News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: Attempt to Steal Marijuana Left One Man Dead.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - Bo Lane, 36, of Coppermine, Ariz., was found guilty of seven counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child by a federal jury in Flagstaff, Ariz. on June 14, 2019. The case was tried before Chief U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow. Lane will be sentenced on Sept. 3, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that EMMANUEL PRIVA, age 38, a citizen of Haiti, pleaded guilty Thursday, June 13, 2019 to one count of conspiracy to commit visa fraud and to two counts of visa fraud. PRIVA admitted that from 2013 to 2018, he attempted to fraudulently obtain visas for more than 100 aliens, some of whom succeeded in obtaining visas to travel to the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: Staff from four National Park Service units in southern Idaho (City of Rocks National Reserve, Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Minidoka National Historic Site) have completed Draft Accessibility Self-Evaluation and Transition Plans. As part of the planning process, the National Park Service is seeking public comment on the draft plans. Your participation is important to our planning process.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, Kansas - A Florida man was arrested Monday for human trafficking and attempting to sexually exploit a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Three Bay County residents pleaded guilty on June 14, to federal fraud charges stemming from activities meant to induce elderly victims with false promises of sweepstakes prizes. The men each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, one count...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Miami Last Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned three indictments on June 13, 2019, against Armando Garcia, aka Thien Quach, 44, of Los Angeles; Manuel Reyes, 35, of Sacramento; Elton Padilla, 35, of Sacramento; Julio Adrian Jiminez-Sevilla, aka "Mudo", 31, of Burns, Oregon[KCS(1] ; Manuel Rubin Perez...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of McKean, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 84 months in jail and 8 years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man convicted of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, one count of Travel With Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, and four counts related to Transporting, Distributing, Receiving, and Possessing Child Pornography was sentenced on June 17, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Charles Drew Johnson, 43, of Magee, Mississippi, and a former Smith County Deputy Sheriff, has been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on four counts of having sexual contact with an inmate housed at the Smith County Jail, without the inmate’s consent, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Federal Bureau of Investigation Acting Special Agent in Charge Luis M. Quesada.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: Le Bourget, France - Today in remarks at an Innovation Panel before Paris Air Show attendees, FAA Acting Administrator Dan Elwell said the U.S. will ensure and enable safer and more innovative technologies to enter new aviation segments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - Gregory Kilgore, 38, formerly of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 48 months in prison for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Cynthia Williams-Singleton, 41, of Charlotte, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer today and pleaded guilty to wire fraud, for misusing her access to the retirement accounts of victims, some of whom were elderly, to steal more than $458,722, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: Grants, NM - The National Park Service at El Malpais National Monument and the Bureau of Land Management’s El Malpais National Conservation Area are conducting a prescribed fire on the west side of the national monument near the junction of County Road (CR) 42 and the Big Tubes turn-off. This prescribed...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park is pleased to announce that three local bands and two hālau hula from Hawai‘i Island will perform at the 38th annual Cultural Festival Saturday on July 13, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Kahuku Unit, FREE! Hawaiian crafts, food, and more have also been added to the lineup.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2019
Release: The June 16, 2017, National Security Presidential Memorandum-5 “Strengthening the Policy of the United States toward Cuba," (NSPM-5) directed the Secretary of State to convene a task force to examine the technological challenges and opportunities for expanding Internet access in Cuba, including through...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2019
News Release: (Burnsville, NC) - On Saturday, June 15, 2019, at approximately 12:15 p.m., Blue Ridge Parkway dispatchers received a report of a single vehicle crash involving a motorcycle near the entrance to Mt. Mitchell State Park at Milepost 355 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2019
News Release: A Battle that Changed the Course of the Civil War.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2019
News Release: SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. June 14, 2019 - Firefighters at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are preparing for their annual prescribed burn in the foothills of Sequoia National Park, near the entrance to the park. Ignitions are planned to begin on Thursday, June 20, and continue through Sunday, June 23.
