News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Raymond Jackson, 52, Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 30 months in federal prison for possessing two firearms and ammunition as a felon. Jackson pleaded guilty to the charge on Dec. 17, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A federal jury has convicted a Greenbrier County man on federal gun charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. In January 2018, Ronald Collins, 39, lied on ATF form 4473, indicating that he had never been committed to a mental institution, and thereafter purchased a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Mexican nationals have pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally possessing firearms after police officers interrupted them shooting handguns in their backyard.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Defendants include CEOs, actresses, university athletic coaches, and college exam administrators.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: FARSON, WYOMING - The Bureau of Reclamation will hold a public meeting in Farson, Wyoming on March 26 to solicit comments regarding the environmental impacts of the Big Sandy Reservoir Enlargement Project. The meeting will be held at the Eden Valley Community Center on March 26 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at 4039 Highway 191 in Farson. Members of the public may also submit comments via email to jbaxter@usbr.gov.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Free and reduced-priced meals offered through federal school meal programs are an important way to support kids’ healthy development and ensure that students from low-income households have access to nutritious breakfasts and lunches while at school.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to possessing suboxone, a Schedule III controlled substance, while in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
Release: BURBANK, Calif. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced a permanent TSA Pre✓® enrollment office has opened in Burbank, Calif. This is the only permanent enrollment center available in this area of Los Angeles County.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- As part of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) effort to find good homes for wild horses and burros removed from public lands, the agency today began offering new financial incentives to encourage qualified people to adopt one or more of the animals. The program is part of the BLM’s efforts...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - Thirty-five individuals are facing criminal charges as part of a joint federal and state investigation into heroin and fentanyl trafficking in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank LTD. Admits Its Employees Helped U.S.Taxpayers Conceal Income and Assets.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Munhall, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months’ imprisonment and a three-year term of supervised release, on his conviction of conspiracy and mail theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, submitted a statement for the record at the Committee’s hearing on Simplifying the FAFSA and Reducing the Burden of Verification as the Senate works to reauthorize the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury has convicted a former Chicago Police Department sergeant of participating in a robbery and extortion crew that targeted suspected drug dealers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Marcus Lynch, 32, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND - Jeremy Orr pleaded guilty today in federal court in Oakland to wire fraud, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Special Agent in Charge Kareem Carter. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Jeffrey S. White, U.S. District Judge.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- Reclamation's March forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn Basin is as follows...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Pryce Elijah Demars (25, Jacksonville) to 20 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography over the internet. Demars had pleaded guilty on May 25, 2018. As part of his sentence, Demars must also serve a lifetime term of supervised release and register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Mother Lode Field Office will temporarily close Magnolia Ranch from March 13-14, while the Wildland Fire Training Center conducts its wildland fire training with personnel.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 31-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Ricardo Diego Garza pleaded guilty Nov. 29, 2018.
