News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Dennis Weston, 55, of Anchorage, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to serve four years in federal prison, followed by 10 years supervised release, on one count of sexual exploitation of a child - possession of child pornography. Weston pleaded guilty as charged in October 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Dec. 20, 2019, United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Myrna Echevarria-Jiminez, age 44, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to 45 months’ imprisonment followed by four years of supervised release for drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Eric Dreiband, Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, announced today that Related Companies L.P. (“Related") and ERY Vessel LLC have agreed to install a one-of-a-kind platform...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2019
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is implementing a voluntary closure of the Descending Sheep Petroglyph Panel and its immediate surrounding area on the Colorado River during the months of January and February 2020. The Descending Sheep Petroglyph Panel is located on the Colorado River about halfway between the Glen Canyon Dam and Lees Ferry. Archaeologists believe the petroglyph panel is between 3,000 and 6,000 years in age.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - A former loan officer at Trustmark Bank has been sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison in connection with a fraudulent loan scheme. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 23, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Sumter County, South Carolina, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on Dec. 20, 2019, Bradley Smith, 67, of Jericho, Vermont, was sentenced in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, to serve 24 months in prison after his guilty plea to one count of possession of child pornography. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss also ordered Smith to serve a seven (7) year term of supervised release, and to pay a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Charles Lynn, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, has admitted to a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2019
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - The existing Upper Cliff Dwelling Trail closure will remain in effect through Jan. 16, 2020. This extended closure is a result of delayed trail reconstruction following significant storm damage, flash flooding, washouts, and erosion along the trail from excessive precipitation over...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2019
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - Join Tonto National Monument staff on a 30-minute guided hike on Saturday, January 4, 2020 to learn about biodiversity and post-fire adaptations of the Sonoran Desert. Discover the impacts the Woodbury Fire has had on various plant and animal species of Tonto National Monument, including saguaro cactus, sotol, and migratory birds.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2019
News Release: ALAMOGORDO, N.M. - On Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, which includes a provision that re-designates White Sands National Monument as White Sands National Park, making it the 62nd designated national park in the National Park System.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON—Multiple components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will be speaking and exhibiting at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020 in Las Vegas, Jan. 6-10, 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2019) – One year ago today, on Dec. 20, 2018, President Trump signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (also known as the Farm Bill) into law. Since that time, USDA has been working as quickly as possible to implement the 2018 Farm Bill. USDA leaders have testified before Congress multiple times regarding Farm Bill implementation and held dozens of listening sessions with stakeholders.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings of the Western District of Kentucky sentenced Cleoretta Allen, 41, of Louisville, Kentucky, yesterday to serve 180 months in prison and 20 years of supervised release. According to court filings, Allen operated the “Playhouse of Domination” – a BDSM (bondage, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice (NIJ) today published the findings of a two-year assessment that examined the personnel, workload and equipment needs of public crime laboratories and medical examiner and coroner offices.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: The Executive Office for Immigration Review will invest 28 new immigration judges today, bringing the immigration judge corps to its highest level in history with more than 465 immigration judges on the bench. Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Claire McCusker Murray will deliver opening remarks ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: A Maryland tax return preparer pleaded guilty yesterday to aiding and assisting in filing false tax returns and aggravated identity theft, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur of the District of Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it reached a settlement agreement with Adecco USA Inc. (Adecco), one of the largest staffing companies in the United States. The settlement resolves a claim that Adecco’s Gardena, California office violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has signed an Addendum to a non-prosecution agreement with Coutts & Co Ltd. (Coutts), a private Swiss bank headquartered in Zurich. The original non-prosecution agreement was signed on Dec. 23, 2015. At that time, Coutts reported that it held and managed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Nikolaos Vastardis, Evridiki Navigation Inc., and Liquimar Tankers Management Services Inc., were convicted by a federal jury in Wilmington, Delaware, of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, falsifying ship’s documents, obstructing a U.S. Coast Guard inspection, and making false statements ...
