News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Michael Hallmon, 34, of Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 51 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Hallmon pleaded guilty to the charge on March 8, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA - Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Acting Superintendent Joni Seay announced today the lifting of the 13-knot vessel speed limit in Whidbey Passage and around Willoughby Island. Recent whale monitoring surveys of the area indicate that few whales are still feeding there. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Henderson, Nevada, resident who admitted to selling Fentanyl resulting in the overdose death of a person in 2017, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Daniel Neill for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Oversight of the Federal Transit Administration’s Implementation of the Capital Investment Grant Program."
By DOE Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, this past weekend hosted USDA Forest Service (Forest Service) Chief Vicki Christiansen in Southeast Alaska. The trip gave Chief Christiansen a direct look at challenges and opportunities in the Tongass National Forest and an opportunity to hear from local stakeholders and tribal leaders about the need to build a strong, sustainable economy in the region.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to seven years in prison for his possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and while under a term of federal supervised release during a traffic stop in Henrico County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: After a lengthy investigation into the criminal conduct of various street gangs operating in and around Miami Gardens, Florida, a federal grand jury indicted 22 people in Miami on charges that include drug trafficking, armed drug trafficking, dealing in firearms, and firearm possession by convicted felons. Some of the defendants are members and known associates of the Zone 3 gang, a Miami Gardens based gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: FARGO - United States Attorney Drew H. Wrigley, District of North Dakota, along with United States Attorney Billy J. Williams, District of Oregon, and Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, announced that a Colombian fentanyl trafficker, who was...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NIKKITA CHESNEY, 46, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to seven months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for her role in a Medicaid fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OREGON - Dutton Creek and Red Cone campsites, located along the Pacific Crest Trail in Crater Lake National Park, have been closed to public use by the park superintendent due to a significant number of hazardous trees that threaten those areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: Direct Access to FBI CJIS’s National Sex Offender Registry Helps Tribal Governments and Law Enforcement Track and Identify Sex Offenders.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III this week sentenced Kevin Horsey, a/k/a What What, age 26; Terrell Luster, a/k/a Relly, age 30; Caesar Rice, age 27; and Michael Evans, a/k/a Pee Wee, age 25, all of Baltimore, to 20 years, 23 years, 22 years, and 14 years in federal prison...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 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 following statement on the resignation of Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta. Senator Murray previously called on Secretary Acosta to resign following the arrest of serial sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein earlier this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A Little Rock man who is a self-professed former longtime gang member who turned toward community activism later in life has been sentenced to prison on drug and gun charges. On Friday, Chris Alexander, 42, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by United States District Court Judge D.P. Marshall Jr., after admitting to selling large quantities of marijuana and possessing guns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - William Timothy Hopmeier, 48, of Des Peres, pled guilty to two counts of Production of Child Pornography. Hopmeier appeared before United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig and set sentencing for Oct. 23, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Fort Belknap man admitted on Thursday to sexually abusing a girl on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: Billings, MT - The U.S. Marshals Service in Montana announced the arrest on July 3 of a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Most Wanted fugitive on an outstanding warrant for felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JON E. MONTROLL, a/k/a “Ukyo," was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman to 14 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced an agreement with Special Counsel Robert Mueller to reschedule his public testimony for Wednesday, July 24, at which time Special Counsel Mueller ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s decision to issue an Executive Order on the Census...
