News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2019
News Release: Felipe Penuelas-Rodriguez, 50, and Reyna Trejo, 30, both of Mesa, Arizona, were indicted on one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Independence, Missouri, man convicted of Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography was sentenced on June 17, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2019
News Release: Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument News Release.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2019
News Release: Luray, Virginia - Due to a recent incident where a bear tried to obtain a backpack inside a tent in a camping site at the Blackrock Hut/Shelter, off of the Appalachian Trail (AT) between Blackrock Summit Parking Area and Blackrock Gap (mile 84.8 and 87.0 on Skyline Drive), Shenandoah National Park has...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2019
News Release: A Canton man was sentenced to more than three years in prison for illegally having a firearm and ammunition.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Independence, Missouri, man convicted of Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography was sentenced on June 17, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2019
News Release: A Canton man was sentenced to more than three years in prison for illegally having a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Carjacking Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence was sentenced on June 20, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2019
News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted for selling fentanyl and heroin that caused a fatal overdose in Fairview Park last summer.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2019
News Release: SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. June 30, 2019 - Beginning after Fourth of July weekend, park fire crews will perform ignitions on a 245-acre prescribed burn in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park. The burn will involve 4-5 days of ignitions, which will be scheduled in July as conditions allow. Access to the General Sherman Tree will not be limited by the burn.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The National Park Service is conducting a missing person search within Grand Canyon National Park.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding the resumption of U.S.-Chinese trade talks after President Donald Trump met with President Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in Japan.

By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement ahead of planned protests in Sudan on June 30, 2019, which are being held to pressure the military junta to transition power to a civilian government, and also to mark the anniversary of the Islamist-backed coup that brought Omar al-Bashir to power 30 years ago:

By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2019
News Release: Join us on Friday, July 26, 2019 to celebrate the establishment of Tuzigoot National Monument 80 years ago.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: USDA scientists and researchers reported 320 new inventions in 2018 (Salinas, California, June 28, 2019) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released its annual Technology Transfer Report (PDF, 14.9 MB), which highlights innovations from scientists and researchers that are solving problems ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Encompass Health Corporation (formerly known as HealthSouth Corporation), the nation’s largest operator of inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), has agreed to pay $48 million to resolve allegations that some of its IRFs provided inaccurate information to Medicare to maintain their status as an IRF and to earn a higher rate of reimbursement, and that some admissions to its IRFs were not medically necessary.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Wagdy A. Guirguis, owner of several engineering businesses, was sentenced today to five years in prison in Honolulu, Hawaii, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and United States Attorney Kenji M. Price for the District of Hawaii.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Justice Department Authorizes More than $10 Million in Immediate Funding to Support Police in Alaska Native Villages and Additional Resources to Support Child Advocacy Centers in Rural Hubs, Expanding Prosecution Resources and Project Safe Neighborhoods Crime Reduction Measures Attorney General William ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: James Alex Fields Jr., 22, the Ohio man who drove his car into a crowd of counter-protestors at the “Unite the Right Rally” on Aug. 12, 2017, killing one woman and injuring dozens, was sentenced today in the Western District of Virginia to life in prison for his crimes. Fields previously pleaded guilty ...