News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Walter Bryant Williams, 29, of Gulfport, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to 41 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Williams was also ordered to pay a fine of $1500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - The former Linn County Attorney pleaded guilty today to federal charges of stealing 350 to 500 items including electronics and equipment that belonged to the county, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today. The estimated value of the items is $75,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of FERNANDO RAMOS-MEZA, 34, for conspiring to distribute approximately 191 pounds of methamphetamine. RAMOS-MEZA and co-conspirators PETER MARTIN, 34, JAVIER LOPEZ-LOPEZ, 47, and JUAN DANIEL VALDEZ-MENDOZA, 24, were indicted on...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - James Aubin, 46, of Dover, pleaded guilty in federal court on April 23, 2019, to committing a bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter E. Deegan, Jr. joins the Drug Enforcement Administration in announcing that on April 27th, DEA will hold its 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The biannual event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at thousands of collection sites around the country, including over 50 here in the Northern District of Iowa. The event is an effort to rid homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division hosted a roundtable today for community organizations, treatment centers, and healthcare providers in order to foster discussion about the...
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 Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: PINEDALE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) believes partnerships and inclusion are vital to managing sustainable, working public lands. The BLM Pinedale Field Office is scheduled to hold combined Pinedale Anticline Project Area wildlife, air, water and operator planning meetings on Thursday, April 25 from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019 discussion draft. The discussion draft provides practical reforms to the nation's nuclear waste management policy to ensure the federal government's legal obligations to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste are fulfilled.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Capitol Reef National Park will be celebrating International Migratory Bird Day on Saturday, May 11, 2019. Many species of migratory birds including several varieties of warblers, sparrows, and raptors find a hospitable stop-over in the Capitol Reef area.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Spanish Language Ad Campaign Targeted Latino Community.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Dyshawn Fisher, age 24, of Troy, New York, was arraigned Monday on a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters to six federal agencies today requesting briefings on efforts to address the alarming rate of maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States. Since 1987, the number of reported pregnancy-related deaths in America has more than doubled from 7.2 deaths per 100,000 live births to 18.0 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2014.
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.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters to six federal agencies today requesting briefings on efforts to address the alarming rate of maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States. Since 1987, the number of reported pregnancy-related deaths in America has more than doubled from 7.2 deaths per 100,000 live births to 18.0 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2014.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, May 1 at 10:30 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) cleanup of nuclear and hazardous waste sites. The hearing is entitled, “DOE’s Mounting Cleanup Costs: Billions in Environmental Liability and Growing."
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
Release: PITTSBURGH - Three handguns have been stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) within a two-day period, the most recent coming on Tuesday when a Pittsburgh resident was stopped with a.40-caliber handgun loaded with 11 bullets, including one in the chamber.
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: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Embezzlement and Theft from a Tribal Organization and Larceny.
