News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man convicted of Second Degree Murder following a jury trial in June 2017 was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - June 14, 2019 - Brandon Bradford, 40, of North Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to 30 years in prison for conspiring to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee. Bradford was convicted by a federal jury in November 2018, following a four-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated that Quavis Jamar Rudisell, age 30, of Lancaster, was sentenced to a total of 41 months imprisonment today in federal court after earlier pleading to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On June 11, 2019, a federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment against four individuals for interference with commerce by robbery (Hobbs Act), carjacking murder, carrying and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence that resulted in death, and theft of firearms, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The FBI and the Puerto Rico Police Department are in charge of the investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: National Park Service News Release. Release Date: June 14, 2019. Contacts:. Albert Faria, glba_administration@nps.gov, 907-697-2495 or 907-697-2230. Tania Lewis, tania_lewis@nps.gov, 907-697-2668. Bear Advisory for Reid Inlet Area June 14 - July 12, 2019. BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA - This notice is to inform...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Mike Bailey, age 49, of Rogers, Arkansas, was sentenced this week to 12 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, and restitution in the amount of $123,181.00 for one count of Theft of Government Funds. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and Outdoor Chattanooga will conduct two FREE programs on Friday, June 28. At 8:30 am, staff will lead a 1 hour and 45 minute historical kayak tour around Maclellan Island. Then, at 10:30 am, a ranger will lead a 90 minute walking...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Special Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) this week brought Operation Limelight USA, a pilot program designed to bring awareness to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and deter its practice, back to Washington Dulles International Airport for the second time.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: A Dallas area sex trafficker was sentenced today to 11 years in federal prison and ordered to pay his victim nearly $333,000, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Inland Empire man who operated a series of companies that purported to provide debt-relief, primarily to distressed homeowners, has been found guilty of defrauding victims who paid thousands of dollars after attending seminars that promoted a “Free and Clear" program pitched by the defendant and his salespeople.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Justin O’Brien, 32, of Philadelphia, was indicted by a federal grand jury with armed bank robbery. The indictment charges that on March 12, 2019, O’Brien knowingly and unlawfully, by force, violence and intimidation, took approximately...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Ismael Huazo-Jardinez, 33, a Mexican citizen residing in Yuba City, CA, charging him with two counts of possessing a firearm while being an alien unlawfully in the United States, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Carlos E. Reyes-Rosado, a.k.a. “Farruko" was sentenced by United States Chief Judge Gustavo A. Gelpí to three years’ probation, and ordered to forfeit $41,802.00, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Reyes-Rosado entered a straight plea on the two counts of the indictment on March 7, 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - The number of passengers expected to fly out of Western New York this summer is expected to be the highest in years with 263 million passengers and crew projected to pass through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints nationwide between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 13, 2019 — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announces that signup begins June 17 for the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program, the cornerstone program of the dairy safety net that helps dairy producers manage the volatility of milk and feed prices, operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA).
By USDA Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Move puts ERS, NIFA closer to customers, expected to save nearly $300 million nominally (Washington, D.C., June 13, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will relocate the Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to the Kansas City Region.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Today, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced a new initiative to work directly with interested employers seeking to hire newly-released inmates. Through the “Ready to Work” initiative, the BOP seeks to connect employers directly to inmates to improve reentry outcomes. This initiative is part of the BOP’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced the one-year anniversary of its Place to Worship Initiative, which focuses on protecting the rights of religious individuals and communities to build, expand, buy, or rent houses of worship and other religious facilities as guaranteed by the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana today filed a complaint and settlement agreement, resolving allegations that First Merchants Bank engaged in lending discrimination by “redlining” predominantly African-American neighborhoods within Indianapolis, ...
