News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: For Possession Of Child Pornography After Previous Conviction For Similar Federal Offenses.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA -The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered a loaded firearm at The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) on Sunday, June 9 at the security screening checkpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Eddie James Rhodes, 62, of Stone County, Mississippi, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to 84 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: ATM Installer Sent to Prison for Tax Evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Henrico man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for trafficking over 200 grams of heroin and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Travis Martin, 34, Richland Center, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 14 days in jail, in addition to the nearly 27 months Martin has already served, for making threatening communications. This term of imprisonment will be followed by three years of supervised release. Martin pleaded guilty to this charge on April 3, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man pleaded guilty Monday and admitted he robbed three stores, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: The 2019 forecast is close to the record size of 8,776 square miles set in 2017 and larger than the 5-year average measured size of 5,770 square miles.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: As if they were bubbles expanding in a just-opened bottle of champagne, tiny circular regions of magnetism can be rapidly enlarged to provide a precise method of measuring the magnetic properties of nanoparticles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Tayon Hutchins Fowler, 41, of Florissant, was indicted on Thursday with two counts of wire fraud and two counts of making false statements about being disabled to the Social Security Administration (“SSA"). Fowler surrendered this morning to U.S. Marshals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that John Waltman, 61, of Trevose, Pennsylvania was sentenced to 78 months’ incarceration by Judge Gene E.K. Pratter. In January 2019, the defendant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and Hobbs Act Extortion Under Color of Official Right.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Danny David Wilt, of Keyser, West Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Martinsburg, West Virginia on May 21, 2019 for child pornography, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park is pleased to announce its 2019 Sculptor-in-Residence (SIR), Daniel Willig, a figurative sculptor with a focus on high relief technique. Willig joins the staff at Saint-Gaudens for a second season, after serving as the SIR in 2018. His time at the park will include...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - June 10, 2019 - Jimmy Johnson, Jr., 45, of LaVergne, Tennessee, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court to 15 years in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee. Johnson was indicted in March 2018 and pleaded guilty in February.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Amijah Charles, 36, appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller for a preliminary and detention hearing after his arrest on Friday by federal agents for Assaulting and threatening Federal officers, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. The Magistrate Judge released Charles on bond following a preliminary and detention hearing.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: MOOSE, WY- The annual John Colter Day will be held Monday, June 24, at the Colter Bay Visitor Center in Grand Teton National Park. Colter explored the vast Yellowstone country during the winter of 1807-1808, and was likely the first Euro-American to travel the region. This marks the twelfth year that Grand Teton has offered special presentations to highlight the life of John Colter and the mountain men of the 1800s.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Four drug dealers were sentenced to prison today, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers imposed the sentences.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Paul Kesterson, 48, of Washington, MO, was employed as a Lieutenant with the Washington, Missouri Police Department, pled guilty to a one count Information - Access Device Fraud. Kesterson appeared before U.S. District Judge Webber today who accepted his plea and set his sentencing for Sept. 10, 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news of a major privacy breach - resulting from a cyber-attack - at U.S. Customs and Border Protection...
