News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Blake Kantor, who formerly operated a binary options company known as Blue Bit Banc and Blue Bit Analytics (“BBB"), was sentenced by United States District Judge Sandra J. Feuerstein to 86 months’ imprisonment for operating a scheme to defraud BBB investors...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Eric L. Scully, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, was sentenced on June 20th, 2019, to 78 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release for endangering human life and illegally possessing and manufacturing marijuana during a November 2017 butane honey oil (BHO) explosion in Cottage Grove.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: Seward, Alaska - Past and prevailing weather conditions have caused the Kenai Peninsula, including the Kenai Fjords National Park Exit Glacier Developed Area, to be extremely dry. Park officials have determined that it is necessary to restrict open fires to designated campgrounds or cabins within enclosed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Larned man was sentenced today to 27 months in federal prison for causing a series of denial of service attacks on a Kansas internet service provider, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Mexican citizen pleaded guilty today to illegally reentering the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - With the approaching Independence Day holiday, visitors to public lands are reminded that fire restrictions remain in effect and will most likely continue into the winter season throughout the California Desert District, due to wildland fire danger.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - HAKEAM DRANE, a/k/a “Keam," age 29, of Gray, La., SPENCER ROUNDS, JR., a/k/a “BoBoy," age 29, of Gray, La., and LARRY CHATMAN, age 28, of Thibodaux, La., were charged May 30, 2019, in a four-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with several narcotics offenses, including conspiring...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - After forming the House Childhood Cancer Caucus over a decade ago and subsequently passing four bills to improve pediatric cancer treatments in the U.S., Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, recently announced he is taking his initiative...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Louisville Division reminds the public, whether attending community fireworks displays or celebrating with backyard fireworks, to exercise caution when dealing with fireworks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Westerly, R.I., man who admitted to repeatedly persuading and coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct which he photographed and recorded for approximately two or three years, and who admitted to distributing child pornography, was sentenced on Friday to 180 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Richard Ira Mintz, D.O., a Philadelphia-area doctor, has agreed to surrender his ability to practice medicine and pay a $107,584 penalty for prescribing OxyContin (oxycodone) and Xanax (benzodiazepine) to patients without a legitimate medical purpose. Dr. Mintz agreed to do so through a settlement agreement resolving the government’s civil claims against him under the Controlled Substances Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HIRAN SANCHEZ, also known as “Ivan" and “Pablo," 22, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 135 months of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for the sex trafficking of two minors.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: The peer-reviewed spending analysis was conducted by economists Catherine Cullinane Thomas and Egan Cornachione of the U.S. Geological Survey and Lynne Koontz of the National Park Service. The report shows that nationwide more than 318 million park visitors spent $20.2 billion in communities located...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - An Oak Grove woman who trafficked methamphetamine was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, which tested to be 98% pure, announced U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Roger Wicker (R-MS), John Cornyn (R-TX), James Lankford (R-OK), Pat Toomey (R-PA), John Kennedy (R-LA), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Royal Powell, 36, Janesville, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to a mandatory minimum 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Powell pleaded guilty to this charge on March 20, 2019. His prison sentence will be followed by four years of supervised release.
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 followed statement after President Donald J. Trump signed H.R. 3151, the Taxpayer First Act...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $17 million in funding for nine energy research projects under the federal Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program. EPSCoR is designed to build capabilities in underserved regions of the country that will enable them to compete more successfully for other federal R&D funding.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Royal Powell, 36, Janesville, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to a mandatory minimum 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Powell pleaded guilty to this charge on March 20, 2019. His prison sentence will be followed by four years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: Defendant Took Gifts in Return for Preferential Treatment on Contracts.
