News from August 2019
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Washington-U.S. Congressman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) released the following statement on the Burmese military’s genocide against the Rohingya minority in Rakhine State, Burma...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jalen Jewaun Glass, age 24, of Arlington, Texas, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment and 4 years of supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, Cocaine, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: The FBI is Seeking Assistance in a Bank Robbery in Miami on Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: While Under Investigation, Arranged to Meet for Sex with Undercover Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 55-year-old Canton, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown and FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew D. DeSarno.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Surgeon General of the United States, and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Brianna Leshay Wright, 26, of Charlotte, and her mother-in-law, Tanya Fuentes, 56, of Charlotte, were sentenced today for their respective roles in the sex trafficking of three minor females, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former chairman of the board for the Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist, of Los Angeles was arrested today on a federal grand jury indictment charging him with fraud for stealing more than $11 million in church money and using it to purchase a home, a membership at Disneyland’s exclusive dining club, and other personal expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 34-year-old Mexican national has been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Victor Manuel Morales-Moreno pleaded guilty Oct. 2, 2018, admitting to conspiring to distribute heroin to street level dealers and users for more than two years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former Kansas City Chiefs football player, who was tasered twice while struggling with officers and resisting arrest, was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing firearms.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Des Moines, Iowa - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack (D-Iowa) today toured AE Dairy, a Des Moines dairy plant that stands to benefit from the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Grassley and Vilsack spoke about the importance of passing USMCA for U.S. agriculture, the trade deal’s bipartisan appeal and the need for Congress to act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant and U.S. Marshal Jeffrey Holt announced today that a two-week-long joint federal, state and local law enforcement initiative has resulted in the arrests of 214 individuals in West Tennessee. These individuals were arrested on a variety of criminal charges...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A New Jersey man pled guilty today for his participation in a drug trafficking operation in Fayette County, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Larry Avery, 37, from New Jersey, and formerly of Beckley, entered his guilty plea to using a communication device to facilitate...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Theodore Roosevelt National Park invites curious minds of all ages to attend the seventh annual Dakota Nights Astronomy Festival Friday, August 30 through Sunday, September 1. Join park rangers, astronomers, and space enthusiasts of all types to explore North Dakota’s beautiful night skies in the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Herman Terrell Govan, of Inwood, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 151 months incarceration for selling fentanyl, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber today sentenced Tafawah Horrobin (39, Cape Coral) to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl. Horrobin had pleaded guilty on May 13, 2019. His uncle, co-defendant Michael Horrobin, was sentenced to 4 years and 9 months’ imprisonment on Aug. 12, 2019. A third co-defendant, Travis Lee Watkins, is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 3, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - Acadia National Park is on the top ten list of most visited national parks in the United States, welcoming more than 3.5 million visits a year. Labor Day weekend is anticipated to be an especially popular time to visit. Visitors are encouraged to plan carefully and use the fare free Island Explorer bus system to access the Park Loop Road, carriage roads, and hiking trails. Parking is limited and expected to fill early.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, Stillwater Field Office, has prepared a draft environmental assessment (DEA) to analyze the direct, indirect and cumulative effects from issuing a new term livestock grazing permit for the Pilot-Table Mountain Allotment (PTMA)...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Callers Based in India Impersonated Federal Employees and Netted Over $2 Million From Victims Across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber today sentenced Tafawah Horrobin (39, Cape Coral) to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl. Horrobin had pleaded guilty on May 13, 2019. His uncle, co-defendant Michael Horrobin, was sentenced to 4 years and 9 months’ imprisonment on Aug. 12, 2019. A third co-defendant, Travis Lee Watkins, is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 3, 2019.
