News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, provided the below statement on the law enforcement response to the Aug. 17, 2019 demonstration in Downtown Portland.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Carl Chen, owner of Chenmax Properties, Inc., a Delaware Real Estate Investment Trust, and part-owner of Re/Max Sunvest Realty Co., was sentenced today in federal court in Delaware to 51 months in prison. Chen pled guilty in March 2019 to wire fraud emanating out of a multi-year Ponzi scheme he orchestrated.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released new tables from the 2017 and 2018 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: The two-hour bird walk will leave at 8:00 AM from the Fort Moultrie Visitor Center and will be led by local avian expert Sarah Diaz. The area of exploration will concentrate on the maritime forest and beach around Fort Moultrie. Participants should bring water, sunscreen, insect repellent, and binoculars.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OREGON - At approximately 4:40 PM on Sunday, August 18th, the park received a call that a 27 year old male had jumped off a small rock cliff at Cleetwood Cove but had not resurfaced. People on scene immediately threw out a life ring and staff from the Crater Lake Hospitality park boat tour...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: Fayetteville, AR - Benjamin Gray Burris, an orthodontist who owned several businesses that operated orthodontic clinics in Arkansas, was indicted today for perpetrating a bribery and fraud scheme involving former Arkansas State Senator Jeremy Hutchinson, announced U.S. Attorney Duane (DAK) Kees for the Western District of Arkansas and Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man pleaded guilty Monday to driving a getaway car during a bank robbery, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: Two men from Akron were sentenced to prison for using more than $38,000 in counterfeit $100 bills to buy iPads, Apple watches and other items at stores such as Target, Best Buy and Dick’s Sporting Goods.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: FREDERICK, Md.: Join the National Park Service and community partners in honoring the first Africans to land in English-occupied America and in remembering 400 years of African American history. On Saturday, August 24 at 10:00 a.m. at the Best Farm, Monocacy National Battlefield will host an event titled...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
Release: BOSTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day “fast track" recruitment event on Saturday, Aug. 24, to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a TSA officer at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Carl Chen, owner of Chenmax Properties, Inc., a Delaware Real Estate Investment Trust, and part-owner of Re/Max Sunvest Realty Co., was sentenced today in federal court in Delaware to 51 months in prison. Chen pled guilty in March 2019 to wire fraud emanating out of a multi-year Ponzi scheme he orchestrated.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) will celebrate the 103rd birthday of the National Park Service (NPS) by offering free admission on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019. Entrance fees and commercial tour fees will be waived for the day. Other fees such as reservations, camping, and concession fees are not included.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Richard Eugene Derringer, 47, previously of Junction City, Kentucky was convicted by a jury, following a three-day trial, on Thursday, before Senior United States District Judge Joseph M. Hood. Derringer was found guilty of using a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct, for the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio today, 38-year-old Armando Robledo Gonzales was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: SENECA FALLS, NY - A citizenship ceremony will take place inside the Wesleyan Chapel at Women’s Rights National Historical Park at 11:00 AM on Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. The ceremony is co-sponsored by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the National Park Service. 20 participants will take the oath of allegiance on the site where women first demanded the full rights of citizenship, including the right to vote.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: Timothy Langan Named Special Agent in Charge of the Kansas City Field Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, the Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, sent a letter to Coast Guard Admiral Karl L. Schultz requesting transcribed interviews with Dr. Kurt Colella, Dean...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: St. Louis -Ryan Easter, 27, of Florissant, MO, pleaded guilty to one felony count of possessing fentanyl. Easter appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey who accepted his plea and set his sentencing date for Nov. 11, 2019.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Planned Parenthood announced that it would have to withdraw from the Title X family planning program...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: On Aug. 25, 2019, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first landing of enslaved Africans in English-occupied North America by conducting a special program at 2:30 p.m., followed by participating in a national bell ringing ceremony at 3 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
