News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury indicted a man this week for two bank robberies during which he claimed he had a bomb and firearms, announced Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jesse Tichenor, of Morgantown, West Virginia, admitted to his involvement in a drug distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- 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) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury indicted a man this week for two bank robberies during which he claimed he had a bomb and firearms, announced Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: More than 200 law enforcement officers died by suicide in 2019. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline may be reached at 1-800-273-8255 and provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress. We are HERE for law enforcement, HELP is a phone call away, and above all there is always HOPE.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - August 8, 2019 - A federal grand jury sitting in Nashville yesterday, returned a four-count indictment charging Steven J. Wiggins, 32, of Dickson, Tennessee with federal carjacking and firearms violations which resulted in the death of Dickson County Sheriff’s Sergeant Daniel Baker. U.S. Attorney Don Cochran immediately filed a notice with the Court that the government intends to seek the death penalty.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: Luray, Virginia: Shenandoah National Park is pleased to announce the selection of Katherine Mann as the August Artist-in-Residence. In her sweeping abstract paintings, Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann merges traditional Chinese and Japanese ink painting techniques with an approach rooted in Western abstractionism.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Carl Richardson, 40, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 48 months in federal prison for assaulting an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution at Oxford, Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of time served (approximately 17 months), to be followed by three years of supervised release on a conviction of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 12-count indictment today against Johnathon Ward, 40, formerly of Tracy; Monica Nunes, 39, formerly of Rancho Cordova; and Talalima Toilolo, 44, of Salt Lake City, Utah, charging them with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and bank fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. The indictment also charges Ward and Nunes with aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: A Tulsa man pleaded guilty Wednesday to smuggling ecstasy into the United States from a German supplier in December 2018, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau has scheduled a webinar to unveil the latest updates to its new site, data.census.gov. With no new releases in American FactFinder, data.census.gov is the primary way to access information from the Census Bureau’s most popular surveys and programs. Join this webinar to...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: Williamsport, Md. - For the first time in nearly 100 years, a canal boat crossed the Conococheague Aqueduct of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park today in Williamsport. The National Park Service, the Town of Williamsport and friends and neighbors of the canal celebrated the completion of the Conococheague Aqueduct restoration project and the groundbreaking for a new C&O Canal Headquarters and Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: Fabio Bretas de Freitas lied to regulators in an effort to cover up his use of client funds for personal expenses.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 135,000 metric tons of soybean meal for delivery to the Philippines during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Stephanie Czuprynko, 54, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William B. Conley to 15 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $358,233.42 in restitution. Judge Conley noted that Czuprynko paid the entire restitution amount prior to the sentencing hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of time served (approximately 17 months), to be followed by three years of supervised release on a conviction of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A Utah man who admitted supplying methamphetamine to others for distribution in the Billings area was sentenced today to 13 years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By EPA 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...
