News from June 2019

By USDA Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Washington - USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will begin accepting nominations for county committee members on Friday, June 14, 2019. Agricultural producers who participate or cooperate in an FSA program may be nominated for candidacy for the county committee. Individuals may nominate themselves or others as a candidate.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SKYLAR DAVIS, a/k/a “S-Dot," pled guilty today to involvement in a racketeering conspiracy in connection with his membership in “Southside," a violent street gang that operated in the City of Newburgh...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Grant Administrator Misused over $500,000 Intended for Recruiting and Training New Firefighters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Karime Williams, 36, appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller for a preliminary and detention hearing after his arrest on May 30, 2019, by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. At the conclusion of the hearing, Magistrate Miller ordered Williams detained pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of DuBois, Pa. has been sentenced in federal court to three years and 10 months (46 months) in prison and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Chief United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner sentenced Timothy B. Riley and John T. Oiler for their roles in a money laundering conspiracy involving $800,000 in drug proceeds following their separate guilty pleas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: . St. Thomas, USVI - Carlos Iglesias, alias "Abraham Reyes", 39, was detained today by Magistrate Ruth Miller, and committed to the custody of the United States Marshals pending his removal to the District of Rhode Island for bank fraud and identity theft charges, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Mark Ringland, 53, was sentenced on Monday, June 3, 2019, to 168 months in federal prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release by Senior U.S. District Judge Laurie Smith-Camp in Omaha. A jury convicted Ringland of Receiving Child Pornography after a two-day trial that took place in February. There is no parole in the federal system.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On June 3, 2019, Brandon Lee Alexander, 36 of Morristown, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, to serve 216 months in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine; possession with the intent...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announces United States District Court Judge James C. Dever III sentenced RYAN DETRELL ROBINSON, 27, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to 204 months imprisonment.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: United States v. Daniel Edward Johnson.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host four meetings to inform the public and allow for comments on the recently released Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP)/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the BLM Four Rivers Field Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former head coach of women’s soccer at the University of Southern California will plead guilty in connection with the college admissions case.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: NOGALES - A Mexican national, wanted in his native country for sexual abuse or rape of a child, was removed Friday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and transferred to the custody of the Mexican Federal Police.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1.5 million visitors to Mount Rainier National Park in 2018 spent $54,900,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 599 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $68,400,000.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: MOOSE, WY-Local residents and visitors to Grand Teton National Park are reminded to do their part to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species. Those who recreate on park waters have a responsibility to drain, clean, and dry their vessel, as well as check fishing gear before launching in the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announces United States District Court Judge James C. Dever III sentenced RYAN DETRELL ROBINSON, 27, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to 204 months imprisonment.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - As the Department of Justice continues its efforts to fulfill President Donald J. Trump’s commitment to reducing violent crime in America, Attorney General William P. Barr today announced that the city of Baltimore, Maryland was selected to join the National Public Safety Partnership...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: United States Files False Claims Act Complaint Against South Carolina Chiropractor, Pain Management Clinics, Urine Drug Testing Laboratories, and Substance Abuse Counseling Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KINTEA MCKENZIE, a/k/a “Kooda B," pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court in connection with a shooting outside a hotel in Times Square on June 2, 2018, in furtherance of the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods (“Nine Trey") criminal enterprise. U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer accepted the defendant’s guilty plea.