News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Norfolk Police Detectives and Prosecutor Receive FBI Award for Solving a Cold Case Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Maysam Ghovanloo has pleaded guilty to violating the federal wire fraud statute in furtherance of a scheme to defraud the National Science Foundation. Ghovanloo owned Bionic Sciences, Inc. (BSI), and was a professor at Georgia Tech.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Dorrion Jefferson, age 35, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly Brady after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - On Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS) invites the public to help commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first landing of enslaved Africans in English-occupied North America, which occurred at Point Comfort in what is now Hampton, Virginia. For four minutes...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Washington - USDA Rural Housing Service Administrator Bruce Lammers today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $52 million in 45 community facilities projects that will benefit nearly 200,000 rural residents (PDF, 151 KB) in 16 states.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced MICHAEL AHMED, 33, of Raleigh to 80 months’ imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised released.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ -A news release for the Ikes Fire will be issued every other day starting today, Wednesday Aug. 21, 2019. Additional information will be released as it becomes available or conditions change. Contact information for the Ikes Fire will remain in place at this time.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pa. pleaded guilty in federal court in Johnstown to a charge of possession of a prohibited object in prison, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Two Los Angeles Pharmacy Owners Found Guilty in Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: The Maryland Park Service, National Park Service, and the National Council for the Traditional Arts are proud to offer a free performance by Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots on Thursday, September 5 at 3pm under the pavilion at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park. (Stop #13 on the Harriet Tubman Byway).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: A Boardman man was indicted in federal court for making threats against federal law enforcement officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Initially Refused to Comply with Officers During a Traffic Stop in Early Morning Hours.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sigfredo Martinez, 47, of Celeron, N.Y. pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
Release: Washington, DC, Aug. 21, 2019 - Today, the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) announced a new pair of administrative flexibilities that enable states to leverage modern technologies in their efforts to deliver Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits with improved customer service and integrity.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Tazewell County, Illinois man was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to more than 13 years in prison for receiving child pornography via Facebook.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Keith Baker, 24, of Littleton, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 60 months for participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Brian J. Wilson, an inmate in Atlanta’s U.S. Penitentiary has been charged with possessing a contraband cell phone that he used to post photographs to and live stream content onto a social media platform from his prison cell.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: On Saturday, Aug. 31, at 7 pm, staff at Rocky Mountain National Park invite you to view a special short film about what life was like on the Never Summer Ranch. This will be held at the Kawuneeche Visitor Center on the west side of the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: An unlawful user of controlled substances who possessed a loaded handgun was sentenced today a year in federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
Release: USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service sent this bulletin at 08/21/2019 02:00 PM EDT
