News from June 2019
By USDA Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shelby Garigen, 41, of Clarence Center, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with receipt of child pornography and access with intent to view child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: It’s been a few years since I last had the opportunity to speak to this group. Back then, in 2017, the president had just notified Congress of his intent to renegotiate NAFTA. I saw it as a big chance to bring NAFTA into the 21st century.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jalisa L. Hawkins, of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, has admitted to her role in a heroin distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart issued the following statement in recognition of West Virginia Day.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Chairman Filemon Vela of Texas delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee hearing on how farm policy helps farmers in adverse conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Kirk Johnson, 43, of Pearl River County, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: HELENA-A Helena man who admitted receiving child pornography was sentenced today to 121 months in prison and to a lifetime of supervised release, said U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Faith Martin, of Shinnston, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 41 months incarceration for her involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore today sentenced Juan Paulin-Leon (36, Mexico) to five years in federal prison for illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported alien. Paulin-Leon had pleaded guilty on March 6, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard, sentenced Mayra Guadalupe Nunez today to a term of imprisonment of 70 months, to be served in the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Nunez pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, a felony offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 26-year-old Katy man has been charged with conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute a powerful opioid analogue, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Field Office is seeking public input on the proposed Walker Ridge Wind Energy Project, in Lake and Colusa counties. The 30-day public comment period will end July 22*.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Brandon Starr Clemons, 33, of Dunbar, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Stuart commended the efforts of the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Ranking Member Rick Crawford (R-AR) from today’s hearing entitled, “The State of the Rail Workforce":
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Sentences. Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced DIAMOND DAWN HUFFER, 28, of Casper, Wyoming on June 13, 2019 for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Huffer was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. She received sixty months of imprisonment, to be followed by forty-eight months...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on June 18, 2019, a federal grand jury issued an indictment against William A. Julius (age: 57) of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Former Medical Director and Two Former Operators of a Houston Medical Clinic Charged in Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - June 20, 2019 - Brittan Ezekiel Kettles, aka “Low Low," 27, of Nashville, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in federal prison for conspiracy to sex traffic a person under the age of 14 and sex trafficking a person under the age of 14, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee. Kettles was convicted by a federal jury in June 2018 after a three-day trial in U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Robert Frenchie McGriff, 39, of Mesa, Arizona, charging him with attempted sex trafficking and attempted interstate transportation with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity of a minor female in Stanislaus County, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
