News from April 2019
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Eminence, Mo. - The temporary emergency closure of the Jacks Fork River at Alley Spring has been lifted. The damaged pedestrian bridge has been completely removed, allowing floaters and river users to once again safely enjoy the Jacks Fork River beneath the Highway 106 vehicle bridge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Christopher Shawn Potter (50, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to distributing a video over the internet that depicts a young child being sexually abused. Potter faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, and up to 20 years, in federal prison, and a potential life-term of supervised release. He has been detained since his arrest on Sept. 20, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings woman who admitted possessing meth for distribution was sentenced on April 4 to four years in prison and four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Stephanie Beck, 41, of Lewiston, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to manufacture marijuana.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: HORSHAM, Pa. - Today, miles from the former Willow Grove Naval Air Station, where firefighting foam containing per- and polyflouroalkyl subtances (PFAS) chemicals seeped into the groundwater, contaminating wells and water systems in surrounding communities, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Craig Lester, 32, of Buffalo, NY, with narcotics conspiracy; possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, heroin, butyryl fentanyl, U-47700, and cocaine; and using and maintaining a drug premises. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison and a $5,000,000 fine.
By State Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement regarding the State Department's announcement of plans to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO):
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that two United States Penitentiary, (“USP") Lewisburg inmates were indicted separately by a federal grand jury on March 28, 2019, for possession of a weapon while in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- Starting on approximately April 8, 2019 Xanterra South Rim, L.L.C., a concessionaire within Grand Canyon National Park, will be fulfilling a contractual obligation to rebuild the Maswik South lodging complex and construct new roads near Maswik South.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Defendant Pretended to be a Mobster in a $4 Million Extortion Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to racketeering conspiracy.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Mexican national who was previously deported, with convictions for indecent assault of a minor and DUI, is among 123 foreign nationals taken into custody during a month-long operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in New Jersey. The operation, which was...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today decried drug makers’ refusal to commit to lowering drug prices if middlemen rebate practices were changed.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Tyler Joe, 26, of Dennehotso, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 20 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Joe had previously pleaded guilty to assault of an intimate partner or dating partner by suffocation.
By State Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We are following up on a February 26 request by the Chairman and Ranking member of our Committee -to which the Department has not responded-and our interactions with you when you testified on March 27 before the Committee, requesting that Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad brief Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Lieutenant Skylare Holstick, age 37, of Birmingham, Alabama, entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Marijuana, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(D) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2, punishable by not more than 5 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine, or both.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement Sunday...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: DURANGO, COLO. - The Bureau of Reclamation will host the 2019 operations meeting for the Dolores Project on Thursday, April 18, at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Dolores Community Center, 400 Riverside Avenue in Dolores, Colorado.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: The purpose of the project is to protect park resources, especially threatened salmonids and their habitat in Larry Damm Creek and Lost Man Creek, by reducing the potential for erosion and sedimentation from the Lower B500 Road. The primary goals of the project are to reduce the potential for erosion...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Noel Carter, 45, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today for conspiring with Bakersfield police officers Damacio Diaz and Patrick Mara to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana that Diaz and Mara seized in the course of their duties as police officers, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
