News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Jonathan Demario Collins, 33, of Pahokee, Florida was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg to 100 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, after having been convicted by a trial jury of being a felon in possession of a firearm (Case No. 17cr80084).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An enrolled member of the Ely Shoshone Tribe was indicted by a federal grand jury charging him with the murder of a three-year-old girl.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
Release: Aug. 27, 2019, Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) for the United States, Dr. Burke Healey, along with the CVO for Canada, Dr. Jaspinder Komal, and the CVO for Mexico, Dr. Juan Gay Gutierrez, issued the following statement about the 18th North American Animal Health Committee ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Guardian of Justice Award. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tim Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two local and federal law enforcement officers were recognized for the work on several significant cases as recipients of the 2019 Guardian of Justice Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Former Oklahoma Probation Officer Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - A single-vehicle traffic collision along CA-190 in Death Valley National Park resulted in the death of the driver on Sunday, August 25.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: * The 0.5-acre Brimstone Fire was detected on the afternoon of August 26 east of Yellowstone Lake. See map.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Steven Powers, 35, a former probation and parole officer with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to two counts of violating the civil rights of two female probationers whom he supervised when he subjected them to unwanted sexual contact.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Manhattan Beach man surrendered this morning to face federal charges that allege he collected $14 million from investors who were falsely told their money would be used to produce a feature film that Netflix would distribute and would involve several notable Hollywood figures.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF"), announced the unsealing of a superseding Indictment charging JOSE ALVAREZ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Shrewsbury man was charged with assaulting an employee of the United States Probation Office for the District of Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: On Aug. 23, 2019, Oyeyemi Olatunji Owagboriaye, 63, of Chicago, Illinois, was convicted of wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343 (Case No. 18cr20361). A jury returned a guilty verdict following a five-day trial before United States District Judge Kathleen M. Williams, in Miami, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Roberto Oquendo (38, Brevard County) to 50 years in federal prison for conspiracy to produce child pornography and production of child pornography. The court also ordered Oquendo to forfeit two cellphones that he had used in connection with the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging eight Las Vegas residents with conspiring to violate federal criminal copyright law by running two of the largest unauthorized streaming services in the United States, resulting in the loss of millions of dollars by television program and motion picture copyright owners.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau has scheduled a webinar to explain and answer questions related to Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC) data processing changes. In 2014, the CPS ASEC included redesigned questions for income and health insurance coverage, followed...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Every emergency response entails an element of science; successful emergency response requires the latest science.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - After a three-day jury trial, Johnny Lee Nixon, Jr., 23, was found guilty of Conspiracy to Commit multiple business robberies, Hobbs Act business robbery, possession of a firearm during a robbery, and receiving firearms while under indictment. U.S. Attorney Dunavant announced the guilty verdict today.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Office of River Protection (ORP) is developing another layer of worker protection by providing a data compilation tool in a pilot program at the Hanford Site tank farms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, Cyrus Phyfier, a 51-year-old resident of Montgomery, was found guilty on multiple drug and firearm related charges, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. A federal jury convicted Phyfier of all ten counts in his indictment after a weeklong trial.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Bayfield, WI - Outer Island has been re-opened to day-use. Overnight use continues to be closed, including Outer campsite 1 and zone camping. On Aug. 16, the island was temporarily closed due to bear activity. This was done to ensure visitor safety.
