News from August 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in reaction to comments from Presidents Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron on the French digital services tax...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Deer hunting season opens in Kentucky on September 7 and in Tennessee on September 28. During that time, wild hogs may be harvested with the appropriate weapon that is legal for that specific season and during an extended hog hunting season that lasts from the end of the deer season until the end of February with a weapon that is approved by that state for harvesting big game.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Omar Perez, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s (HHS-OIG), Miami Regional Office, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - The final person sought in connection with an alleged bank fraud scheme where members of an alleged conspiracy created and deposited approximately a million dollars worth of bogus checks in banks in Rhode Island and Massachusetts has been arrested in California.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced today that Russell Morrison, 18, of Winnebago, was sentenced Monday by Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp to 60 months’ imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor on the Winnebago Indian Reservation. There is no parole in the federal system. Morrison will be on supervised release for a period of five years after he serves his sentence. He will also have to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Clifford Randell Montague, 53, of Hattiesburg, pled guilty Friday before U.S. District Sul Ozerden to bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Dear Acting Secretary Pizzella: We write in strong opposition to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“Department" or DOL) proposed rule to create Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs or “Industry Programs"), and to request a 60-day extension of the public comment period for the Notice of Proposed...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Appomattox, VA - Pollinator are swarming to Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. Pollinators are.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Omar Perez, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s (HHS-OIG), Miami Regional Office, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa. has been sentenced in federal court in Johnstown to two years (24 months) in prison and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: NOAA awarded a contract to Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation for the purchase of a new Gulfstream G550. This $40.7 million contract award is for the base airframe, which will be modified for use in supporting hurricane and tropical storm forecasts, atmospheric research, and other NOAA missions. NOAA expects...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Derek Shawn Pendergraft, 22, of Asheville, N.C., has pleaded guilty to one count of first degree murder and two counts of aggravated sexual abuse resulting in death. U.S. Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf accepted Pendergraft’s guilty plea in federal court in Asheville.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: BAR HARBOR, ME - Acadia National Park Superintendent Kevin Schneider announced the selection of Laura Cohen as chief of interpretation and education of Acadia National Park in Maine. Cohen is currently the digital content strategist for the National Park Service (NPS) Office of Communication. She will assume her new role September 1.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Pecos, NM:- Pecos National Historical Park will offer two special backcountry hikes this September; these will be the final opportunities this year.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in reaction to President Trump potentially hosting the 2020 G-7 at his Doral Golf Resort...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Kalik Aaron, 22, Arkim Clersaint, 20, and Le Shaun Fahie, 23, appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller for an advice of rights hearing after being taken into custody by Homeland Security Investigations on Aug. 25, 2019. Aaron was charged with Bringing in or Harboring...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area’s developed campground will reopen Friday, Aug. 30, in time for the beginning of its busiest camping season. Cooler temperatures during the fall and winter months make Red Rock Canyon a destination for visitors from around the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Christopher Lee Yates, a former contract security guard at a U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) facility, was sentenced today to 168 months incarceration for stealing firearms from the government, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - United States Magistrate Judge Silvia Carreño-Coll authorized a criminal complaint against Christopher Quiñones-Prieto charging him with unlawful possession of a machinegun, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The U.S. Attorney’s Office would like to thank the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit, Michigan man pled guilty to selling fentanyl in Huntington last year, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Mashal Franchuit Thomas, 25, pled guilty to distribution of fentanyl in federal court in Huntington.
