News from March 2019
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Yesterday, U.S. Acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt signed a secretarial order to establish a Departmental task force to facilitate and prioritize the implementation of S. 47, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Dingell Act). The bill was made...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: A Columbus man was indicted for robbing banks in Cleveland, Lakewood and Eastlake.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: OMAHA, Neb., - The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will host its 17th annual National Take Back Day, Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at designated sites across the nation where individuals can dispose of unwanted, unused and expired medications in a safe and secure location. Since the first National Take Back Day in 2010, the DEA has collected nearly 10.8 million pounds of unused medications.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - Fire managers from the Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit are planning to conduct prescribed fires on Bureau of Land Management and Colorado Parks and Wildlife lands in the coming weeks when conditions warrant.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: The DOE Office of Legacy Management (LM) is responsible for ensuring that the Grand Junction processing site selected groundwater compliance strategy remains protective of human health and the environment. LM conducted a limited annual groundwater monitoring program, as a best management practice, collecting...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment today against Darnell Ray Owens, 32, of Sacramento, charging him with mailing threatening communications, hoaxes involving biological weapons, and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Joshua Felkins, of Tuba City, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 42 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Felkins had previously pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX- On March 26, 2019, Daniel Braden, 33, of Spring, Texas was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to five years in prison. Braden had previously pleaded guilty to wire fraud for inducing clients to invest in fake opportunities he promoted. Braden was also ordered to pay $1,017,500 in restitution.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) issued the following statements on the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Geronda Wilson, of Detroit, Michigan, has admitted to her involvement in a drug distribution conspiracy, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Canton man was indicted today in federal court in Boston in connection with multiple armed robberies in Canton and Mattapan.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the U.S. Forest Service.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Chuck E. Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Dianne Feinstein...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.VA. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a Beckley man was sentenced in federal court on his conviction of felon in possession of a firearm. David Anthony Lacy, 45, was sentenced to 15 months in prison. The case was investigated by the Charleston Police Department, the Beckley Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 21 New Mexico counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Eddy, Grant, Lincoln, Los Alamos, McKinley, Mora, Otero, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Sierra, Socorro, Taos and Union counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Visitor access for the winter season will continue through Sunday, April 14, 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Florida man admitted to possessing marijuana with intent to distribute for remuneration, and was immediately sentenced, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Russell William Smith III pled guilty before United States District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin and was subsequently sentenced to nine months in prison. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the West Virginia State Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KIFANO JORDAN, a/k/a “Shotti," pleaded guilty today in Manhattan federal court to firearms offenses in connection with a robbery and a non-fatal shooting carried out as part of his participation in the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods (“Nine Trey"). U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer presided over the defendant’s guilty plea.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A former Pineville, Mo., youth pastor was indicted by a federal grand jury today for producing child pornography.
