News from June 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - On Monday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers removed an Iraqi man, convicted in U.S. District Court of the Northern District of New York on terrorism charges, to his home country.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement on the House passage of the Taxpayer First Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Hannibal “Mike" Ware, Inspector General, Small Business Administration, announced that SCOTT SUNDHOLM, 39, of Old Saybrook, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to one count of making false statements for the purpose of obtaining a Small Business Administration loan.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Aaron Reed, 30, of Rocklin, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison today for sexual exploitation of children, receiving child pornography, and transferring obscene material to minors.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today released its reports accompanying the fiscal year 2020 Homeland Security and Financial Services and General Government appropriations bills.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: While on Federal Probation, Donald Geiss, Jr. Created False Identities to Defraud Investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A former professional baseball player has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking network dismantled in Operation Vanilla Gorilla.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Strong City, KS - Come to Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve and learn about birds with live birds. Bring a picnic lunch and spend the day. All activities are free of charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On June 6, 2019, a federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment against Modesto resident Omar Isho, 37, charging him with distributing methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey delivered the following remarks to the House Rules Committee in support of an appropriate rule for the House to consider, the first minibus of fiscal year 2020 appropriations bills.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, United States District Court Judge, Jane Triche Milazzo, sentenced ALFRED MONTGOMERY, age 29, of Hammond, to 15 years of imprisonment for violating the federal law of being a felon in possession of a firearm. MONTGOMERY...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Felipe Angeles Valdez-Colima (Valdez), 36, of Michoacán, Mexico was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana in the Kiavah Wilderness area of the Sequoia National Forest, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - A camper at an illegal campsite near the base of Cadillac Summit Road started a wildfire on Friday, June 7. Visitors reported the fire to park rangers at approximately 5 pm and Bar Harbor Fire Department along with Mount Desert Fire Department extinguished the fire by 6 pm. The burned area was estimated at 0.21 acres and at least one person of interest has been identified in association with the campsite and fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JAMES MOORE was convicted at trial last Friday of wire fraud and conspiracy for engaging in a scheme to defraud investors by making material misrepresentations about the management and operations of a...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A previously convicted felon pleaded guilty this morning to charges related to defrauding investors of a local newspaper and unlawful possession of firearms by a previously convicted felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Dear Acting Inspector General Chiedi: . According to a February 2019 report released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has identified national security risks related to sharing genomic data, and recognizes...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: STRONG CITY, Kansas: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is pleased to announce the upcoming historic horse-drawn haying and raking demonstrations with four teams of draft horses on Saturday, June 29th from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weather permitting.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Leondus Garrett a/k/a Benjamin Cash, 31, of McLain, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 136 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U. S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley with the Drug Enforcement Administration. Garrett was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - In advance of Floor consideration this week, the House Appropriations Committee released a division-by-division summary of the first minibus of fiscal year 2020 appropriations bills. The House is expected to consider the legislation, H.R. 2740, beginning Wednesday, June 12.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Zachary Douglas Brown, of Moundsville, West Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand sitting in Clarksburg on May 7, 2019 on a failure to register charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
