News from August 2019
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Volunteers are welcome to help the Bureau of Land Management spruce up parts of the King Range National Conservation Area, in upcoming events commemorating National Public Lands Day. Projects will include mountain bike trail maintenance, invasive plant removal and planting native plants. The BLM will provide gloves, tools and materials for all projects.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Canaveral National Seashore will close the park and beaches within our boundary beginning Saturday, August 31st, in preparation for hurricane Dorian. With the safety of employees and visitors being NPS’ top priority, backcountry camping reservations are also terminated until further notice. Please observe...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla - On Friday, Aug. 30, Everglades National Park will close park entrances and visitor facilities at 4 p.m. in preparation for the landfall of Hurricane Dorian. Park concession-operated boat tours, services and rentals at Flamingo and Everglades City as well as Shark Valley Tram Tours will also cease operations on Friday afternoon.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument welcomes visitors and wishes everyone a safe and enjoyable visit during the Labor Day Holiday weekend and the remainder of the summer season.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet their contractual obligations...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Johnzell Moorehead, 29, of Saint Louis, MO, pleaded guilty to one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of assaulting a federal law enforcement officer. Moorehead appeared today before U.S. District Judge John A. Ross who accepted his plea and set his sentencing date for December 6, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A North Carolina man was sentenced today to two years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for abusive sexual contact with a minor, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran of the Western District of Washington announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Reno Sayles, Jr., 29, of Cheektowaga, NY, as well as Kevin Brown, 27, and Marlon Worthy, 32, both of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine and heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The charges carry a maximum sentence of up to life imprisonment and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - John O’Day, age 48, of Chester and Stevensville, Maryland, and Sarasota, Florida, and Denise White, a/k/a Lisa Young and Lisa White, age 32, of East Point, Georgia, have pleaded guilty to federal charges of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, in connection with a scheme to...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Niagara Falls, N.Y., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for possessing cocaine to distribute after being apprehended at a local bus station carrying more than six kilograms of cocaine.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney will lead a trade mission to Canada Sept. 3-6, accompanied by representatives from 41 U.S. agribusinesses and associations looking to expand sales to the United States’ top agricultural export market.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for his role in conspiracies to commit health care fraud and to bribe a doctor, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that MANUEL LIRA-RIVERA, age 35, a native of Mexico, was charged on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019 in a one-count bill of information with illegally using a Social Security number in order to obtain employment, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: There is an ongoing and comprehensive federal criminal investigation underway into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of certain patients at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center. The investigation, conducted by my office, along with the FBI and the VA OIG, was initiated as soon as potential criminal...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Second Degree Murder was sentenced on Aug. 26, 2019, by U.S. District Jude Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former union official was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for embezzlement from a labor union.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: MIAMI - DEA Miami Division Special Agent in Charge Adolphus P. Wright today announced the results of a three-day, statewide enforcement operation targeting opioids. The DEA-led surge brought together hundreds of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies throughout Florida. The operation targeted all levels of opioid distributors in the state.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - The “Block Boyz" gang leader and final two defendants have been sentenced to federal prison, announced David C. Joseph, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana. DeMarcus D. Morris, 30, Jimmie R. Durden Jr., 30, and Gary J. McCain, 24, all of Shreveport, Louisiana, were sentenced this week in federal court for being part of a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy, and for drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that John Nichols, 54, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on Aug. 30, 2019, to 168 months in prison by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. after pleading guilty to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. After serving his sentence, Nichols will serve a 5-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Final sentence wraps up prosecution in government bribery case.
