News from July 2019
By DOT News Wire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the appointment of 15 members to DOT’s new Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced $84.9 million in grant selections through the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant program , which funds the deployment of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced propulsion technologies. 38 projects in 38 states will each receive funding through the program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: FBI Seeking Information From a Second Bank Robbery in Miami Beach.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Brien J. Sanders, 40, of Caldwell, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 78 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge ordered that Sanders be placed on supervised release for five years following his prison sentence. Sanders pleaded guilty on April 3, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that David Piaquadio, age 62, of Galeton, Pennsylvania, was found guilty yesterday following a non-jury trial of conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone, Fentanyl and Heroin, distribution of Oxycodone and Fentanyl, and attempted distribution of Oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to six years in prison for his involvement in a large scale marijuana distribution network and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - Amanda Kilgore, a former LPN at Grace Healthcare in Abingdon, was sentenced yesterday to 36 months in federal prison for tampering with consumer products. United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen made the announcement today following a hearing Thursday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Rocky A. Tingler, of Elkins, West Virginia, has admitted to tax fraud, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that McAlester, Oklahoma, residents Callie Marie Woolsey, age 31, and Darron Ray Aldridge, age 41, were each Indicted for Drug Conspiracy Resulting In Death, in violation of Title 21, United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: Texarkana, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas and L. Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI announced that in July 2019, five individuals were sentenced by the United States District Court for their roles in an MDMA, Cocaine, and Methamphetamine...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that it will offer 83 parcels, totaling approximately 78,691 acres, in the Sept. 26, 2019 quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The BLM will hold the lease sale online via www.energynet.com. Bidding will begin at 9 a.m. MST.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Malik Lott, 25, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to two counts of Hobbs Act Robbery. The charges each carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ANH DUONG, age 72, was sentenced on Thursday, July 25, 2019 for transporting individuals in interstate commerce for prostitution, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2421(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - Federal and local officials convened in Houston today to initiate the National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) program, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick along with Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Jon Adler and Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former college soccer player pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to sending death threats to at least 45 professional and collegiate athletes between July and December 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon, along with Columbia Police Chief W. H. “Skip" Holbrook and Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott, announced their latest effort to reduce, prevent, and deter violent gun crimes in the City of Columbia and Richland County.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service is pleased to announce the transfer of ownership of two fire trucks for use in the wildland urban interface to the Ralph-Caney Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) and Compton VFD. Both VFDs work cooperatively with Buffalo National River (BNR) to protect areas of development near the park boundary.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chinese businesswoman has been indicted in Chicago on federal fraud charges for allegedly providing false verifications of employment for Chinese nationals seeking to stay in the United States on F-1 or H-1B visas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: Defendant posted threats to at least 45 Instagram accounts of athletes.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today praised USTR’s action to block illegal timber imports from Peru...
