News from July 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A former Chicago resident, who laundered illegal drug proceeds on behalf of two cartels in Mexico, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging NATHANIEL RODRIGUEZ, 23, of Enfield, with one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Defendant Operated On-Line Drug Distribution Organization on the Dark Web - 10 Kilograms of Ecstasy Worth $1.5 Million Seized.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: DHS S&T Press Office: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and Valley Water released today draft environmental documents for public comment on the San Luis Low Point Improvement Project, which addresses water delivery interruptions and proposes to maintain reliable and cost-effective water supply.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: BYRON, GEORGIA, July 25, 2019--Beneficial nematodes are used as biological control agents to fight a variety of insect pests that severely damage crops. However, in many cases the nematodes don't measure up to other control methods such as certain chemical pesticides.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Chairwoman Karen Bass (D-CA) released the following statement on the Department of Justice reinstating the federal death penalty...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former Washington, D.C. Metro Transit Police Officer, Andra Vance, 45, was indicted today on charges that he used unreasonable force on an individual, announced Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jessie K. Liu, and Metro Transit Police Chief Ronald A. Pavlik.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 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 Democrat leadership filed a lawsuit to compel the President to turn over his tax returns...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Former Bossier Parish Superintendent of Schools Wendell Scott Smith, 61, of Bossier City, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark L. Hornsby to possession of Valium, Ambien, Soma and Lyrica in four separate counts, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced. Smith was sentenced to one year of supervised release and was fined $100,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GARY DAVIS, a/k/a “Libertas," was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for his role as a member of the small administrative staff of the “Silk Road" website. Silk Road was an online black market of...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Ariel Martinez, 32, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in U.S. District by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 12½ years in prison and three years of supervised release for possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl. Martinez pleaded guilty on Feb. 19, 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C., July 25, 2019 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced further details of the $16 billion package aimed at supporting American agricultural producers while the Administration continues to work on free, fair, and reciprocal trade deals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Marcus Phillips, a 32-year-old member of the East Terrace Gangsters, faces federal prison time after a jury yesterday afternoon found him guilty of drug and firearms charges, announced U.S. Attorney John Bash.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) completed an interagency safety review finding no radiation exposure health risk to employees or visitors from uranium ore samples at Grand Canyon National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Talique McKenzie, 20, of Winter Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks to five years in prison yesterday, after having previously pled guilty to stealing firearms from a federally licensed firearms dealer (Case No. 19-CR-14013).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore investigating multiple reports of vandalized vehicle tires.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Guilty of Extortion, Obtaining Stolen ATV and Firearms.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: ARBOR VITAE, WI ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Pukall Lumber Company Inc. - a lumber mill in Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin - for exposing employees to multiple safety hazards following a worker fatality. The company faces penalties of $348,467.
