News from February 2019
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: Visitors to Glen Canyon National Recreation are advised that the South Entrance to Wahweap will be closed from February 26 - March 22 due to an ongoing construction project taking place along Lakeshore Dr. Visitors will need to use the North Entrance to access the park. The park apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: A former Mahoning County judge pleaded guilty to charges stemming from stealing at least $100,000 from a former client.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: Felon Illegally Possessed Firearms; Following State Arrest and Release on Bail He Killed Three People in Vancouver, Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: David Tsui and Wellcare Consulting, LLC, a North Carolina marketing company, have agreed to pay the government $414,108.08 for allegedly accepting illegal kickback payments from OK Compounding, LLC, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Giordano Jackson, 40, of Teesto, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to life imprisonment for the murder of the victim. Jackson was convicted at a jury trial in November 2018 on all charges, including first degree murder, two counts of assault with a dangerous...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Carmen Melari Ferrufino Perdomo, 29, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced on Feb. 22, 2019, to a four-month period of incarceration upon her conviction for transporting aliens who had entered the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Marvin A. Jones, 24, a resident of New Jersey who recently lived in Vermont, was sentenced to 36
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that COURTNEY C. DUPLESSIS (“DUPLESSIS"), age 30, of New Orleans, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019 to Theft of Mail, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1709.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Alberto Perez, 31, of Fresno, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to eight years and four months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - David Ernesto Nolasco Soriano, 31, of El Salvador, made a first appearance and had a detention hearing on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, in Pensacola in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. United States Attorney Lawrence Keefe of the Northern District of Florida made the announcement.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: The first week in March, the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will be in San Francisco exhibiting at RSA Conference 2019-the world’s largest cybersecurity event-from March 4-7 with its DHS operational partner, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). This first-time exhibition partnership will enable S&T and CISA to communicate a joint cybersecurity vision to industry.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Ahead of upcoming briefings and committee activities related to Saudi Arabia and the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement:
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: NORTH PLATTE, NE - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Western Engineering Company Inc. after an employee suffered fatal injuries after being pulled into an unguarded slat/drag conveyor at the company’s North Platte, Nebraska, asphalt plant. OSHA proposed penalties totaling $89,032.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Barboursville woman pled guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Elizabeth Powers, 29, entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging her with possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. The Kenova Police Department conducted the investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT - This fall, Glacier National Park and Columbia Falls High School will begin an innovative partnership projected to last multiple years, building cabins for park housing and other needs. Over the 2019-2020 school year, students will participate in building design using computer aided...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
Release: (WS research). Tanya Espinosa (301) 851-4092 (WS Airport Wildlife Hazards Program). WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 25, 2019 - Jan. 15, 2019 marked the 10th anniversary of the emergency landing of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River after striking a flock of Canada geese. Known as the ‘Miracle on ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Nielsen: We write to request information regarding the Department’s efforts to address election security. Given clear warnings from Intelligence Community officials that the 2020 presidential election remains a target for our adversaries, it is vital that we take strong action now in...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN -A local man has been found guilty by a jury for being a felon in possession of a firearm after he committed an armed robbery. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the conviction today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Ely and Elko districts and Nevada Department of Wildlife are seeding approximately 15,337 acres, or nearly one-half of the public lands burned in last summer’s Goshute Cave Fire, 55 miles north of Ely, Nev.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: A former Mahoning County judge pleaded guilty to charges stemming from stealing at least $100,000 from a former client.
