News from February 2019
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, NV - The Bureau of Land Management, Black Rock Field Office, is requesting all new persons or businesses wishing to conduct commercial activities at the 2019 Burning Man Event, submit their application by the close of business (4:30 PM PST) on March 28, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today that Sierra Pacific Mortgage Company Inc. (SPM), a national mortgage lender headquartered in Folsom, has agreed to pay the United States $3,670,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by falsely certifying compliance with Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance requirements in connection with certain loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 38-year-old Mexican national has been sentenced to federal prison following his conviction of illegal re-entry into the United States after deportation, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Isidro Rodriguez-Toscano pleaded guilty Oct. 23, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Ryan Koenig, 23, Onalaska, Wisconsin, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 72 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. Koenig pleaded guilty to this charge on Nov. 16, 2018 and was sentenced on February 8.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former northwestern Missouri teacher was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday for allegedly producing child pornography with three minor victims.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Florida mosquitoes that can carry Zika virus and other diseases are showing resistance to pyrethroid-a common group of insecticides used to treat them-according to a new study by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ) scientists and their collaborators.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced two nominees to be members of the Merit Systems Protection Board and 11 bills during a committee business meeting Wednesday. The bills, amendments and nominees were passed by voice vote.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Carjandario Danielle Yarborough, age 35, of Washington, D.C, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and controlled substance analogues, and to murder in furtherance of the conspiracy. She and federal prosecutors also agreed to recommend to the judge that he impose a sentence of 20 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Bryan L. Brewer (43, Winter Park) with six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud, and four counts of money laundering. If convicted, Brewer faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each wire fraud count, up to 30 years’ imprisonment for each bank fraud count, and up to 10 years in prison for each money laundering count.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park received its highest annual visitation ever in 2018. The park received a total of 4,590,492 visitors last year, which was a 3.5 percent increase over visitation in 2017. This number represents a slight increase from previous record visitation in 2016, of 4,517,584. Visitation for 2018 represents a 42 percent increase since 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Christopher M. Arguelles, 34, of Pensacola, was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison today and a lifetime of supervised release as a federal sex offender. On Nov. 15, 2018, Arguelles pleaded guilty to possession and access with intent to view child pornography. The sentence was announced by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Chair of the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcomittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on "The U.S. Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program ".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Justin Darby, 37, of Jackson, entered a guilty plea yesterday before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate, to one count of carjacking and one count of using a firearm to facilitate the carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) during today’s hearing titled: "Putting U.S. Aviation at Risk: The Impacts of The Shutdown." Remarks as delivered can be found here.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Law enforcement authorities this morning arrested 25 members and associates of the San Fernando Valley-based Vineland Boys street gang who are charged in five federal grand jury indictments that allege a wide range of criminal activity, including shootings and assaults that targeted rivals, extortion and methamphetamine trafficking.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
Release: ROCHESTER, Minn. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today reminded travelers that a temporary TSA Pre✓® enrollment center will be open for two weeks in the Rochester, Minn., area in late February and early March. People interested in enrolling in this popular expedited screening program should make an appointment online now.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ASHRAF HASAN-HAFEZ and ILYA KOGAN were sentenced yesterday to 45 and 50 months, respectively, in prison for their participation in a scheme to defraud the Medicare and Medicaid programs. HASAN-HAFEZ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Mauro Veliz, 31, of Heron, Calif., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 96 months in federal prison, to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release. Veliz will also be required to register as a sex offender. Veliz had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. District Court Judge Francisco A. Besosa sentenced Jonathan Valentin-Santiago to 34 years in prison and Rubén Miró-Cruz to 24 years and six months in prison for their participation in the Hobbs Act robbery that resulted in the murder of a Police of Puerto Rico officer, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that BRENT BORLAND, the owner and principal of a New York-based investment fund known as Belize Infrastructure Fund I LLC (“Belize Fund"), pled guilty to perpetrating a $22 million investment fraud scheme...
