News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Sedalia, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and prescription opioids.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Statewide, Idaho - Eleven western governors, including Idaho Governor Brad Little, recently designated May as “Wildfire Awareness Month." Throughout the month, residents are encouraged to learn how they can protect their homes and communities from wildfire, in addition to helping firefighters reduce...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management announced today that it has approved the final plan for managing the Sutey Ranch and Haines parcels in the Roaring Fork Valley.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Jeffrey Farrell Davis, 36, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced to 120 months in prison yesterday, 25 years of supervised release, $3,000 victim restitution, and a $5,000 special assessment pursuant to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act. In March 2018, Davis pleaded guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management’s Boise Helitack crew has been named one of the 2018 winners of the Paul Gleason “Lead By Example" award.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was arrested today and charged in federal court with distributing cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: A North Lauderdale resident was sentenced today to more than six years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States District Judge Joseph H. McKinley sentenced James D. Armes to 50 years of imprisonment on Friday, and a lifetime of supervised release, for multiple counts of production and distribution of child pornography, and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., [April 30, 2019] - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared and is accepting comments on a pest risk analysis regarding the importation of fresh citrus fruit from China into the continental United States. After thorough analysis, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - A federal grand jury here has returned indictments against a former Dayton city commissioner, a current city official and two Dayton businessmen, charging them with fraud and public corruption.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On April 30, 2019, five men were sentenced by the Honorable Judge Gustavo A. Gelpi today for their roles in the conspiracy to murder Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati-Casañas, a Federal Bureau of Prisons Correctional Officer, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. Lieutenant Albarati was murdered on Feb. 26, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Today, the House Judiciary Committee unanimously passed four bills to address prescription drug pricing, including H.R. 965, the CREATES Act; H.R. 2375, the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act; H.R. 2374, the Stop STALLING Act; and H.R. 2376, the Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019. This markup is part of the first phase of the Committee’s agenda to lower the soaring cost of prescription drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield to illegally possessing an AM-15 rifle and ammunition.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee on reviewing the state of the dairy economy.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to examine pathways to reestablish U.S. global leadership in nuclear energy and to receive testimony on S. 903, the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- An Ironton, Ohio man who possessed drugs and guns in Huntington was sentenced to eight years in prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and the Huntington Police Department.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Southeast Texas man, who was convicted for sexually assaulting a child in 1984, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today, DANNIE SIMON PARKER, JR., 48, of Raleigh, North Carolina was convicted in federal court following a two-day trial before United States District Judge James C. Dever, III. The jury found PARKER guilty of Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 39-year-old Mexican national has just admitted he assaulted a Border Patrol (BP) agent with a flashlight, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
