News from July 2019
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $477 million in airport infrastructure grants, the third allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Texas man was convicted in federal court, on July 3, 2019, following a three day jury trial, for crossing a state line to engage in sexual acts with minors who had not attained the age of 12. Gregory Lee Hruby, of Brazoria, Texas, faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 360 months (30...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: On July 16, 1841, two prominent members of the Kinderhook community met at Lindenwald. Join us 178 years later to help preserve our town’s history for future generations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Defendants Orchestrated a Rigged Vote Relating to $150 Million in Bonds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND-Jeremiah Farmer, 38, of Hammond, Indiana, and a member of the Chicago-based Latin Kings street gang, was convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute illegal drugs ( cocaine, marijuana, and alprazolam), announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $477 million in airport infrastructure grants, the third allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Two men have admitted to their roles in a cocaine and heroin distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang today sentenced Matthew Joseph Lusby, age 46, of Mechanicsville, Maryland, to 10 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl. As a result of Lusby’s drug distribution, a victim died.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - The Green Electronics Council has recognized two EM sites and several contractors at Hanford for purchasing sustainable information technology products. The 2019 Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) Purchaser Award winners include the East Tennessee Technology Park...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Port Alsworth, Alaska - Fire danger in Lake Clark and Iliamna Lake region is extreme as prolonged hot, dry and windy weather has dried park vegetation. These conditions mean that given an ignition source, new fires may readily start and spread quickly. Smoky conditions are widespread throughout the park as smoke moves in from distant fires.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Billy Shell, Jr., 21, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District William M. Conley to 24 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. This prison term will be followed by three years of supervised release. Shell pleaded guilty to this offense on April 16, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kevin Ruany Grijalva-Soto, age 29, and Leslie Azucena Rubio-Rodriguez, age 28, were sentenced to 135 months’ imprisonment and 3 years’ supervised release, and 58 months’ imprisonment and 3 years’...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Kevin Fields, 38, of Southeast, D.C., pled guilty yesterday to possessing multiple firearms in furtherance of his drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), and Charles A. Dayoub, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Division, FBI Washington Field Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Visit the BLM’s wild horse adoption event at Cheyenne Frontier Days for your chance to adopt a halter- or saddle-started Wyoming wild horse. The BLM will offer approximately 24 wild horses for adoption, all of which were gathered from Wyoming Herd Management Areas and have received training...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Employees from EM Richland Operations Office contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) worked with the nonprofit Washington STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Education Foundation to develop a school-based internship.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Defendant Was on Supervision for Drug Trafficking at the Time of the Offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Defendant Concealed Payments to Herself for Personal Use, Including Vacations, the Purchase of Her Residence, Broadway Tickets, Cosmetic Surgeries and Spa Treatments.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: M. President, as people in Oregon and across the country attended 4th of July picnics and parades, I’m not sure complicated health care policy debates were a central topic of conversation.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has finalized a Finding of No-Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Olga Lake Right-of-Way Certificate of Access (RWCA) Environmental Assessment. The FONSI describes the NPS decision to select Alternative 2: Issue RWCA Authorizing ORV Trail and Use from KATM 04-137 to KATM 04-136.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for First Degree Burglary, Larceny, Possession of a Stolen Firearm, and Possession of a Firearm by a Felon.
