News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Dylan Ray Langley (24, Fort Myers) has pleaded guilty to use the U.S. Mail to threaten to injure an officer of the United States. Langley faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have harnessed the phenomenon of “quantum squeezing" to amplify and measure trillionths-of-a-meter motions of a lone trapped magnesium ion (electrically charged atom).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: US Park Rangers of Wind Cave National Park are seeking the public's help to identify those responsible for the recent illegal shooting of a coyote. Sometime between the evening hours of May 19 and the early morning hours of May 20, 2019, an unknown party shot and killed the animal near the intersection of SD 87 and US Highway 385 in the park.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: ANCHORAGE - In continuing efforts to promote America’s energy independence and job creation, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today published a notice in the Federal Register calling for nominations and comments on available tracts to be considered for its 2019 oil and gas lease sale in the 22.1-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARQUISE GODWIN, also known as Craig Godwin, 32, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 33 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
Release: The Swine Health Protection Act regulates food waste fed to swine and helps ensure that it is properly treated to kill disease causing organisms. APHIS is proposing to amend the garbage feeding regulations and move the lists of State statuses from Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to the APHIS website.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Alison Gregoire and Thomas Hanlon of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington were among 172 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director James Crowell, IV at the 35th Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Peter Toth Piano Recital on 1873 Steinway.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Arturo Zavaleta, 39, of Mexico, charging him with trafficking in heroin, methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug crime, United States Attorney McGregor Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - 35 residents of Western Pennsylvania, one resident of New York, and one resident of West Virginia have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of drug trafficking and firearms violations, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Two Businessmen Convicted of International Bribery Offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Spokane, WA -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Spokane District has issued a fire restrictions order on public lands administered by the BLM and the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) in eastern Washington. The order is effective June 22, 2019 at 12:01 a.m. in the following counties: Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman, and Yakima.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Public Affairs Officer William Daniels of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Middle District of Florida was one of 172 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director James Crowell, IV at the 35th Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Eric L. Scully, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, was sentenced today 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Rick Lynn Simmons, 52, of Kentwood, Michigan was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff for making an interstate telephone call to the Camden, New Jersey office of U.S. Senator Cory Booker and leaving a voicemail message...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against three former car dealership employees for participating in a long-running scheme to defraud companies, including financial institutions, in connection with car loans in the Rio Grande Valley area, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that United States District Court Chief Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced co-defendants Ernestine Arlecia Brazile, Taralicia Petrice Witherspoon, and Nicole Lasha Lewis on June 14, 2019 for their roles in conducting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kenneth Hoag, 57, of Dansville, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer to serve 12 months in prison. The defendant...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that five members of the Virgin Islands U.S. Attorney’s Office (VI-USAO) were recognized this morning in Washington, D.C.at the 35th Annual Department of Justice Director’s Award Ceremony for their extraordinary service following Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The award was presented in recognition of the hard work and initiative demonstrated by USAO employees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield in connection with his role in a large-scale drug conspiracy that trafficked dozens of kilos of heroin and fentanyl into Springfield from Bronx, N.Y., and the Dominican Republic.
