News from February 2019
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - As part of its commitment to placing healthy horses in caring homes, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming is pleased to announce a trailblazing schedule of adoptions in 2019. The BLM has planned 10 adoption events across the state, as well as online adoption opportunities throughout the year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Michael Roy Reed, 44, of Keithville, Louisiana, pleaded guilty Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Arlington man pleaded guilty today to orchestrating eight fraud schemes that resulted in total losses of approximately $20 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ALTON MCCLINTON, age 54, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged yesterday in a one-count bill of information with using a facility of interstate commerce with the intent to promote unlawful activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 1952(a)(3).
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Good morning. I’d like to welcome all of my colleagues-especially my friend the new Ranking Member, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, and the distinguished panel of witnesses who have joined us here today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Bruno J. Haney, II, 29, Marissa L. DeCarlo, 26, and James O. White, 27, all of Lockport, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, butyryl fentanyl, and fentanyl that resulted in serious bodily injury and death. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years in prison and a maximum of life.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Roger Ernesto Ballester Caser, of Hialeah, Florida, has admitted to using others’ bank information and personal identification numbers to make purchases, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: A Dallas man was sentenced today to 8 years in prison after officers caught him with a partially 3D-printed AR-15 rifle and a list of lawmakers’ addresses in his backpack, despite a court order that prohibited him from possessing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND- Bryant Porter, 25, of Gary, Indiana, was charged in a criminal complaint with distribution of crack cocaine, possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: A superseding indictment was filed charging a Maple Heights man attempting to provide material support to al Qaeda, as well as making threats against the President, threats against the family of the President and false statements to law enforcement.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Acting on the latest National Weather Service Advisory, park officials are preemptively closing Geology Tour Road and Berdoo Canyon Road. The National Weather Service has forecasted a “prolonged period of light to moderate rain across Southeast California beginning today (Wednesday) and lasting into Thursday evening. Highest rainfall amounts of 1-1.5 inches are expected to occur over Joshua Tree National Park.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Frank Purpera Jr. Sentenced to 20 Months After Being Convicted of 69 Counts Following Four-Day Trial in February 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - An Arizona man who was arrested as part of Project Parkersburg - a major takedown and dismantling of a multi-state drug trafficking organization (DTO) responsible for distributing methamphetamine and heroin -- pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A Livingston resident who admitted illegally possessing a firearm was sentenced today to five years of probation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that in federal court, before United States Magistrate Judge Robert B. Jones, Jr., GARY LYNN GATLIN, of Orrum, North Carolina, was charged in a federal Criminal Complaint for possession of a firearm by a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A federal jury found David George Hopkins, 60, of San Diego, California, guilty today for traveling with the intent to engage in sex with a minor and other related charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced three bills that will help bring transparency to the opaque, broken drug pricing system and bolster consumer protections for seniors with high drug costs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Jevantae Phillips, 22, St. Louis, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for carjacking, brandishing a firearm during a federal crime of violence and robbery charges. He appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON -In response to President Trump’s strategy to enhance broadband access in rural America, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) launched a new effort today designed to increase broadband internet access on federally-managed lands. The report and accompanying website provide information...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Authorities have arrested 11 members and associates of the South Los Angeles-based Florencia-13 (F13) street gang on federal racketeering, narcotics and firearms charges. One of the indictments unsealed today alleges that defendants linked to the gang trafficked methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and other drugs in their territory and attempted to smuggle narcotics into the state prison system.
