News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Fernando Valley man was arrested Friday night after he received what he thought was a live bomb, but in fact was an inert explosive device that was delivered by an undercover law enforcement officer as part of an investigation by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man Arrested in Southwest Albuquerque Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A citizen of Romania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: David Herron, 47, of Centralia, Illinois, has been arrested on a criminal complaint charging him with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Jeremiah Ruhl, 43, of Colchester, Vermont was charged with the unlawful killing of a crow and woodcock without a license and unlawful possession of a turkey vulture. All three of these birds are “migratory birds" and protected...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, an indictment was returned charging Anton P. Bogdanov, a citizen of Russia, with wire fraud conspiracy, aggravated identity theft and computer intrusion in connection with a scheme in which he and others used stolen personal information to file federal tax returns and fraudulently obtain more than $1.5 million in tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: DAVIS, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 29, 2019-A new Agricultural Research Service (ARS) study reveals, for the first time, how diet and bacteria may interact to prolong chronic diarrhea in monkeys.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - With robust public participation over the course of 16 prior events, the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by family members...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Charlottesville, VIRGINIA - Thomas Walter Gillen, a member of the white-supremacist organization known as the Rise Above Movement (RAM), pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville to one count of conspiracy to riot in connection with the August 2017 “United the Right" rally in Charlottesville...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: St. Augustine, FL - The National Park Service will reenact the change of flags between the Spanish and the British in 1763, on Saturday, May 4th at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm at the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Visitors will see the changing of the guard, the massing of the Spanish and British...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Juan Elvis Monsanto, age 59, of Hazleton, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty on April 25, 2019, before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service today announced a $155,675 grant from the American Battlefield Protection Program to help protect 3.8 acres of America’s battlefields in Virginia threatened with damage or destruction by urban and suburban development. This grant will be used to acquire a portion of the Chancellorsville Battlefield, a significant Civil War Battlefield.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Melvin Nelson, age 39, of Troy, New York, was arraigned on Friday on an indictment charging him with possessing and intending to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Damien Guidry, 38, of Welsh, Louisiana, was sentenced to nine years and seven months in prison by U.S. District Judge Robert R. Summerhays for distributing marijuana and cocaine. He was also sentenced to five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Criminal Contempt.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 58-year-old man is set to appear in Houston federal court on allegations contained in a 10-count indictment to include conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, wire fraud and violations of a federal money laundering statute, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Faces at Least 15 Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Came to the attention of federal authorities after his arrest in Emmetsburg, Iowa.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Six national parks in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia have concluded annual operations to reduce overabundant white-tailed deer. The parks, ranging from Civil War battlefields to urban parks, donated more than 19,000 pounds of venison, equalling over 75,000 meals to local nonprofits. These nonprofits serve meals locally and across the region to families in need.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Families and children of all ages are invited to participate in Grand Teton National Park’s Junior Ranger Day on Saturday, May 4. This year’s event, titled “The Bear Necessities," is themed around bear ecology and safety. Junior Ranger Day will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center in Moose, Wyoming. The event is free and open to the public. All children who participate in activities can earn a Junior Ranger badge.
