News from June 2019
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is pleased to announce its 2019 Artist-in-Residence (AIR), Margaret Dwyer, a multi-media artist with a specialization in watercolor. Her residency at the national park will run from June until October and feature numerous events, workshops and open studio days. The national park’s AIR program operates in partnership with ArtisTree Community Arts Center, where several of Dwyer’s workshops will take place.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Subject Arrested-FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Fort Lauderdale.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries conducted a saddle-trained wild horse and halter-trained wild burro adoption event on June 8 at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC) south of Carson City, Nevada. All 13 animals showcased at the event were adopted.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Joseph Falcone, who formerly operated a wine and liquor distribution business known as 3G’S VINO LLC (3G’S), pleaded guilty to wire fraud for his scheme to solicit investors. When sentenced, Falcone faces up to 20 years in prison, as well as restitution, criminal forfeiture and a fine. The guilty plea was entered before United States Magistrate Judge Steven I. Locke.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on House passage of the Taxpayer First Act...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this week welcomed three collegiate scholars from Idaho to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as the inaugural group of interns for the Idaho International Internship program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Manuel Martinez-Aguilar, a/k/a “El Lunatic" and “Zomb", age 20, of Annapolis, Maryland, today to 24 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise and for using, carrying, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, in connection with his MS-13 gang activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - June 10, 2019 - Tooraj Sohrabi Sedeh, 50, of Franklin, Tennessee, pleaded guilty Friday to three counts of impersonating a Deputy U.S. Marshal and making a false statement, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Nominations to the BLM Wyoming Resource Advisory Council (RAC) are due by June 14. All Wyoming citizens are encouraged to apply, who may qualify in up to three categories. The diverse input of the council members helps inform BLM Wyoming in developing management strategies.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: OMAHA, NE ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited national discount retailer Family Dollar Store for safety violations after the company allowed equipment to block an exit route at an Omaha, Nebraska, store. OSHA proposed penalties of $302,147.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Donald M. Geiss, Jr., age 43, of Syracuse, pled guilty today to four counts of wire fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft in relation to various schemes to defraud victims in New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Illinois, and California, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and James N. Hendricks, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal firearms laws and making a false statement in an application for a United States passport, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has partnered with public safety agencies in Jefferson County and the city of Birmingham, Alabama, and industry partners for the Next Generation First Responder (NGFR) - Birmingham Shaken Fury Operational Experimentation (OpEx) set for August 19-23, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached a settlement with Vasco Oburoni and Christian Praise International Church regarding a radio station in Worcester that has been operating without a license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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 President Trump has appointed Ken Cuccinelli as acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
Release: More information about Panama is available on the Panama Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Boise, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has opened the 8th Street gate in the Boise Foothills to allow all motorized vehicle use on the 8th Street extension.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Franklin man was sentenced today to almost four years in prison for straw-purchasing several guns for fellow Crip gang members, including felons and others planning to engage in gang-related shootouts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - An 18-year-old Mexican national has pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport undocumented aliens from China and Brazil within the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that WOOJAE JUNG, a/k/a “Steve Jung," was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan to three months in prison for insider trading.
