News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: Florida Man Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 20 Years in Prison for Mailing 16 Improvised Explosive Devices in Connection with October 2018 Domestic Terrorist Attack.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Suspended Tallahassee City Commissioner Scott Charles Maddox and business associate Janice Paige Carter-Smith today each pleaded guilty to two honest services fraud counts and one tax fraud conspiracy count arising from a 47-count indictment. Maddox and Carter-Smith face up to...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Carlos Vega-Carbonell, 36, of Amsterdam, New York, pled guilty today to unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon and distributing heroin, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: MOOSE, WY- The unpaved section of the Moose-Wilson Road in Grand Teton National Park will be temporarily closed for seasonal dust abatement beginning 4 a.m. Tuesday, August 13 and will reopen by 8 a.m. Thursday, August 15. This routine dust abatement application happens several times during the summer on the approximately one-mile of unpaved section of the seven-mile road.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Maylin Santiago, 25, and Rosa Merced, 39, both of Buffalo, NY, with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, and possession and attempted...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - A federal jury today found Deborah Carmona Antonsanti (43, Orlando) guilty of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine and possession with the intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine. Carmona Antonsanti faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in federal prison on each count. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for Nov. 20, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: NORMAN, Okla.-The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro event in Idabel, Okla., on August 16-17, at the Idabel Rodeo Arena. The two-day event, featuring 65 wild horses and burros, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 16. Adoptions will be held from noon-6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 16, and from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, August 17. Animals are eligible for direct purchase to a good home or for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer expressing their concerns regarding the export of language mirroring Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in trade agreements.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) sent a letter today to United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer expressing their concerns regarding the export of language mirroring Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in trade agreements.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) coordinated with regulators and partnered with small businesses to complete a soil disposal project for $1.2 million - nearly $75 million under its original estimated budget.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: Manhattan Project National Historical Park will hold a moment of silence to remember the 74th anniversary of when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in the waning days of World War II. The event will be held August. 6, at 2:00 PM, outside the Manhattan Project NHP Los Alamos Visitor Center, located at 475 20th Street.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Pornography Scams.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: Each day, thousands of containers travel the globe. Security agencies need to ensure the cargo that originally was shipped in them is what is in them when they reach their destination. Harmful or illegal content, added after the cargo was cleared for transport, must be detected and intercepted. Securing...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, Secretary Perry hosted a bilateral meeting at the Department of Energy with his Saudi counterpart, Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid Al-Falih and Saudi Princess Reema bint Bandar. During the meeting, the two energy ministers discussed a range of topics ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Jason Mannix, a/k/a “Boston," 40, of Passadumkeag, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge John A Woodcock, Jr. to three years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack." He pled guilty on March 25, 2019.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) sent a letter today to United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer expressing their concerns regarding the export of language mirroring Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in trade agreements.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Dylan Avery, 21, of Barre, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Rutland to 60 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to a charge that he possessed firearms as a convicted felon. Chief Judge Geoffrey Crawford also ordered that Avery serve three years of supervised release when he completes his prison term. Avery has been incarcerated since his arrest in June 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - United States Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and Geoffrey S. Berman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Steven Brown, a/k/a “BI," pled guilty today to participating in a murder in connection with a drug crime for his role in the Aug. 2, 2009 murder of Derrick Moore in the Bronx. Brown pled before U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today the FBI-led recovery or identification of 103 child victims and the arrest of 67 sex traffickers through Operation Independence Day. This initiative - a revamping of a previously successful program - was executed during the month of July through 161 operations conducted nationwide.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) sent a letter today to United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer expressing their concerns regarding the export of language mirroring Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in trade agreements.
