News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Darius Dunbar, of Southfield, Michigan, was sentenced today to six months incarceration for his involvement in a heroin, oxycodone, and cocaine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Rex Hammond, age 55, of Elkhart, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. upon his conviction after a 4-day jury trial in April. Mr. Hammond was convicted on 5 counts of Hobbs Act Robbery, 2 counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and 1 count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Harold Course, 46, of Jackson, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to 22 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Course was also ordered to pay a $1,000.00 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democratic congressional leaders who oversee Social Security and federal employee rights in the House and Senate today urged newly-confirmed Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul to work in good faith with federal employee unions at the Social Security Administration (SSA) to reverse anti-union actions from the Trump administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - July 15, 2019 - Twenty individuals have been sentenced for their role in a series of methamphetamine distribution conspiracies which resulted in as much as 21 kilograms of methamphetamine and one kilogram of fentanyl being trafficked into the Middle Tennessee area and the arrest and indictment of two dozen individuals on drug trafficking charges, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Two Georgia pharmacists have been charged after separate federal investigations involving fraud and diversion of drugs to non-patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office Leadership Team Updates.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: FREDERICK, Md. - Join the National Park Service for a rare opportunity to tour the historic Worthington House at Monocacy National Battlefield. The house is usually closed, but will open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 20, 2019 for this special tour. Park Rangers and volunteers will discuss the history of the property and the Worthington family, who witnessed the Battle of Monocacy through their cellar windows. The event is free.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted felon has been charged with a federal firearm violation for allegedly illegally possessing a loaded semiautomatic handgun in the Old Town neighborhood on Chicago’s North Side.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding a competitive oil and gas lease sale on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. The agency will offer 28 parcels for lease totaling 32,342.43 acres in Elko and White Pine counties in north central Nevada. The BLM will hold the lease sale online at www.energynet.com.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: Honolulu, HI- Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) addressed an audience of over 1,400 at the United States Conference of Mayors in June. His speech included the Committee’s plans to improve the Nation’s crumbling and overburdened infrastructure, including that of roads, bridges, transit and water systems, and airports.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced COVIA DZELL SMITH, 46, of Shallotte, North Carolina, to 300 months imprisonment, followed by 6 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Randy Lee Donahue, Jr., of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 57 months incarceration for distributing methamphetamine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By State Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C.-Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Chairman, today lauded the unanimous House passage of the United States-Northern Triangle Enhanced Engagement Act (H.R. 2615), which addresses the root causes of migration from Central America by promoting greater security and economic opportunity in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
By State Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX), the Committee’s Ranking Member, today lauded the unanimous House passage of the United States-Northern Triangle Enhanced Engagement Act (H.R. 2615), which addresses the root causes of migration from Central America by promoting greater security and economic opportunity in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LOUIS POCOGRANO, 58, of Guilford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to three months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Sherri Walker Hobson (619) 961-0287.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Former financial planner James A. Young III, 49, of Milton, Florida, was arraigned today in the U.S. District Court in Pensacola after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with two counts of wire fraud and three counts of failure to file tax returns over a three-year period. The indictment was announced today by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that OLIVER MARTINEZ-CASTRO, age 19, a native of Honduras, was charged on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 in a one-count bill of information with Illegally using a Social Security number in order to obtain employment, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: Join the park staff at Eisenhower NHS for our second family day of the summer on Saturday July 20. Youth (ages 6 to 12) can ride the shuttle bus for free. Special family activities will be offered each day in addition to the park’s regularly scheduled programming. The park’s new junior ranger activity guide will be available for families to work on and earn their junior ranger badges as well.
