News from August 2019
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Planning for future water needs in the Boise River basin is essential to ensure a secure water supply for future generations. The Bureau of Reclamation and the Idaho Water Resource Board have been studying options for increasing water storage capacity within the Boise River system via an ongoing feasibility study.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham. United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEVEN F. HARVIN, 54, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to three years of probation, the first 60 days of which Harvin must serve in home confinement, for stealing from a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD") program. Judge Shea also ordered Harvin to perform 50 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: Federal Convictions from Two States Prohibit Defendant from Possessing Firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 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 Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: Roseburg, Ore. - Please join the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a volunteer friendly day of trail improvements on the Tioga section of the North Umpqua Trail (NUT), as part of National Public Lands Day (NPLD), 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man today admitted distributing and possessing videos and images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings man who admitted selling meth from his house located near a school and having multiple firearms was sentenced today to eight years in prison and six years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: Dear Director Mulvaney and Acting Director Vought...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that James Latron Sumter, a/k/a “T", age 35, of Myrtle Beach, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute a quantity of cocaine and heroin, the use of which resulted in serious bodily injury or death. Chief United States District Judge R. Bryan Harwell of Florence accepted Sumter’s plea and imposed the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A southern Nevada man, who is employed as a security guard, was charged and arraigned in federal court today in connection to bomb making materials found at his Las Vegas home following an FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A total of 11 men from the countries of Tanzania, Pakistan and Iran have been ordered to federal prison for their part in trafficking multiple kilograms of heroin to the United States from abroad, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: Operation Iron Grip, a new level of multi-agency collaboration, leads to more than 50 arrests and 13 seized firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Matthew Osuba, 34, of Saugerties, New York, was found guilty today of sexual exploitation of a child, of distributing child pornography, and of possessing child pornography following a three-day jury trial. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and James N. Hendricks, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that FELIX ANTONIO SANCHEZ-GOMEZ, age 54, a citizen of the Republic of Panama, was charged on Thursday, August 8, 2019 in a one-count bill of information with possession of fraudulent immigration documents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 1546(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for False Statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - A resident of Brooklyn, New York has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Kalispell, Montana, woman convicted of Tax Evasion and four counts of Wire Fraud was sentenced on August 7, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Shamari Delresse Jones, a/k/a “Amari," age 34, and Jokari T. Jones, age 36, both of Columbia, were each sentenced to federal prison. Shamari Jones was sentenced to 7 years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to being...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its proposed rule that would change the permit certification process under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and curtail states' power to review, modify or deny permits for federal energy projects.
