News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Today, Edgar Arroyo-Amezquita, former Director of Facilities for the Municipality of Toa Baja was sentenced by United States District Judge Carmen C. Cerezo to serve 30 months in prison and to pay restitution in the amount of $39,999 to the Municipality of Toa Baja, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By State Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- Representative Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), the House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican; Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Chairman of the Committee; Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), the Chairman of the Asia and Pacific Subcommittee; Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL), the Ranking Member of the Asia...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Charges including Solicitation to Commit Murder, Kidnapping, Maiming, and Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A federal jury in Laredo has found four men and two women guilty for their roles in a two-year multi-million dollar money-laundering scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Cherokee County man pleaded guilty Tuesday to unlawful possession of a rifle stolen during a burglary at a gunsmith’s residence, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: With IRS funding expiring on Friday and the president still wavering on the bipartisan spending agreement announced last night, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today warned that another Trump shutdown could paralyze the IRS during tax filing season, add to the existing backlog of correspondence and potentially delay refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - An Oregon couple, Michael and Tawni Boutin, have each been sentenced to 12-months and one day in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute marijuana. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of mail theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Dozens of members of a white supremacist gang allegedly responsible for multiple acts of violence were charged in a superseding indictment unsealed today in the Eastern District of Arkansas. The indictment alleges that the New Aryan Empire is a racketeering enterprise, which committed violent acts-attempted murder, kidnapping, and maiming-in support of its organization and its wide-ranging drug-trafficking operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: In Austin today, a federal jury convicted 45-year-old Terry Allen Miles for kidnapping two minors and taking them to Colorado, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division and Round Rock Police Chief Allen Banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Grency Junior Nuñez Barrera, 31, a citizen of the Dominican Republic residing in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 24 months and one day in prison for aggravated identity theft, social security fraud, and making false statements, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - How would you like to work, learn, play, and serve in the world’s first national park? Yellowstone is currently recruiting for the 2019 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC), a residential work-based education program for young men and women between the ages of 15 and 18. Visit the YCC program to apply. Completed application materials must be received by March 1, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Ludlow couple pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield to mail fraud, identity theft, and tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Darrel Rich, 68, of Emmett, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to a two-count indictment charging him with damage by fire to vehicles owned by an institution receiving federal funding, and damage by fire to vehicles used in interstate commerce, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.
By State Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Washington-A bipartisan group of Senators and House Members today announced that they have offered legislation reaffirming strong congressional support for the United States alliances with South Korea and Japan and the critical importance of trilateral cooperation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: FBI and Sunrise Police Department Announce the Arrests of Three Alleged Armed Robbers.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Area high school students recently experienced how classroom education intersects with the working world during a day of job shadowing at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Cave explorers from Colorado recently surveyed 594 feet in Wind Cave, bringing the total length of surveyed passages to 150 miles. The cavers, Randy Macan, Shawn Lamley, Emma Paul, and Janis Mankovs, surveyed 10 hours Saturday, February 9, in the Half Mile Hall area of the cave.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
Release: Here are five things that travelers can do to improve their Transportation Security Administration experience when they are flying this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - An Oregon couple, Michael and Tawni Boutin, have each been sentenced to 12-months and one day in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute marijuana. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
