News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - On July 23, 2019, a federal grand jury indicted 18 individuals for federal drug charges. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the indictment today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: The public is invited to participate in a photo contest for the 2020 Fort Moultrie annual pass. Individuals may submit up to five photos of Fort Moultrie beginning Sunday, August 18 and through Sunday, September 8, 2019. The Park Superintendent will select the top four images and the public will be able...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s August 2019 Total Water Supply Available forecast for the Yakima basin indicates the water supply will fully satisfy senior water rights. Junior water rights will receive an estimated 69% of their entitlements for the period June 3-September 30. This prediction denotes an increase of two percent from the previous month’s forecast.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the arrest of Terrian J. Knight (29, St. Petersburg) on a criminal complaint charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm. If convicted, Knight faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - James Flannel, 37, of St. Louis, MO, pleaded guilty this morning to one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of carjacking that resulted in the death of Boris Iouioukine, a Laclede Cab Company driver. Flannel appeared before U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber who accepted his plea and set his sentencing date for Oct. 31, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Woman Wanted by FBI in New Mexico Arrested in Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on July 31, 2019, Kevin Lee Longo, age 46, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger for Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. Longo was sentenced to 46 months in prison, to be followed by a term of supervised release for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Marvin Parker, 60, of Silver Spring, Maryland, pled guilty Wednesday to one count of bribery of public officials, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, Phillip Coyne, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Vernon Police Chief James Kenny today...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 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 State Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
Release: More information about Benin is available on the Benin Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Bryan L. Brewer (44, Winter Park) has pleaded guilty to wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for the wire fraud count, up to 30 years’ imprisonment for the bank fraud count, and up to 10 years’ imprisonment for the money laundering count. Brewer has also agreed to pay restitution to his victims and a money judgment has been entered for more than $9 million.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Enter the underwater world of the creepy creek crawlers. On Saturday, August 10th from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Homestead National Monument of America’s Education Center discover the macroinvertebrates that lurk in the muddy waters at the Monument and learn about the important role they play in aquatic...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Washington - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after an agreement was signed between the United States and the European Union regarding beef trade.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: DAYTON, OH ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Payne Enterprises Inc. - a plumbing contractor based in Dayton, Ohio - for exposing employees to multiple trenching and excavation hazards following an employee fatality. The company faces penalties of $145,860.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Timothy M. Dunham Named Special Agent in Charge of the Criminal Division at the Washington Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Hampton man pleaded guilty today to charges of assault by strangulation stemming from a February altercation aboard Langley Air Force Base.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Dear Acting Commissioner Morgan: I write regarding Marquette County’s efforts to bring U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel to Sawyer International Airport and other regional ports. Sawyer International Airport has a significant role and history in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Constructed...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- Dominique Jamar McCann, 24, of Lexington, was sentenced yesterday, to 80 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge Karen C. Caldwell, for possession with intent to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Tyron Jerrod Nelson, 35, of Pascagoula, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to 128 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Bradford L. Byerley. The defendant was also ordered to pay a $7,500 fine.
