News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a grand jury sitting in Hartford has returned a superseding indictment charging ARNO SMITH, 56, of Hartford, with committing seven robberies and a carjacking last summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: Defendants charged in superseding indictment in connection with a federal drug sweep of 10 defendants in May 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN: Voyageurs National Park is celebrating National Park Week by offering a series of events for park visitors. National Park Week begins on Saturday, April 20 and runs through Sunday, April 28. All events take place at the Rainy Lake Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Waylon Young Bird, 49, of Eagle Butte, South Dakota, was found guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance as a result of a two-day federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-Three former employees who had management positions with the Blackfeet Tribe’s Head Start Program were sentenced on April 11 to months in prison for their roles in an overtime pay scheme that defrauded the children’s assistance program of an estimated $174,000, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai announced their strategy to strengthen America’s position in the race to 5G, support the next generation of wireless connectivity, and connect rural communities to digital opportunity.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Cumberland County, New Jersey, man was convicted today for his role in three armed bank robberies and related charges, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: National Park Service officials invite the public to celebrate National Park Week during the week of April 20 - 28, 2019, with multiple events across the Blue Ridge Parkway. The week opens on Junior Ranger Day, Saturday, April 20, 2019, at the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center at Milepost 384 in Asheville, North Carolina, and Explore Park at Milepost 115 in Roanoke, Virginia. A variety of family-friendly activities will be available at both locations.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today investments for the Coal FIRST (Flexible, Innovative, Resilient, Small, and Transformative) initiative, which aims to develop coal plants of the future that will provide secure, stable, reliable power with near zero emissions.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: Eugene Police Captain Graduates from the FBI National Academy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-Three former employees who had management positions with the Blackfeet Tribe’s Head Start Program were sentenced on April 11 to months in prison for their roles in an overtime pay scheme that defrauded the children’s assistance program of an estimated $174,000, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice announced today that the federal criminal investigation of alleged civil rights violations at Lincoln Hills School (LHS) has concluded, after finding insufficient evidence to prove federal criminal civil rights charges against LHS staff members.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: The opioid crisis has devastated communities across the country, creating an unprecedented public health crisis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released a new report, indicating that the third wave of the epidemic is underway and overdoses from fentanyl are spiking. The Department...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources prepared a joint Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for B.F. Sisk Safety of Dams Modification Project to reduce seismic risks at B.F. Sisk Dam in Merced County. The Draft EIS/EIR is available for a 45-day public review period.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Lauren Montillo, age 47, of Towson, Maryland, to eight years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and for tax evasion. Judge Bennett also ordered Montillo to pay restitution of $4,060,284.79 to the victims of the scheme, and $276,240 to the Internal Revenue Service.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in federal prison for producing child pornography by sexually abusing a 16-month infant girl.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An El Salvadoran man who is in the United States illegally was sentenced today to over two years in prison for running an illegal commercial sex business that catered to the Hispanic community in Northern Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Brian Gutierrez-Villasenor was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and transporting funds to promote unlawful activity announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that James Williams, 32, of Philadelphia, PA was convicted today at trial of distribution of heroin, possession with intent to distribute heroin and crack cocaine, and illegal possession of a firearm by a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: Partnership between FBI, U.S. Army CID, and USAO led to quick arrest.
