News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan today announced that Manuel Medina, 33, of Rochester, New York, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 46 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Portland, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management has completed the transfer of a wildland fire engine to the City of Vale Fire and Ambulance Department to enhance their wildland firefighting capabilities. The engine was transferred under BLM’s new Rural Fire Readiness (RFR) program, which is designed to provide equipment to local wildland firefighting partners at no cost.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: (Buena Vista, VA) - On Friday, July 26, 2019, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Blue Ridge Parkway dispatchers received a report of a single motor vehicle collision near Milepost 53 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: A Lisbon man was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for having child pornography and soliciting people to rape and sexually assault children.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of the Interior (DOI) has confirmed that its investigation of former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s email use - an investigation requested by Committee on Natural Resources Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) - has been folded into a larger criminal probe being coordinated with the Department of Justice (DOJ).
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement on the House passage of the reauthorization of the Family-to-Family Health Information Centers Program. The reauthorization extends the program for five years, which is the longest-ever extension of the program. The bipartisan legislation now heads to President Donald Trump to be signed into law.
By State Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chairman Risch made the following statement regarding ongoing protests in Hong Kong, and in response to the Chinese government’s July 29 press conference:
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, AL - Two people have pleaded guilty for their involvement in an embezzlement scheme involving Auburn Bank in Notasulga, Alabama, announced Louis V. Franklin, Sr., U.S Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: AUSTIN, Texas - In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced Modesto Gonzalez III to ten years in federal prison for defrauding numerous individuals out of more than of $300,000 by impersonating a Drug Enforcement Administration special agent, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: St. Louis MO --- Christopher Crivolio, 47, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, pled guilty today to one count of identity theft. Crivolio appeared before United States District Judge John A. Ross. Sentencing is scheduled for November 7, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Potosi, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for enticing a child victim in Lawrence County, Mo., to engage in illegal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christopher Kelly, 56, of Painted Post, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - ALANNA JEAN ORR, 50, of Oklahoma City, has pleaded guilty to felony murder in the second degree by child neglect in Indian Country, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Shayne Gregory Maupin was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Chinese National Sentenced to Over Three Years in Prison for Trafficking Counterfeit Apple Goods into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Boy Found Dead in Car After Six Hours in Summer Heat.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s Montana/Dakotas State Office today released the September 2019 Notice of Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale List, which includes 12 parcels totaling about 7,497 acres. The sale is scheduled to occur online at www.energynet.com starting on July 30, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: The owner of a Thomson, Ga., medical equipment company was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison Tuesday, July 30, for a wide-ranging Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM’s Savannah River Operations Office awarded its liquid waste contractor an “excellent" rating and nearly $28.6 million, or 94 percent, of the available award fee for its performance from June 2018 through March 2019.
