News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: A Lorain man was indicted in federal court for accessing his employer’s computer system after learning he would be fired and shutting down the web site, blocking access to email and taking other unauthorized actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: A criminal complaint filed today in federal court in Brooklyn charged Awais Chudhary, 19, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan, with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Chudhary was arrested yesterday, and made his initial appearance this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge James Orenstein. Chudhary was ordered held without bail.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced Kevin Alexis Hernandez-Guevara, aka “Stop," age 22, a citizen of El Salvador illegally residing in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, to 292 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for a federal racketeering conspiracy relating to his participation in the activities of the gang known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, including murder and drug dealing.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - Robert J. Bell, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s Chicago Field Division, and Scott C. Blader, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Corey D. Douglas, 28, of Chicago was sentenced Thursday, August 29 by...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Aging Committee Ranking Member Bob Casey (D-Pa.) today wrote to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma and eight external quality review organizations (EQROs) that audit managed care organizations...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: A Toledo man was sentenced to 35 years in prison for sex trafficking involving a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Tuttle carried a gun during a number of felony offenses, and while stealing from a Sheldon, Iowa, store.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Awais Chudhary Recorded Videos and Took Photos of the Flushing Bay Promenade And the World’s Fair Marina in Preparation for an Attack.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - To aid in successful spawning and incubation of Chinook salmon eggs and to improve winter reservoir storage in the Yakima basin, the Bureau of Reclamation will begin what is referred to as its annual “flip-flop" operation in early September. This means flows out of Keechelus and Cle Elum...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Hardheart had lengthy criminal history before she was caught near the Dinosaur Park playground with a distribution quantity of meth.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - Pete Anthony Tyndale, 47, of Hollywood, Florida, was sentenced to 29 years of imprisonment by United States District Judge Robert E. Wier for conspiring to distribute oxycodone and other drugs, and for money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Brendon Janis, age 34, of Kyle, South Dakota, was found guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute 500 grams or more of Methamphetamine and Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm, as a result of a federal jury trial in Rapid City, South Dakota. The trial began Monday, August 26 and concluded Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. Janis was originally indicted by a federal grand jury on May 23, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Possessed a Loaded Gun in Furtherance of the Drug Conspiracy; Confronted an Individual About Theft of Drug Proceeds, Whom a Co-Conspirator Then Stabbed and Murdered.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Amanda Griffith (619) 546-8970 or Janet Cabral (619) 546-8715.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Gateway Arch National Park continues the 10th season if it’s popular Gateway to the Stars series on Saturday, Sept. 7 with Animals of the Park and Saturday, Oct. 5 with Ghosts of the Arch Grounds. Each event is free and open to all ages, and features a twilight, ranger-led interpretive talk followed by telescope viewing of the moon and stars led by the St. Louis Astronomical Society (weather permitting).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park News Release. Aug. 30, 2019. Contact: Rick Slade, 301-663-6751, rick_slade@nps.gov. Catoctin Mountain Park Announces Temporary Closures. THURMONT, Md. - Due to increased security measures, portions of Catoctin Mountain Park will be closed effective 2 p.m., Friday, Aug. 30, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal court permanently enjoined a Houston company from processing and distributing adulterated seafood products in violation of federal law, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a 15-count federal indictment charging ERIC ANTOINE BLACK, a/k/a “J," 36, and OTIS JASON WEAVER, a/k/a “O," 39, in a heroin distribution conspiracy. BLACK was also charged with possession of cocaine and firearms violations. BLACK and WEAVER will be arraigned on these charges before a Magistrate Judge in U.S. District Court at a later date.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - On August 27th at 6:00pm, emergency responders received reports of a non-responsive visitor south of Badwater within Death Valley National Park. Responders came from Inyo County Sheriff’s office and California Highway Patrol in addition to National Park Rangers.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: MOOSE, WY-The Signal Mountain Summit Road and area in Grand Teton National Park have been temporarily closed to all visitors including motorists, cyclists, and hikers, due to heightened bear activity.
