News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A retired U.S. Army colonel and the chief executive officer of an investment company were convicted today by a federal jury in Boston of conspiring to bribe senior officials of the Republic of Haiti in connection with a planned multi-billion dollar infrastructure project in that country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Junction City woman was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Alexander Seegar, 29, of Darien Center, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci to receipt of child pornography. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Good morning and welcome. Today the Committee has the historic opportunity to consider a package of bills that will accomplish a great deal of good, especially for working adults with low incomes, for families struggling to afford the child care that allows them to work, and for LGBTQ Americans who have...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: SAN JOSE - A federal grand jury in San Jose indicted Matthew Wilcox Hutchings today, charging him with possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Spradlin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Orlando, FL -U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Randy Dale Land (58, Orlando) to 20 years in federal prison for receipt of child pornography. Land had pleaded guilty on March 28, 2019.
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: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Noah D. Stirn, 24, formerly housed at the Blackwater River Correctional Facility in Milton, Florida, was indicted on federal charges related to issuing threatening communications involving explosives and mailing threatening communications to injure others. The charges were announced by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. Stirn is now in federal custody.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - In advance of Floor consideration next week, the House Appropriations Committee today released a summary of H.R. 3351, the fiscal year 2020 Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Calling anglers of all ages to join Big Thicket National Preserve on Saturday, June 29th, for a free, family fishing event! Big Thicket National Preserve joins with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to provide Certified Angler Education Instructors to teach basic fishing skills to beginning anglers. The event will start at 10 am and go until 2 pm. Attendees do not need to be there right at the beginning or stay the entire time.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ZARKEE SANDERS, 42, of Hamden, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 65 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a New Haven drug trafficking ring, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Distributed More Than Three Kilograms of Methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform; Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations; Congressman Jody Hice (R-GA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on National Security; Congressman...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Join Mr. Sam Finn of the Santa Fe Stargazers and learn helpful tips for observing a summer sky with the naked eye and the importance of a natural dark sky. Once the long summer days come to an end, the dark night sky of New Mexico comes to life. If you are able to escape the artificial light of towns and cities, New Mexico offers a great opportunity to view celestial bodies and the Milky Way.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Eight people who, among other crimes, conspired to sell over three kilograms of ice methamphetamine in the Dubuque area have been sentenced cumulatively to more than 97 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Catrell Ivory (28, Orlando) to 26 years and 7 months in federal prison for committing armed robberies at two Orlando Walmart stores, attempting to commit an armed robbery at a third Walmart store, and brandishing and possessing firearms during crimes of violence.
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: 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that an Anchorage man has been sentenced to federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm during a high speed pursuit in a stolen vehicle during which he fired shots from a sawed-off shotgun.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - The Wild Horse and Burro adoption event scheduled for this weekend in Hamilton, Mont., has been postponed. Officials with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) made the decision out of an abundance of caution to safeguard the health and wellbeing of the animals.
