management would like to remind the public of five special places ready and waiting to be part of their holiday outdoor activities. All five locations have excellent recreational opportunities, including hiking, mountain biking, camping and picnicking. So what are you waiting for? Check out these public lands and decide which BLM location fits into your holiday plans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Adam B. Schiff, Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah E. Cummings, Committee on Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters, and Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot L. Engel ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: SAN JOSE - Diego Alejandro Aguilar was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and selling firearms without a license, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Rayfield Roundtree. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Lucy H. Koh, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Mario Amilcar Estrada Orellana Tried to Solicit Campaign Funding from Drug Cartels in Exchange for Guatemalan Government Support for Cocaine Shipments to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Damien T. White, age 21, of Toppenish, Washington, and an enrolled member of the Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakama Nation, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on January ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - Adam J. Moffitt, 31, of Urbana, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 156 months in prison for creating and distributing pictures of the sexual abuse of a female infant. He was also sentenced to remain under court supervision for the rest of his life.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Shyria Powell, a 43 year old resident of Mobile, Alabama and her husband, William Powell, Jr., a 46 year old resident of Mobile, Alabama were sentenced to a mandatory two years in prison and one day in prison, respectively, and ordered to pay full restitution totaling $255,134.54.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GREVY GERARD PIERRE-LOUIS, a/k/a “Cadillac Slim," a/k/a “Caddy," was sentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and conspiracy to transport minors interstate for the purpose of prostitution. PIERRE-LOUIS pled guilty on September 6, 2018 before Chief U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon, who imposed today’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - La’ron Clower, 29, of St. Louis, was sentenced to 48 months in prison for his involvement in racketeering and prostitution charges. He appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Court Judge Ronnie White.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank joined the Department of Justice in announcing today’s release of two complementary reports that focus on the mental health and safety of the nation’s federal, state, local and tribal police officers. The reports, Law Enforcement Mental Health and...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: DENVER - SRC Energy, Inc., a Colorado-based oil and gas company, has agreed to pay $723,236 to resolve mineral trespass allegations regarding two oil and gas wells unlawfully drilled in Weld County, Colorado.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - New River Gorge National River Superintendent Lizzie Watts has announced that the park will host a community meeting on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at the Canyon Rim Visitor Center in Lansing, WV. Superintendent Watts will present an overview of upcoming park projects and then allow time for questions and answers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kiefah A. Marbra, 19, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge William Conley, for aiding and abetting eight bank robberies and for brandishing a firearm during one of the robberies. Marbra entered a guilty plea to these charges on Jan. 15, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Ely District is accepting Special Recreation Permit (SRP) applications to fill the two Truck/Buggy/Off-highway Vehicle event slots for calendar year 2020. The District’s Caliente Field Office must receive applications by 4:30 p.m. PST, Tuesday, May 14, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury in Chicago has convicted a Southern California man of participating in an insider trading conspiracy that used inside information about an impending corporate acquisition to earn trading profits.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, talked about his impressions from his recent trip to the El Paso sector of the southwest border during interviews with Fox News’ America’s Newsroom and CNN’s Inside Politics today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Thousand Oaks, CA - As the saying goes, “All that glitters is not gold." The hillsides covered in lush green and bright yellow flowers after a season of heavy rains have a masquerader that will soon become a forest of dead brown stalks.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Ranking Member Jim Jordan in response to unprecedented letters Jordan sent to 12 companies urging them not to cooperate with the Committee’s ongoing investigation into the skyrocketing prices of prescription drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Four men have been sentenced after their involvement in illegal sport hunting from a helicopter in violation of the federal Airborne Hunting Act, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick. In September and October of 2018, Cody Morganthaler, 36, of Oklahoma, pleaded guilty along with Edelmiro Martinez, 33, Eduardo Lopez, 39, and Inocente Sanchez, 56, all of Laredo.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York woman was sentenced to 27 months in prison for running an investment scheme that defrauded victims of hundreds of thousands of dollars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
