News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted felon from Chicago was arraigned today on a federal firearm charge for illegally possessing three handguns on the city’s South Side.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 11, 2019, Megan Brook Gilliam, 25, of Morristown, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, Senior U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 110 months in federal prison for her role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: (MILES CITY, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management will burn slash piles in Rosebud County this winter as weather conditions allow.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A precious metals trader based in the Los Angeles Jewelry District pleaded guilty today to a money laundering charge after being caught in an undercover operation where he agreed to conceal what was described to him as more than $200,000 in drug trafficking proceeds.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON -The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) wants to assess new technology solutions for first responders. Today, S&T released a Request for Information (RFI) for participation in the Next Generation First Responder (NGFR) - Birmingham Shaken Fury Operational Experimentation (OpEx) scheduled for the week of August 5, 2019, in Birmingham, Alabama.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: Park cultural resource staff recently installed a to scale replica of what is known as the Worth Bagley Marker. The original marker was placed on the site of the 1943 shootout between William F. (Bill) Keys and Worth Bagley and stood on the side of the trail leading out to Wall Street Mill. The original stone was vandalized in 2014 and is now in the park’s museum for safekeeping.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Jayson Ross Orvis of Bountiful has agreed to pay $395,914 to settle a civil claim brought by the United States for costs to fight a fire that occurred on Aug. 29, 2017, U.S. Attorney John W. Huber announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A certified Occupation Safety and Health Administration training agent today admitted submitting false reports and selling fraudulent training cards to carpenters to improperly establish that they were certified in safety standards, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Earl John Velasquez, 23, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to stalking, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A chiropractor who previously owned and operated the Bradley Chiropractic Clinic, located in Bradley, Ill., pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and failure to file tax returns. Joseph Mayotte, 72, of Kankakee, Ill., appeared in Urbana before Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid. Mayotte’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Edward Barrett, 27, of Elmira, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 grams...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Damise Dixon, age 30, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to distributing crack cocaine and heroin in November and December of 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Earl John Velasquez, 23, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to stalking, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: ASHLAND, Ky. - Leonard Anthony Wright, 33, of Detroit, was sentenced Monday, to 156 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge David L. Bunning, for conspiracy to distribute 40 Grams or more of Fentanyl and conspiracy to distribute 100 Grams of more of Heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA-A man who admitted downloading child pornography to his cell phone was sentenced today to nine years in federal prison and 15 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Biologists are hoping that the destructive Woolsey Fire and recent steady rains prove to be the perfect combination for a promising display of spring wildflowers in the Santa Monica Mountains during the peak flowering season that typically occurs in March and April.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: TAMPA, FL-The FBI is asking the public to come forward with information about the theft of a truck and trailer filled with energy drinks. The theft occurred in the overnight hours of February 2-3, 2019 in the area of East Broadway Avenue and 50th Street in Tampa. The trailer contained more than $65,000 in energy drinks.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Brett Wayne Pigeon, age 32, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 40 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2019
News Release: Washington - The National Park Service and the Lincoln Birthday National Commemorative Committee will observe the 210th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln during a ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 at 11:45 a.m. The program is free and open to the public.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2019
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - Celebrate Heritage Days with Tonto National Monument in recognition of Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month on March 9 and 10 from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. The weekend’s activities will include prehistoric technology demonstrations, Apache dancers, kids’ activities, and representatives from Archaeology Southwest, the International Dark-Sky Association, and more! This event is free and open to the public.
