News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Bryan Matthew Cooney (30, Casselberry) to 19 years in federal prison, to be followed by 30 years of supervised release, for possession of child pornography. The court also ordered Cooney to forfeit a cellphone, which was used in furtherance of the commission of the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Mary Holden Ayala, 59, of Portland, was sentenced today to 33 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for stealing over $1 million from an Oregon foster care agency, money laundering and filing false personal income tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TERRANCE SAUNDERS, 33, of Waterbury, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) made the following statement on the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (PAHPA) becoming law today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Monday to 15 years in federal prison for trafficking in methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a markup on Wednesday, June 26, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to mark up H.R. 3432, the Safer Pipelines Act of 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Ricky Fountain, 41, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 144 months’ imprisonment and five years’ supervised release after pleading guilty to four counts of distribution of cocaine base, one count of distribution of cocaine, and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Senior United States District Judge R. Barclay Surrick imposed the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced today the renewal and extension of a settlement agreement with Dillard University, a Historically Black College and University in New Orleans, Louisiana, under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $13 million in funding for 27 projects in atmospheric sciences in an effort to improve models for predicting weather and climate.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: EMINENCE, MO - Ozark National Scenic Riverways will host the annual Alley Spring Independence Day Celebration on Saturday, July 6, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. This event commemorates the traditional picnic celebrations that were held at Alley Spring around the turn of the twentieth century when this area was the social gathering place for local families.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to four commercial robberies, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a markup on Wednesday, June 26, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to mark up H.R. 3432, the Safer Pipelines Act of 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: (Glendale Springs, NC) - The National Park Service announced today the opportunity to acquire the remainder of a concession contract for retail operations at the Northwest Trading Post on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Northwest Trading Post is located at Milepost 259, in Ashe County, and is approximately 45 minutes north of Boone and Blowing Rock, North Carolina. The Northwest Trading Post has offered retail merchandise and food and beverage services to visitors since 1958.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Georgetown man, Bobby Cassady, 32, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, to be followed by a life term of supervised release for inducing minors to produce sexually explicit images. Cassady was also ordered to make a restitution payment in the amount of $ 15,000.00 and pay a mandatory special assessment of $5,100.00.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Kansas City, MO - U.S. Marshal Mark S. James, Western District of Missouri announced today the recovery of a missing child from Boone County, Missouri in North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND, Ind. - Michael Henry Minix, age 44, of Knox, Ind., was charged in a six-count indictment with distribution of and possession with intent to distribute Schedule II and III narcotics, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) wrote today to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt seeking an explanation for Bernhardt’s use of money raised through the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA) to pay for day-to-day operations at the National Park Service. Bernhardt’s decision...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Malik Morris, 20, of Washington, D.C. pled guilty to second degree murder while armed and assault with intent to kill on Friday stemming from a shooting where he struck and killed one D.C. man and injured another, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news from the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warning of increased malicious cyber activity from Iran...
