News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that BRANDON LIVAS, age 34 and ROYALE LASSAI, age 29, both from New Orleans, Louisiana pled guilty as charged to a one count Bill of Information Wednesday, July 3, 2019. They were charged in 2018 by a Bill of Information with Bank Larceny, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(b). The third defendant, ASHLEY GREEN, age 36 is scheduled for a change of plea hearing in October 2019.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 8, 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 today on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis on raising minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. The CBO’s report concluded...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Jason Walker, age 31, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 121 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for an armed commercial robbery and for brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to distributing 100 grams or more of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of an Unregistered Firearm was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: The United States Secret Service (USSS) and the National Park Service (NPS) began construction on a new White House fence on July 8 that is expected to continue into 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Newport Beach man pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for breaking into the Santa Ana Zoo after hours and stealing North America’s oldest-living ring-tailed lemur in captivity in order to keep the endangered animal as a pet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: Reverse-Engineered Gift Card Numbers and Stole Balances without ever Possessing the Cards.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Glendale, Arizona, man convicted of Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography was sentenced on July 2, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - - Three defendants involved in various drug offenses appeared today in federal court in Huntington. Ellis Simmons, Jr., 49, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin and prohibited possession of a firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Kenneth Brian Fischer, age 41, of Westminster, Maryland, to 22 years in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for production of child pornography. Judge Bennett also ordered Fischer to pay restitution of $3,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Killdeer, North Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Anthony B. Camillo, 62, of Madison County, Illinois, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud and to pay illegal kickbacks for health care services. He appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Court Judge Audrey G. Fleissig and ordered Camillo to pay $3,469,810 in restitution.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, last weekend hosted Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., in Alaska, marking his first visit to the state since becoming the Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Jason Walker, age 31, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 121 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for an armed commercial robbery and for brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Glendale, Arizona, man convicted of Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography was sentenced on July 2, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has added Bulgaria to the list of regions we consider to be affected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). Bulgaria confirmed an HPAI occurrence on Oct. 17, 2017 and reported it to the ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: Luray, Virginia: Shenandoah National Park is pleased to announce the selection of Lisa Lebofsky as the July Artist-in-Residence. Lisa is a nomadic plein air painter, collaborating with nature and people. Lisa finds inspiration by traveling extensively, often to remote parts of the world, in order to...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: The Foraker Fire (#389) in Denali National Park and Preserve continues to actively burn after first detection on June 26 approximately 24 miles west of Wonder Lake. As of July 6, it was mapped at approximately 14,500 acres, but dense smoke has prevented subsequent monitoring flights due to reduced visibility.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Eilove Shrestha, 28, recently of Cupertino, California, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to marriage fraud and to conspiracy to commit marriage fraud.
