News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 52-year-old Aurora, CO man has been sentenced to federal prison for a wire fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown and FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew D. DeSarno.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted Illinois State Sen. THOMAS E. CULLERTON on embezzlement charges for allegedly fraudulently receiving salary and benefits from a labor union for which he did little or no work.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On July 31, 2019, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging Dr. Antonio REYES-VIZCARRONDO with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of health care fraud. The defendant was arrested today, announced U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Strengthening relationships and acknowledging exemplary service.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Travis J. Varble, 42, has been sentenced to more than 33 years in federal prison and a lifetime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: A Lubbock man allegedly contemplating a mass shooting has been charged by criminal complaint with making false statements to a federally-licensed firearms dealer, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
Release: More information about Liberia is available on the Liberia 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: Afghanistan National and Former U.S. Military Interpreter Charged for Role in Human Smuggling Conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - Cape Cod National Seashore announces completion of a major bicycle improvement project in Truro to implement a portion of the Outer Cape Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan (Master Plan) of 2017; the Master Plan was released by the Cape Cod Commission with the national seashore and the towns of Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown (see.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Whiskeytown, Calif. - The National Park Service is excited to announce the official re-opening of the Peltier Bridge Campground. Peltier Valley Road is now open from Paige Bar Road to Peltier Bridge Campground. Sites 4 through 9 are open for camping as well and they are back on recreation.gov for online reservations.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following statement after President Donald Trump announced an agreement between the United States and the European Union (EU) to allow more U.S. beef imports.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will conduct a FREE, 4- hour, family friendly canoe tour on Saturday, Aug. 17, at 9:30 am. National Park Partners will sponsor an event where visitors will paddle the waters of Lookout Creek and the Tennessee River to learn about the rich Civil War and American Indian history associated with the area. The following reservation and paddler requirements must be met prior to tour participation.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
Release: NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, and Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak visited the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) near Las Vegas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today that Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (Nissan MAC) has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). The suit alleges that Nissan MAC repossessed 113 vehicles owned by SCRA-protected...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - David L. Bonuccelli, 65, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to embezzlement from his employees’ pension plan, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In commemoration of the upcoming anniversary of the Battle of Wilson's Creek on Aug. 10, the National Park Foundation (NPF), National Park Service (NPS), and the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Foundation announced they have secured all the funds needed to renovate the visitor center at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, which tells the story of the first major Civil War battle fought west of the Mississippi River.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal jury returned a guilty verdict today convicting Jose Elfego Gutierrez-Gomez, 36, a citizen of Mexico residing in Stockton, of being a deported alien found in the United States, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A leader of one of the largest Drug Trafficking Organizations to operate in the Pittsburgh area has pleaded guilty to federal narcotics and firearm charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Defendant Returned to Dallas After Being Detained by Syrian Democratic Forces.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON—Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Kevin K. McAleenan, announced that an extension of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Syria was warranted, pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act. With his signature, he has extended Syria’s TPS designation for 18 months.
