News from June 2019
By State Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: Washington-A bipartisan group of House members has introduced legislation that would stop the Trump Administration decision to abuse Congressionally-granted emergency authority and press ahead with $8 billion in arms sales to Gulf countries. Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) has offered a wide-ranging joint resolution that would reject all 22 sales the Administration is attempting to ram through under a phony emergency declaration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two residents of Allegheny County and a Somerset County man have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating the federal narcotics and/or firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: Violent Repeat Offenders in High Point, North Carolina, Charged.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Superintendent Cam Sholly announced that Leslie Reynolds will serve as the interim chief ranger of Yellowstone National Park while the park begins the process of filling the job permanently. She replaces outgoing chief ranger, Pete Webster, who recently transferred to deputy superintendent of Glacier National Park. Reynolds will begin her acting position on June 18 and serve throughout the summer and fall.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: Ariana Farjado Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Steven Stuller, Deputy Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG) announced that Alexei Rivero, 46, of Miami, Florida, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Lori V. Whitaker, 56, formerly of Carlsbad, N.M., was sentenced in federal court yesterday to 18 months in prison for wire fraud. She was also ordered to pay restitution for the loss to her employer in Otis, N.M., of approximately $816,000.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT - At approximately 12:00 am Wednesday morning, Glacier County received a 911 call about a single-vehicle rollover accident on Two Medicine Road in Glacier National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: Rome, NY - On Saturday, June 15, Fort Stanwix National Monument will host a 1700s “Artificers’ Day" event. Silversmiths, barrel makers, and other tradesmen will demonstrate their crafts inside the fort from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Hands on experiences, appropriate for all ages, will also take place throughout the day.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Kristopher Michael Williams, 33, of Moss Point, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to 120 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and 151 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - Nevada County residents are invited to participate in the annual tire amnesty event, June 17-21, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., daily. The Bureau of Land Management, Tahoe National Forest, Waste Management and Nevada County sponsor the event. Residents of Nevada County, California, who have bald tires, flat donut replacements or worn out snow studs can bring them to this event for disposal.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of, the first minibus of fiscal year 2020 appropriations bills.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A southwestern Missouri man, who was first indicted in May for illegally possessing firearms and ammunition, was indicted again Wednesday for illegally possessing an unregistered silencer, and selector switches, which are used to convert semi-automatic firearms into automatic weapons.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced today David Flores, 35, of Dallas, Texas, to 121 months in prison and five years of supervised release on drug conspiracy charges, announced U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Andrew Murray.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Robson Xavier-Gomes, 44, of Brazil, pleaded guilty in federal court to making a false statement to obtain a U.S. passport, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Theodoros Bahtsevanos, 32, currently of Haverhill, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court to prescription fraud and false identity document charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging St. Louis resident Clyde Jefferson, 26, with multiple counts of interference with commerce by robbery; felon in possession of a firearm; brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence; and passing counterfeit currency. Jefferson appeared in federal court this morning for his initial appearance.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $715,438 civil penalty against Allegiant Air, LLC, of Las Vegas for allegedly operating an aircraft on more than two dozen flights following improper engine maintenance.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: National Park Service Northeast Regional Director Gay Vietzke has named Robin Snyder as the superintendent of Booker T. Washington National Monument in Hardy, Virginia. Snyder will also remain superintendent of Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, where she has worked since 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: ATHENS - A civil settlement has been reached with Lake Country Pharmacy and Compounding Center (Lake Country) and its principals Chris and Carey Vaughan, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District. Lake Country agreed to pay to the United States and the State...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Wagner, South Dakota, man convicted of Aggravated Sexual Abuse was sentenced on June 6, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
