News from June 2019
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS, Montana - Reclamation's June forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn Basin is as follows...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on June 4, 2019, United States District Court Judge James M. Munley sentenced Daniel Silvestre-Ubri, age 40, to 120 months of imprisonment and a five-year term of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute heroin and crystal methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) and the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee Greg Walden (R-OR), along with Chairmen Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), announced the solicitation for comments on draft legislation to reform and improve the Medicare Part D program that would establish an out-of-pocket cap for Medicare beneficiaries.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Brandon Hosford, 21, of Easton, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Lance E. Walker to 10 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release for possessing, transporting, and receiving child pornography. He was also ordered to pay $1,000 in restitution. Hosford pleaded guilty on Oct. 2, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Joshua Truesdale, age 37, and James Brooks, age 34, inmate as United States Penitentiary Canaan (USP Canaan) in Waymart, Pennsylvania, were indicted by a federal grand jury on June 4, 2019. for conspiracy and assault with a dangerous weapon.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following last week’s Ways and Means Committee hearing on the maternal mortality crisis in the United States, the top Republican on the Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) sent letters to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: On June 6, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Atomic Legacy Cabin, a new interpretive center located at the DOE Grand Junction, Colorado, office. The cabin once was the epicenter of the nationwide search for uranium that was started by the Manhattan Project and later escalated during the Cold War.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Jeremy Aungie, age 33, of Wagner, South Dakota, was found guilty of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, as a result of a federal jury trial in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on June 5, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - An effort focused on domestic violence in gun crimes resulted in federal charges against five defendants, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fairburn, South Dakota, man convicted of Theft of a Firearm was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Phillip Marlowe Donovan, 33, of Bellevue, was sentenced today to federal prison in two cases by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard. Donovan was sentenced to ten years (120 months) for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: National Academy Graduates 276th Session. Two hundred fifty-six law enforcement officers graduated today from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. The 276th session of the National Academy consisted of men and women from 49 states and the District of Columbia. The class included members of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: A criminal complaint was filed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Ashiqul Alam with knowingly receiving two firearms with obliterated serial numbers in Brooklyn, New York. Alam was arrested yesterday and is scheduled to be presented this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Cheryl L. Pollak.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada and the FBI Las Vegas Division are promoting the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Elder Justice Initiative with an interactive telephone town hall on June 10, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI Las Vegas Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza today sentenced Lisa Browne (47, St. Cloud) to five months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for theft of government property. As part of her sentence, the court also ordered Browne to pay restitution in the amount of $68,319 to the Social Security Administration (SSA) and $66,693.48 to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for third degree burglary and aiding and abetting.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Acosta:. I write to urge the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) to reverse its decision to terminate the Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers (CCC) program and permanently close nine centers. Ending the CCC program will harm the more than 3,000 students and 1,000 employees...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that a federal jury in Kalamazoo found Adam Christopher Collard, 35, and Joseph Alan Collard, 31, both of Eaton Rapids, guilty of multiple child pornography charges. The jury convicted Adam Collard of receiving and possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sisseton, South Dakota, man convicted of abusive sexual contact was sentenced on June 3, 2019, by U.S. District Jude Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: Los Angeles Doctor and Patient Recruiter Found Guilty in $33 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme.
