News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Cindy Cipriani (619) 546-9608 and Larry Casper (619) 546-6734.
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 DOE Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This morning, Secretary Perry was briefed by Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes, Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response Karen S. Evans, and other senior DOE officials about emergency preparedness underway for Hurricane Dorian.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), along with Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA), Congressman Lou Correa (D-CA), Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), ...
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: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Sterling McMillan, 48, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine and butyryl fentanyl. The charges carry a maximum term of 20 years imprisonment and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Learn about the history of the Carlin Trend, gaze at the night sky, and build your own miniature sage house at the California Trail Interpretive Center.
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 Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Dear Administrator Verma: On Aug. 15, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released its latest report analyzing the adequacy and validity of Medicaid data submitted to the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) database.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz released a report on former FBI director James Comey’s handling of memos that documented private conversations with President Trump...
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: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Marco Glover (40, Gainesville) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Glover had pleaded guilty on May 21, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment Thursday against Genaro L. Merino, 34, of Merced, and Manuel S. Cardenas, 32, of San Luis Potosi, of Mexico, charging them with conspiring to manufacture at least 1,000 marijuana plants, manufacturing at least 1,000 marijuana plants, and depredation of public land and resources, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management and Lassen Land and Trails Trust are inviting volunteers to help with projects to spruce up the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail, in a special work day, Saturday, Sept. 21, in observance of National Public Lands Day.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This morning, Secretary Perry was briefed by Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes, Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response Karen S. Evans, and other senior DOE officials about emergency preparedness underway for Hurricane Dorian.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Early this morning, Aug. 30, park rangers were notified that a 63-year-old man from Boulder, Colorado had taken a 15-20 foot roped fall while climbing the Englishman’s Route on Hallett Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. The man was approximately four pitches up the route when the fall occurred.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Mexican Mafia member and “shotcaller" of the Santa Fe Springs- and Whitter-based Canta Ranas street gang has been found guilty by a federal jury of multiple crimes resulting from his control of a wide-ranging racketeering criminal enterprise, including the murder of a rival Mexican Mafia member at a San Gabriel Valley restaurant.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - Fall is an ideal time to explore Cape Cod National Seashore, and rangers, volunteers, and partner organizations are offering many programs in September. Opportunities include short and long walks, cultural history talks, lighthouse tours, workshops, and canoe tours. For program details, stop by Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham or Province Lands Visitor Center in Provincetown to pick up a copy of the September Activity Guide.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Aug. 30, the National Park Service announced a new electric bicycle (e-bike) policy for national parks, expanding recreational opportunities and accessibility. The policy supports, signed by U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt on Aug. 29, that directs Department of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person, was sentenced on Aug. 26, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
