News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Theft of Government Funds, False Statement, and Concealment of Information from SSI Program.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Dear Commissioner Saul: We write to request that the Social Security Administration (SSA) extend by an additional 45 days the comment period for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “Rules Regarding the Frequency and Notice of Continuing Disability Reviews" (84 Fed. Reg. 63588, Nov. 18, 2019), from...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - For a second year Zion National Park will be piloting mandatory shuttle service within the park, December 22-31, 2019. Shuttle service will also be provided in the Town of Springdale to help visitors make connections within the park and Town, reducing vehicular traffic. Shuttle operation...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on Dec. 17, 2019, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict against DAMIEN JUSTIN, age 42, relating to being a prohibited person in possession of two (2) firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Bullhead, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Vehicular Battery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Defendant Worked at General Services Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Norfolk, VA - U.S. Marshals are requesting the public’s assistance in locating Schuyler Omar Hardy. Hardy is wanted for a shooting that occurred on November 6, 2019 in Norfolk, VA. After the shooting Hardy fled the scene, and the victim was transported to the hospital.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), along with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-Texas), praised the inclusion of the Family First Transition Act in the end-of-year...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: For Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA-The pastor of the United Pentecostal Church in Butte was sentenced today to five years of probation and ordered to pay $288,757 for embezzling from the church organization over a four-year period, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A husband and wife have been sentenced to federal prison for stealing the identities of at least ten people and using the information to file fraudulent tax returns seeking more than $1.3 million in refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA-An Idaho man who admitted possessing meth for distribution after the vehicle in which he was riding crashed in Bozeman was sentenced today to 54 months in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that James E. Taylor, 37, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 150 months in prison for discharging a firearm during a drug deal. Taylor pleaded guilty to this charge on Aug. 19, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Rolling into the New Year, Cape Lookout National Seashore, in conjunction with the Crystal Coast Stargazers Club, will pursue designation as an International Dark Sky Park. This designation from the International Dark Sky Association (IDSA) is a process that involves planning and documenting the exceptional starry nights and the nocturnal environment that is preserved and protected for public enjoyment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that KEVIN IMAN McCORMICK, 26, of Hamden, has been charged by indictment with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $20 million in funding to develop technologies to quantify feedstock-related emissions at the field level.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Help us combat disaster fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Browning man who admitted to sexually molesting two children on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 27 months in prison, a lifetime of supervised release and ordered to pay $442 restitution, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Tiffany Jamil Flenaugh, 29, of Fairbanks, has been named in two separate federal indictments for crimes including attempted credit union robbery, receipt of a firearm while under felony indictment, and possession of a stolen firearm. Flenaugh is currently in custody in Fairbanks, and is awaiting her first court appearance on the charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Gabriel Valley man was arrested today on federal criminal charges that he participated in a $23.8 million scheme to manufacture and ship counterfeit laptop computer batteries and other electronics from China to the United States, where the bogus batteries were sold to unsuspecting buyers in online marketplaces.
