News from April 2019
By USDA Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of virulent Newcastle disease in a small flock of pet chickens in Coconino County, Arizona. This is the first case of virulent Newcastle disease in Arizona.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Georgetown Heritage and the National Park Service (NPS) shared updated draft concepts for the Georgetown Canal Plan at a public workshop yesterday evening. From inviting landscapes to creative spaces for educational programs and events, the draft concepts show a rejuvenated and reimagined...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: Former Employee of D.C. School Admits to Transporting Child Pornography Across State Lines and Accessing it Over the Dark Web.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that MOSES WHITAKER has been charged with Aiding and Assisting in the Preparation of a False Income Tax Return. For the tax years 2010 through 2018, the Criminal Information alleges that WHITAKER transmitted or caused to be transmitted...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Holsey Wedlow, 65, of Sodus, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years, a life term of supervised release, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that Holsey Wedlow, 65, of Sodus, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years, a life term of supervised release, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
Release: ABILENE, Tex. - A temporary TSA Pre✓® application center will be open at Abilene Regional Airport (ABI) for two weeks in April.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An owner of a former Kansas City business, Barrett Prelogar, 48, was convicted by a federal trial jury today of corruptly endeavoring to impede the due administration of the internal revenue laws.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: More and more U.S. citizens and companies want to know about the exciting and growing field of commercial space transportation. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) now has a new video on obtaining an FAA-license to conduct a launch, reentry, and even operate a spaceport.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $20 million in funding to accelerate the incorporation of machine learning and artificial intelligence into energy technology and product design processes.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced witnesses for the Committee’s upcoming hearing titled, “Perspectives on Child Nutrition Reauthorization."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge has sentenced a Bolingbrook man to 19 years in prison for engaging in sex acts with an underage boy and enticing him to produce sexually explicit images of himself.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: An Appling man has been indicted on federal charges of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury has found Ashanti Roundtree (44, North Port) guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and heroin, possessing a firearm in the furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Roundtree faces a maximum penalty of life and a mandatory minimum of 20 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 11, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND - Dennis A. Jones, 47 years old, of Lafayette, Indiana, was sentenced by District Court Judge Philip P. Simon on his plea of guilty to possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: DENVER - A federal grand jury in Denver has returned an eight-count indictment charging Dr. Justin Neisler with production of child pornography, transportation of child pornography, and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn and FBI Denver Division Special Agent in Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Atir Dadon, 34, of Sherman Oaks, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to launder money, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: HONOLULU - Two Honolulu Police Department officers were arrested today pursuant to a federal indictment charging them with one count of conspiring to deprive a person of his civil rights, and one count of acting under color of law to deprive the same individual of his civil rights. The indictment alleges...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - David Anthony Richardson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has admitted to distributing fentanyl, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-To celebrate National Crime Victim’s Rights Week from April 7 to 13, there will be a free barbecue lunch and entertainment at the Yellowstone County Courthouse Lawn on April 12, U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. The event will run from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
