News from August 2019
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: (NC/VA) - This Labor Day weekend, National Park Service officials are debuting a new safety video to remind all drivers and motorcyclists that a ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway is different than most roads. The Parkway’s unique design includes many steep grades, limited sight distances, and beautiful...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced that BEHZAD POURGHANNAD pled guilty today to participating in a conspiracy to export carbon fiber from the United States to Iran between 2008 and 2013.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
Release: DULLES, Va. - It has been the busiest summer travel season in years including some record-setting days in terms of the number of travelers passing through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints nationwide. TSA already set a record for the busiest day in its history when 2,795,014 passengers and crew members were screened at airports nationwide on Sunday, July 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to three years and two months (38 months) in prison and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ARMOND TROUTMAN, 19, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is awarding $3.4 million to 19 tribes across the western United States for technical assistance as they develop, manage, and protect their water and related resources. The funding is being made available through Reclamation's Native American Affairs Technical Assistance to Tribes Program.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Small and rural communities often depend on trade and export markets to keep the lights on and the doors open at their farms and businesses. The new North American trade deal - the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) - is a critical step to improving access to two of our most important markets: Canada and Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced AKEEM TERON FLOOD, 27, of Durham, North Carolina, to 84 months’ imprisonment, followed by a 5 year term of supervised released.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Christopher Helm, 30, of Kirkwood, MO, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison and lifetime supervised release for Possession of Child Pornography. Helm appeared before United States District Judge Ronnie L. White.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Speed enforcement will be in effect to help protect bears and other wildlife.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Roeuth Korm, 32, of Stockton, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: For Possession With Intent To Distribute Narcotics and Possession Of A Firearm In Furtherance Of A Drug Trafficking Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Company alleged to have fraudulently increased profits by negotiating discounts with air ambulance providers, and not passing the discounts on to TRICARE.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced JOSHUA WRIGHT, 25, of New Hanover County to 151 months’ imprisonment, followed by 2 years of supervised release. On April 8, 2019, WRIGHT pled guilty to distribution of a quantity of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Omar Vazquez-Baez, a/k/a Tutu, 26, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, five kilograms or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Has been convicted of possession of a firearm by an illegal alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Omar Vazquez-Baez, a/k/a Tutu, 26, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, five kilograms or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A local paralegal was arrested today on a seven-count federal grand jury indictment charging her with defrauding clients of various immigration law firms by depositing payments for legal services and filing fees into her personal bank account, thus depriving clients of the legal services for which they had paid.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Kansas City, MO - United States Marshal Mark S. James announced today the arrest of 19-year-old homicide suspect Charles Gresham of Omaha on the evening of August 27th, 2019 in Independence. He was wanted for First Degree Murder and Use of a Weapon to Commit a Felony following an investigation into the homicide of Audrea Craig in Lincoln, Nebraska.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-Phillip Allan Beach, 49, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, pleaded guilty today to one count of acquiring or obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception of subterfuge.
