News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Scheme caused over $868,000 in losses from over 530 individual accounts in three states.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
Release: On June 3, 2019 the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services’ (APHIS) wildlife damage management program, Wildlife Services (WS), posted its annual Program Data Reports (PDR) for fiscal year (FY) 2018. The reports are available on the APHIS webpage. They represent ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Maryville, Tennessee, man convicted of Possession of an Unregistered Firearm was sentenced by Karen E. Schreier, U.S. District Court Judge.
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 Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -On Tuesday, June 4, 2019, the Committee will hold a hearing on “Facial Recognition Technology (Part II): Ensuring Transparency in Government Use."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Barboursville man caught selling heroin in January 2018 was sentenced today to 90 days home confinement and five years of probation for his role in a federal drug conspiracy charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Silas Pardue, 34, previously pled guilty to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Iowa not immune to foreign threats to taxpayer-funded research.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that John C. Dellarocco, Jr., 24, of Holmes, Pennsylvania was indicted today on four counts of use of an interstate commerce facility to entice and attempt to entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct, seven counts of manufacture and attempted manufacture of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI - A Warren County man who met his victims through his volunteer work as a church bus driver pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court this morning to sexually abusing a minor under the age of 12.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Glacier National Park rangers euthanized a black bear Monday in the Lake McDonald Lodge area after finding it had broken into a concession employee housing cabin. Nobody was present in the cabin at the time. The bear matched the description and photos of a bear who had been reported multiple times in the area since Memorial Day weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - Daniel Ranger, 33, has been sentenced to 240months imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine, aiding and abetting the distribution and attempted distribution of a detectable amount of Fentanyl and being a felon in possession of firearms. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Langhorne podiatrist Dr. Ronald Klein will pay $75,000 and stop prescribing Schedule II opioids, a class of controlled substances with a high potential for abuse, for two years to resolve allegations that he improperly prescribed opioids to one of his patients from October 2014 to October 2016.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: It may be hard to imagine America’s vast infrastructure as anything short of indestructible, but even steel has its breaking point. Natural disasters have the potential to damage infrastructure critical to the delivery of energy in ways otherwise impossible.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man who was in a vehicle that led police officers in a pursuit was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Montecito man pleaded guilty today to one felony count of wire fraud for defrauding investors by making false promises to use their money purchase shares of Facebook and Twitter prior to the companies’ initial public offerings.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Eddy Steven Sandoval Lopez, 23, a Nicaraguan national residing in Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today released the draft fiscal year 2020 Financial Services and General Government funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee on Monday, June 3. The legislation provides annual funding for the Department of the Treasury, the Judiciary, the Executive Office of the President, and other independent agencies, including the Small Business Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - TIMOTHY ALONZO EVANS, of Gulfport, Mississippi, has pleaded guilty to a one-count information charging him with assisting in the preparation and presentation to the Internal Revenue Service of a false tax return, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2019
News Release: Are you looking for something fun to do this summer? Come and join the staff at George Rogers Clark National Historical Park (GRCNHP). The park staff invites children of all ages out to attend events focused on hands-on learning and fun!.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2019
News Release: Bighorn Canyon is again offering a guided kayak program this year on Bighorn Lake.
