News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - Last Thursday, 2015 “Fugitive of the Week," Felix Aguilar, 42, was extradited from the Dominican Republic by the U.S. Marshals Service. Aguilar, who has many aliases including Antonio Rios and Manuel Tejeda-Santana was wanted on a 2015 Rockingham County charge of sale/dispensing a controlled drug with death resulting.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Barney Crutchfield, of Tallahassee, was sentenced Thursday, July 11, to 120 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to drug conspiracy and firearms charges stemming from conspiracy to distribute narcotics throughout Northwest Florida. Crutchfield, 58, pleaded guilty in April...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following the decision by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that the Trump administration’s guidance on Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act, which allows states to pursue harmful changes to health care like weakening pre-existing condition protections and allowing junk plans to be subsidized with tax credits, is subject to the Congressional Review Act...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry today announced that the Department of Energy will award 113 grants totaling $121 million to 103 small businesses in 29 states. Funded through DOE’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, today’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Tavis Washburn, 27, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Sanostee, N.M., pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque on July 12, 2019, to charges of involuntary manslaughter and child abuse in Indian Country.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Tucson Field Office is planning work at the Christmas Recreation Site, located along the Gila River upstream from the town of Winkelman. The work will occur the week of July 15 to improve access to the restroom facility in conformance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to her role in crashing a car into a Cabela’s store to steal guns, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: FBI Seeking Victims in Indonesia Showbiz Scam Investigation.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
Release: Offers Webinars Providing Guidance on Making a Suggestion Washington, D.C., July 15, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting stakeholders to submit project suggestions for fiscal year (FY) 2020 Plant Protection Act Section 7721 ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -This week, the Committee on Oversight and Reform will hold two hearings to hold the Administration accountable for its actions related to violations of the law and its child separation policies.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published its final supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendments for the Ray Land Exchange. The proposed land exchange with ASARCO LLC would allow the BLM to acquire valuable lands and resources...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Michael Clark, age 20, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. upon his plea of guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
Release: HUNTINGTON, WV - A Pinellas County, Florida, man was caught by Transportation Security Administration officers at Huntington Tri-State Airport (HTS) on Sunday, July 14, with a loaded.380 caliber handgun, marking the sixth gun caught at the airport’s checkpoint so far this year, and the second within a four-day span. By comparison, TSA officers caught two firearms at the HTS checkpoint in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: Norfolk, VA - Members of the U.S. Marshals Service task force arrested today on Virginia’s Eastern Shore a man wanted for a 2016 double homicide in Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Today, an Owensboro man admitted in federal court that he participated in a conspiracy to defraud health insurance programs of more than $1.3 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: A Warren man was sentenced today to 64 months in prison for creating and distributing fraudulent controlled substance prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Derrick Morris, of Morgantown, West Virginia, appeared today in federal court on drug and firearms charges after being indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Clarksburg on July 9, 2019, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Hezekiah Morton, age 49, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for distributing heroin and fentanyl in the city of Schenectady in May 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - FELIPE GUTIERREZ, 48, was sentenced today to twelve months in prison for making a false statement to the United States Department of Labor ("DOL") about his employment of Mexican workers, announced United States Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Carlos Francisco Lopez, 30, of Los Angeles, CA, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and attempting to transport a minor across state lines to engage in sexual activity. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years and a maximum of life in prison.
