News from July 2019
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Tonopah, NV - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Tonopah Field Office (TFO) and Mount Lewis Field Office (MLFO) are seeking public review of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for eight parcels of public land nominated for lease in the Sept. 17, 2019 Competitive Online Geothermal Lease Sale. These...
By State Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
Release: As representatives of the international community, we reject and condemn the use of counterterrorism or other security concerns to justify the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedom of religion or belief. While underscoring the necessity of effective, human rights-respecting...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site has extended the public comment period for proposed house tour fee increases through Aug. 17, 2019. The extended comment period is related to the new online reservation system, recreation.gov. Use of recreation.gov requires a $1 online processing fee for every...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two Michigan men pleaded guilty today for their roles in an advanced fee scheme involving phony Standby Letters of Credit supposedly issued by European banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: One overdose death is too many in Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Two people from Northeast Ohio were indicted on firearms charges. Demann Wilson, 30, of Elyria, was indicted on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Wilson possessed fentanyl and an American Arms 12-gauge ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - An Atlanta, GA, man admitted in U.S. District in Providence today to exchanging child pornography with individuals across the country, including sending images of child pornography to an undercover member of the Rhode Island States Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JARED CASTELLAW, age 34, of Alpine, California, and VALERIE SCHONES, age 54, of Tucson, Arizona, were sentenced on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 for their role in making false statements to a financial institution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Wanblee, South Dakota, man convicted of Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO: Would you like to learn how to restore and maintain antique tools? Join us on Saturday, July 27, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Heritage Workshop located at park headquarters in Van Buren, Missouri, to learn about a variety of old tools and how to restore your own vintage tools to their former beauty. The event is free and all are welcome.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Fort Smith, AR - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, and Ned Sharpless, M.D., Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner, announced today that J and L Grocery, LLC, of Alma, Arkansas, the company’s owner, James T. White, and its manager, Lori A.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Wanblee, South Dakota, man convicted of Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Leonard Espree, 56, formerly of Lafayette, was sentenced to 20 months in prison and five years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge James D. Cain Jr. for stealing nearly $300,000 from three finance companies. Espree was also ordered to pay $294,292.12 restitution. He pleaded guilty April 3, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that GLENN JAMISON, 37, of Waterbury, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 25 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 15 years (180 months) in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Today, three Tipton County men were sentenced for their roles in a 2017 home invasion murder in Covington, TN, and two others pled guilty for their roles in the attempted robbery resulting in death. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentences today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: FBI Releases Photographs of an Armed Robbery in Miramar.
By State Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
Release: As representatives of the international community, we stand together in condemning the systematic, ongoing, and egregious abuse of members of religions by terrorist and other violent, non-state actors. We support international efforts to prevent and counter terrorism and related violent extremism. We...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the statement below following the House of Representatives vote on the Raise the Wage Act today, which would gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Senator Murray is a cosponsor of the Raise the Wage Act in the Senate.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Greenville has returned indictments charging JORGE ALBERTO NATIVI, age 29, of Guatemala, with illegal reentry of a deported alien.
