News from April 2019
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Glacier National Park is planning two prescribed fire projects in the North Fork region of the park this spring.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - Following a 14-day jury trial in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Ben T. Wootton, of Enola, Pennsylvania, and Race A. Miner, of Buena Vista, Colorado, were found guilty of one count of conspiracy to make false statements to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), six counts of making false statements...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Joshua A. Miller, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to his involvement in a heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: MIAMI - 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 and...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced the arrests of a Mayes County man and woman who were wanted in connection to a methamphetamine drug conspiracy. The two were taken into custody during a joint law enforcement operation early this morning at their residence in Chouteau.

By Homeland Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
Release: AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine residents who want to board an airplane will soon need a star on their driver’s license, indicating that it is a REAL ID credential, or they will need another form of approved identification to board their flight or enter a secure federal facility or military base. Maine’s REAL...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I.- Do you have a star encircled in gold on your Rhode Island driver’s license? If not, there’s still time to get your gold star REAL ID driver’s license.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: FBI Phoenix is Seeking the Public’s Assistance to Try to Identify the “Lunch Break Bandit".

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man was arrested today and charged with sending a series of violent and threatening emails to a college professor in Massachusetts and to a professional school at the university where the professor teaches.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) asking whether she expects to receive any documents that Mazars USA LLP may provide in response to a subpoena from...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - New Jersey residents will once again have an opportunity to take inventory of their medicine cabinets and dispose of any unwanted, unused or expired prescription medications. This Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Drug Enforcement Administration and its local law enforcement partners will be holding the 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day across the country.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - A special agent assigned to the Douglas, Ariz., Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) office was honored April 12 by the acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona as part of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Crime Victims’ Right Week.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - United States Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger will be joined by DEA Chief of Diversion Control John Martin and Alexandria Sheriff Dana Lawhorne at The Neighborhood Pharmacy in Del Ray on Saturday at 11 a.m. for the DEA’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Michael E. Algiere, 32, of Oakland, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to interfering with commerce by robbery. Algiere was indicted in August 2018.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Reliance, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, and Wounding plead guilty and was sentenced on April 22, 2019, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Harrisonville, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man today admitted opening bank accounts and recruiting others to open bank accounts as a conduit for stolen funds in connection with a wide-ranging business email compromise scheme, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Daniel J. Fillerup, age 33, of Albany, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for selling fentanyl that caused a woman’s death.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The former head coach of the men’s tennis team at the University of Texas at Austin pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with accepting a $100,000 bribe to secure the admission of a purported student-athlete to the university.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment on April 11 against Orlando Gillam, 45, of Fresno, charging him with mail fraud for a scheme that defrauded insurance carriers, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.