News from March 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
Release: REDMOND, Ore. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced TSA Pre✓® enrollment will be offered at the Redmond Municipal Airport (RDM) for three weeks starting Monday, March 11, 2019. Local residents interested in enrolling in this popular expedited screening program should make an appointment online now.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Parkersburg, West Virginia man entered a guilty plea to Willful Failure to Pay a Tax Return, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jeffrey Scott Dowler, 54, faces up to a year of incarceration, a $100,000 fine and an order of restitution to the United States Treasury for...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned a 21-count indictment today charging LEON C. VACCARELLI, 42, of Waterbury, with fraud and money laundering offenses stemming from an investment scheme that defrauded individuals of more than $1 million.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: International Falls, MN: Our natural world inspires many artists and writers from all walks of life. Join local actor and poet, Douglas Skrief, at the Rainy Lake Visitor Center on Sunday, March 10, from 2 to 4 pm for a dramatic poetry reading. Free. Recommended for ages 10 and up. This event is part of the park’s 2019 Winter at Voyageurs Event Series.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: March is Women's History Month it's a time to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions and achievements of women in every aspect of our community.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A New Jersey man who was caught selling drugs near a school in West Huntington last September last year pled guilty today to a federal drug and gun charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Eric Moore Bellamy, 51, entered guilty pleas to possession with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: MACON - Two former bank tellers were sentenced today to prison and ordered to pay more than $1.6 million dollars to the institution they defrauded, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Vicky Martin, 60, of Buckhead (Morgan County), and Brandy Mize...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: A 20-year-old enrolled member of the Puyallup Tribe was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release for assault by strangulation, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. SHAWN MICHAEL SAM of Tacoma was indicted in November 2017 for an...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, FL-Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve invites you to the 21th annual Kingsley Heritage Celebration being held on March 16 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. This free family-friendly event takes visitors back in time through a living history festival.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: Washington - On Dec. 18, 2018, Dwaine Miller, waived his right to a hearing, entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and paid a penalty of $1,400 for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANIEL VAZQUEZ, also known as “Chino," 21, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a gun trafficking ring and a shooting in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: POCATELLO - Benjamin J. Hurley, 38, of Rigby, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 3 years of probation for obtaining controlled substances, namely Tylenol 3 and 4, by fraud, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Hurley was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye. Hurley pleaded guilty on Nov. 30, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to examine the electricity sector in a changing climate. The hearing featured witnesses from the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE), NextEra Energy, Rice University, and the Analysis Group.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: The next phase of work on the Spruce Railroad Trail (SRRT) is set to begin Thursday, March 7 and is anticipated to be completed by mid-April. During this phase, the entire 4-mile trail along Lake Crescent will be closed to all traffic between the Camp David Jr. Road Trailhead and the Lyre River Trailhead for public safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: Traveled to Maryland to have Commercial Sex with a 15-year-old Girl he Contacted Through Social Media; Also Admits He Is HIV-Positive and Does Not Inform His Sexual Partners of that Fact.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice has reached a settlement of its civil forfeiture case against assets owned by Hikmatullah Shadman that he wrongfully acquired as a government contractor in Afghanistan. Under the terms of the settlement, approximately $25 million will be forfeited to the United States. The civil settlement is part of a global settlement that involved the resolution of a criminal case and False Claims Act allegations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on March 4, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The United States filed a civil action to prevent an unlicensed radio station from operating in Worcester.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Nera James, also known as “King," 39, of Lewiston, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 67 months in prison and three years of supervised release for possession with the intent to distribute furanyl fentanyl, a fentanyl analogue. James pled guilty on May 30, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: Robert S. Khuzami, the Attorney for the United States, Acting Under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, announced today that former Adidas director of global sports marketing for basketball, JAMES GATTO, a/k/a “Jim," was sentenced to nine months in prison, former Adidas consultant MERL CODE was sentenced...
