News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: ROCKFORD - The former director of operations of a Rockford non-profit organization was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to 37 months in prison for mail fraud and tax fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - In 2019, Smokey Bear celebrates 75 years of campaigning for wildfire prevention awareness. To commemorate the inter-agency wildfire prevention efforts that represent Smokey’s message on the ground, replicas of historic Smokey Bear portraits by artist Rudolph Wendelin are being displayed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Morris Dewayne Carroll (45, Orlando) to nine years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Carroll had pleaded guilty on April 18, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Gregory Smith, 51, Houston, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 11 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Smith pleaded guilty to this charge on April 17, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Former Police Officer and Ladera Ranch Resident Sentenced to Three Years and Five Months for Operating a $2 Million Real Estate Scheme That Targeted Retirees and Other Investors.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) personnel in Boston provided critical support as part of a federal, state and local law enforcement security effort, implemented for the “2019 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular," held along the Boston Esplanade on July 3 and 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Tywonne Crawford, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to distributing cocaine and heroin, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -This week, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, convened a hearing examining how the Trump Administration’s deterrence policies are creating a humanitarian crisis and jeopardizing the health and safety of the migrant children and families.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Thank you to everyone for being here. Today we meet to consider H.R 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act - commonly referred to as the Butch Lewis Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA-A Flathead County resident who admitted possessing methamphetamine for distribution after law enforcement found five pounds of the drug in his vehicle was sentenced today to 12 years in prison and to five years of supervised release, said U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND - Rita Law, 60, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen today to serve 360 months in federal prison after being found guilty, following a 3-week jury trial in February 2017, of two counts of trafficking and servitude, one count of transporting a...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO -Michael Mauricio was sentenced to 120 months of imprisonment today for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Sharice Davids (D-KS), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Rodney...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
Release: Washington, DC, July 10, 2019 - Puerto Rico residents continuing to recover from 2017’s hurricanes could be eligible for increased nutrition assistance funded by Congress and provided through a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This temporary assistance will be distributed through Puerto Rico’s Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) beginning as early as August. NAP is administered by USDA and is operated by the Commonwealth’s Department of the Family.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: On Sunday, July 21, 2019, experience Spanish language programs at Homestead National Monument of America. Enjoy a Spanish language tour of the Heritage Center exhibits or a guided bird walk, and a family picnic in the park’s shaded picnic areas. At 3 p.m. we will offer a Spanish language tour of the...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released the following joint statement regarding the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) opening of a Section 301 investigation under the Trade Act of 1974 of a proposed digital services tax being pursued by France that would unfairly target some U.S.-based companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - Three alleged members of the 103 criminal street gang have been charged for their participation in a robbery of America’s Best Value Inn hotel, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND - Rita Law, 60, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen today to serve 360 months in federal prison after being found guilty, following a 3-week jury trial in February 2017, of two counts of trafficking and servitude, one count of transporting a...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) recently joined the Integrated Justice Information Systems (IJIS) Institute and Google to host the Text-to-911 Translation TechFest at the Google campus in Kirkland, Washington. The TechFest was designed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky. - On Monday, James William Miller was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge Robert E. Wier, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and felon in possession of a firearm.
