News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Two men were arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, and charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dr. Anthony Leone, 55, of Clarence, NY, who was convicted of unlawful possession of a controlled substance and making material false statements, was sentenced to two years probation, to include three months home confinement, by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Steven McGill, age 49, of Albany, pled guilty on December 13 to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) have been supporting the joint response and investigation to the active shooter at Naval Air Station Pensacola since the first moments of the attack.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Columbus, Ohio man was sentenced to federal prison for federal drug distribution and firearm offenses, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. D’ Alfonza Mikell, 27, was sentenced to 106 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, and carrying a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. His imprisonment is to be followed by 36 months of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Forrest Awbrey, 29, formerly of Fresno, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for receipt and distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Last Saturday, Congressman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education,...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Capitol Reef National Park will begin a pilot mandatory Canyoneering Permit System starting Jan. 1, 2020. Permits will be free of charge and require self-registration located at the Capitol Reef National Park Visitor Center or online on the park website. These permits will be required for all canyoneering and climbing activities within the park.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Challis, Idaho - Recently, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Challis Field Office released 52 wild horse studs and nine mares treated with the fertility control vaccine Porcine Zona Pellucida back to the Challis Wild Horse Herd Management Area (HMA). Following the wild horse gather that occurred in...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Gerald Griffith, also known as “Jerry Porecca," 47, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty before United States District Court Judge Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro, to two counts of bank robbery...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found the Democrats’ so-called College Affordability Act will cost more than $330 billion in mandatory funds and nearly $150 billion in discretionary funds in just the first 10 years of the bill’s enactment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: James E. Dennehy Named Special Agent in Charge of the Intelligence and Surveillance Division of the New York Field Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Sulphur, Okla.- Chickasaw National Recreation Area is pleased to announce the annual Bedtime Stories event, which will take place on Thursday, December 19th at 7:00 pm at the Travertine Nature Center. Children will have the opportunity to listen to winter themed nature stories read by National Park Service rangers and Chickasaw Nation park guides. Hot chocolate will be provided and a certain jolly guest will make a special appearance. (Ho! Ho! Ho!).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Darnell E. Bassett, age 24, of Washington, D.C., today to 51 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for involuntary manslaughter in connection with a fatal accident on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Justin Hiemstra, 22, of St. Paul Park, Minnesota, and Andrew Harris, 23, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were both sentenced today to two years’ probation and 200 hours of community service by United States District Judge Cynthia M.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - A total of eleven individuals have been indicted for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Western District of Tennessee. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the indictments today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - United States Attorney David C. Weiss announced today that on Dec. 13, 2019, a federal jury convicted Charles Esham, a 60 year old Wilmington physician, on charges of conspiracy to distribute and distribution of oxycodone, one of the most powerful and commonly abused opioids available. United States District Judge Richard G. Andrews presided over the trial and accepted the verdict.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2019
News Release: PRICE, Utah - The San Rafael Desert Travel Management Plan Draft Environmental Assessment 30-day comment period opened Dec. 13, 2019. The Bureau of Land Management Price Field Office will accept comments through Jan. 13, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2019
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - Tonto National Monument will have five entrance fee-free days in 2020. On each of these significant days of celebration or commemoration, all national parks will waive entrance fees.
