News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 Eastern District of California Law Enforcement Awards. These awards are presented annually to law enforcement agencies and investigators in the District’s Sacramento and Fresno divisions to recognize outstanding collaboration between federal, state, and local law enforcement in addressing public safety issues in this region.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Gordon, Nebraska, man convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- The National Park Service has documented a rare case of a mountain lion crossing the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass area. The male mountain lion known as P-61 made his way east of the massive freeway sometime between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. on the morning of July 19th.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A former secretary-treasurer of a U.S. Postal Workers Union today admitted embezzling $34,500 of union funds, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: Three New Jersey Residents Charged with Sex Trafficking Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A resident of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Grand Canyon National Park invites the public to the eighth annual "Echoes from the Canyon". This living history event features daytime and evening programs August 16 - 19.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today, in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced PEDRO JAIME ENSENAT, 44, of Raleigh, North Carolina to 390 months’ imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Mobolaji Tina Stewart, 58, of Laurel, Maryland, pled guilty today to a federal charge of health care fraud stemming from a scheme in which she caused the District of Columbia’s Medicaid program to be defrauded out of more than $500,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Philadelphia, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court in Johnstown to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that FABIO BRETAS DE FREITAS pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Laura T. Swain to defrauding a group of investors (the “Victims") by soliciting funds for investment in the commodity futures...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings man who admitted illegally having a firearm that he discharged during a fight, sending a bullet through the brim of a person’s hat, was sentenced today to the statutory maximum of 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: A bipartisan group of Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro requesting an examination of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) new biodetection technology system called BioDetection 21 (BD21) as well as an evaluation...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three New Jersey residents have been charged by complaint for their roles in a sex trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito for the District of New Jersey and Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: THURMONT, Md. - The National Park Service will close part of Foxville Deerfield Road from August 12 through August 16 between 7 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. to complete emergency road repairs. The closure will be in place between Owens Creek Picnic Area and Owens Creek Campground. The picnic area will remain accessible...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Preparation of False and Fraudulent Tax Returns was sentenced on July 26, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Today, officials from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance, the United States Attorney's Office, Middle District of Louisiana, the Baton Rouge Police Department, and many other local, state and federal partners, convened in Baton Rouge, LA to initiate the National...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: Lebanese Businessman Tied by Treasury Department to Hezbollah is Sentenced to Prison for Money Laundering Scheme Involving the Evasion of U.S. Sanctions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Franklin County resident Patrick Estes, 57, with enticement of a minor (18 USC 2422(b)), solicitation of child pornography (18 USC 2252A(a)(3)(B)(ii)), and committing a felony involving a minor while a registered sex offender (18 USC 2260A). Estes has been taken into custody and ordered detained pending trial.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation will provide a total of $331,792 to three groups who will undertake collaborative, on-the-ground watershed management projects. The funding will help address critical water supply needs, water quality concerns, restoration needs, meet competing demands and avoid conflicts over water. The Reclamation funding will be leveraged to support $1.2 million in watershed management improvements.
