News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Timothy Ortiz, a/k/a “Tyson," 25, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., to 92 months in prison and three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a felon. Ortiz pleaded guilty on January 4, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Law Enforcement Officers Seize Nine Kilos of Heroin, One Kilo of Fentanyl, from Defendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Arranged for and transported 3 ½ kilograms of meth from Phoenix to Sioux City.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James Nelson, 63, of Tonawanda, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, oxycodone, and hydrocodone within 1,000 feet of a private school, was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded Planck Aerosystems, Inc. of San Diego, California, $200,000 to begin testing its autonomous small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) in operational settings.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: St. Augustine, FL - Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Matanzas National Monuments will be CLOSED starting Friday, Aug. 30, 2019 in anticipation of severe weather and potential impacts from Hurricane Dorian. While the storm track is unpredictable, based on existing information, park officials have decided to err on the side of caution and focus on visitor, volunteer, and staff safety by this preemptive closure.
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: BOSTON - A Worcester man was indicted today on federal tax and fraud charges arising from his role overseeing various Worcester-based employment agencies.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: MINERAL, CA - Lassen Volcanic National Park continues to monitor the lightning-ignited, 15-acre, Red Fire.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Over 120 law enforcement officers from 30 law enforcement agencies in Virginia, North Carolina and Texas executed a major arrest operation over the last three days, resulting in 35 of defendants being arrested for their respective roles in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute large amounts of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and cocaine base in Hampton Roads.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. today sentenced Barbara Caylor-Hernandez (48, Dalton, Georgia) to 14 years in federal prison for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) blasted today’s proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rolling back methane emissions standards for the oil and gas industry...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Van Buren, MO: Several new restroom facilities at Ozark National Scenic Riverways will be partially closed temporarily in order to allow for warranty repairs during September.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Winyontis Quavari Gordon (29, Ocala) to 16 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. Gordon had pleaded guilty on May 16, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Trafficking Protected Turtles.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Aug. 29, 2019 - A Tennessee health care executive was sentenced to 42 months in prison yesterday for her role in a $4.6 million kickback scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Kevin McAleenan, the Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), objecting to the Department’s decision to block Committee staff from conducting additional visits to detention facilities after the Committee’s visits last week revealed serious problems.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 29, 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 on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed rollbacks of methane standards for the oil and gas industry under the Clean Air Act's New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pa. pleaded guilty in federal court in Johnstown to a charge of possession of a prohibited object in prison, and immediately following, was sentenced to 15 months in prison, consecutive to the current prison term he is serving out of the Middle District of North Carolina, and three years’ supervised release, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based physician’s assistant was sentenced to seven years in prison today for his role in a scheme to unlawfully distribute prescriptions for thousands of oxycodone pills.
