News from July 2019
By USDA Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the latest plans to combat the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB). APHIS and its partners are making steady progress towards eliminating this destructive tree pest from the United States. “We ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Tyler Patrick Pietschmann, of Greenwood, West Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury today for failing to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
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: MADISON, Wis. - United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that Joshua Clarke, 31, of Richland Center, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 90 months in federal prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release, for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Clarke pleaded guilty to this charge on April 26, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Kimberly, Oregon -The first known mesonychid (meat-eating hooved mammal) from the Pacific Northwest has been found within the Clarno Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. As reported in the online, open access journal Palaeontologia Electronica, Ms. Selina Robson (University of Calgary), Dr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: South Florida man pled guilty to identity theft scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: A man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported three times was sentenced today to almost three months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Calvin Taylor, 51, of Yazoo City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to 48 months of supervised probation for embezzling parcels of mail during the course of his employment with the U.S. Postal Service, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Cave with the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, Southern Area Field Office. Taylor was also ordered to pay a $2,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The leader of an online car sales scam that cheated hundreds of victims around the country pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today and agreed to pay restitution of $9,262,238.90.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Martinsburg, WV - The U.S. Marshals Service Mountain State Fugitive Task Force is requesting the public’s assistance in locating Jalil Branson, 24, of Shepherdstown. On June 7, a warrant for Branson was obtained by the Shepherdstown Police Department charging him with strangulation stemming from an incident that occurred on the same day.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Falsely Stated He Was Spending More Time with Patients in Nursing Homes Than He Was Actually Spending With Them.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joseph W. Cronin, Inspector in Charge of the Boston Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, announced that LATRICE M. COLVIN, 32, of Bridgeport, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to one count of mail fraud related to a credit card fraud scheme.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Three members of the Savannah River Site (SRS) training department recently received awards for their work to certify employees in CPR and first aid who have contributed to lifesaving responses at the site and elsewhere.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Anna Steiner, an anesthesiologist, was arraigned on an indictment charging her with conspiracy to commit health care fraud for her alleged role in a telemedicine scheme to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare, Medicare Part D plans and private insurance plans. Steiner was previously arrested on a complaint in April 2019, and was arraigned this morning before United States District Judge I. Leo Glasser.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that David Lee Walls, 57, of Logan County, West Virginia, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and the U.S. 119 Task Force conducted the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Antwaun Anglin, age 39, of Nashville, Tennessee; and Christopher Marquis Rodgers, age 20, of Humboldt, Tennessee, were sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment and 3 years’ supervised release, and...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected six projects to receive approximately $14.7 million in federal funding for Phase II of funding opportunity announcement (FOA), Fossil Fuel Large-Scale Pilots.
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: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that Treveon Montrell Vaughn, 27, of Tulsa, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for obstructing commerce by robbery and to brandishing a firearm during six different robberies at local donut and Dollar General stores.
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.
