News from July 2019
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: Western WY - Teton Interagency fire managers announce the fire danger rating has been elevated to “moderate" for Grand Teton National Park, Bridger-Teton National Forest, National Elk Refuge, and remaining portions of the Teton Interagency Dispatch area. The potential for fire activity has increased due to summer curing of vegetation combined with warmer and windy conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: SIOUX FALLS, SD - United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced charges in the following cases, all separately noted below, that were brought pursuant to the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Guardians Project. The Project is a federal law enforcement initiative to coordinate efforts between participating agencies...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is pleased to announce a special book signing with artist, author, and illustrator Lori Taylor, to take place on Tuesday, July 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center in Empire, MI. Ms. Taylor will be available to meet park visitors and sign copies of her popular books, including the “Holly Wild" series of children’s books, and her newest book, “The Legend of the Sleeping Bear.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SCOTT PIERSON, 58, of Vernon, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for downloading and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 47-year-old resident of Brookshire has pleaded guilty to transportation of explosives with the intent to kill, injure and intimidate a person, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick along with Special Agent in Charge Perrye K. Turner of the FBI.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A Honduran man, who was in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), died Sunday at the Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital (MHNH) in Humble, Texas. An autopsy is pending to determine his cause of death.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: North Carolina Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to File False Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Hingham man who was convicted earlier this year of money laundering now faces new charges of money laundering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Phong T. Duong, age 48, and Oanh T. Pham, age 46, both of Lincoln, Nebraska, pleaded guilty on June 28, 2019, to federal Lacey Act Violations in federal court in Omaha. Duong pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic wildlife, a felony, and Pham pleaded guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: Easton, Pennsylvania Fugitive Returned to United States from El Salvador.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Daniel Irving, 28, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: Michael McPherson Named Special Agent in Charge of the Tampa Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Wood County man pled guilty to illegally possessing ammunition, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Robert Adams, 34, entered his guilty plea before Senior United States District Judge David Faber. Adams was prohibited from possessing ammunition as a result of being convicted of burglary in Wood County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced LAMONT PHILLIP REDMAN, 28, of Buford, Georgia, to 60 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised released.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: Fayetteville, NC - The U.S. Marshals Eastern District of North Carolina Violent Fugitive Task Force, in coordination with various federal, state and local partners, recently wrapped up an operation dubbed Zero Hour II. This operation combined the expansive resources of the participating agencies with...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) introduced the Beneficiary Education Tools Telehealth Extender Reauthorization (BETTER) Act of 2019, legislation that will improve the quality of and access to services for Medicare beneficiaries.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: Scranton, PA - United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) arrested Tremaine Jamison in Savannah, Georgia.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is offering a unique business opportunity to provide quick food and beverage services at national parks throughout the National Capital Region, as well as temporary food and beverage services at some of the nation’s most famous events throughout greater Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Robert Hoyt, age 55, of Eaton Township, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 25, 2019, for drug trafficking and illegal firearms possession. The indictment remained under seal until Hoyt was arrested by ATF agents on July 1, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order aimed at making health care prices more transparent...
