News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Joaquin Ramon Alfonseca, 41, from Suttons Bay, Michigan, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for Assault by Strangulation of a Native American woman, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Gordon J. Quist imposed a 3-year term of supervised release that will commence once Alfonseca is released from imprisonment.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to request a briefing on the efforts CDC is taking to educate the public and prevent heat illnesses among youth athletes. Pallone’s letter comes in the wake of several of these avoidable tragedies, including one affecting a family in his home state of New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: An Akron man was charged in federal court with bank fraud and possession of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: Defendant Molested Inebriated Woman While She Slept.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-Billings resident Joshua Jock Clause who admitted to trafficking large amounts of methamphetamine and to possessing firearms was sentenced today to 15 years in prison and to five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a White Horse, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to an Intimate Partner.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that former South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) Officer Joshua Cave, 30, of Allendale, South Carolina, was sentenced to 6 months in federal prison and 6 months of probation after pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Honest Services Wire Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, top House and Senate Democrats sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr rejecting his limited offer to view a less-redacted version of Special Counsel Mueller’s report. The proposal would only allow twelve Members of Congress to view a less-redacted version of the report in person and would not permit them to discuss it with other Members of Congress who all have top security clearances.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Zion National Park officials learned that the body found today was that of Pradeep Beryl Solomon, the 35-year-old man who went missing while visiting the park on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Mr. Solomon was from Salt Lake City, Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Douglas Sparrow, age 35, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 100 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegal possession of a stolen firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- A young bobcat captured and collared a day before the Woolsey Fire started last November gave birth to four kittens recently - B-364, B-365. B-366 and B-367.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 105,000 metric tons of soybean meal for delivery to Colombia. Of the total, 60,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2018/2019 marketing year and 45,000 metric tons is for delivery for during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to request a briefing on the efforts CDC is taking to educate the public and prevent heat illnesses among youth athletes. Pallone’s letter comes in the wake of several of these avoidable tragedies, including one affecting a family in his home state of New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Fisher of Daytona, Florida pled guilty in front of the Honorable Elizabeth Wolford in connection with a 63-count indictment that was returned against him on April 3, 2018, involving a scheme to defraud Xerox Corporation...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that AARON RUDOLPH, age 26, of New Orleans, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - The Drug Enforcement Administration Phoenix Field Division, along with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, announce the arrest of naturopathic medical doctor Jelina Ip and her mother, Alane Ip, following the execution of state-authorized warrants yesterday morning in Tempe. The Ips were...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: MINERAL, CA - Lassen Volcanic National Park is gradually stepping into spring for this year’s National Park Week. The winter’s deeper-than-average snowpack is quickly disappearing from the Manzanita Lake Area, while the Southwest Area remains blanketed in 13 feet or more of snow.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A California woman was sentenced to 18 months in prison and to two years of supervised release on April 18 after Toole County sheriff’s deputies stopped her for speeding and ultimately found a mustard-covered package of methamphetamine that was hidden a cooler.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: In 1965 with the Yellowtail Dam nearing completion, the Bureau of Reclamation thought that a full capacity Bighorn Lake would flood the town of Kane. They condemned the land and many families were forced to move, leaving behind few physical reminders of the town. One of those reminders is the Kane/Ionia Cemetery, now part of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area.
