News from March 2019
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - A man died on March 23, 2019 while canyoneering in Death Valley National Park. Matthew Yaussi (41), of Glendale, California, was rappelling down a 380-foot cliff when he fell to his death.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on March 22, 2018, HECTOR ALFONSO, 37, of Manchester, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 153 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for offenses related to a December 2016 shooting in Hartford’s South End, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: HOUGHTON, MICH --- Following the translocation of wolves from the Grand Portage Indian Reservation in Minnesota, Michipicoten Island Provincial Park, and the Ontario mainland to Isle Royale National Park, a team of wildlife researchers working with the National Park Service have collared moose on the...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) introduced H.R. 1753, the Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services (JOBS) for Success Act. This legislation is focused on reforming the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program - a federal welfare program that offers temporary cash benefits to working parents...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: Abingdon, VA - U.S. Marshals major fugitive charged with killing his ex-wife will be the subject of an upcoming episode of “In Pursuit with John Walsh," scheduled to air at 10 p.m., March 27 on ID Discovery.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Darius Dunbar, of Southfield, Michigan, has admitted to his involvement in a heroin, oxycodone, and cocaine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: For Mail Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following statement ahead of a Full Committee Hearing on The Cost of Rising Prescription Drug Prices...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: One of two men who attempted to rob a federal agent working on an illegal firearms investigation, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 14 years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. ABDIRASHID HARET, 20, of Des Moines, Washington, pleaded guilty in December 2018, to assault ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Jason Mannix, a/k/a “Boston", 39, of Bangor pled guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Jabrandon S. Lovett, a 28 year old resident of Mobile, Alabama was sentenced to 37 months of incarceration for possession of a Smith & Wesson.38 caliber revolver after a 2013 Burglary 3rd conviction and a 2010 Robbery 2nd conviction.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: California produces 99 percent of the walnuts grown in the United States. New research could provide a major boost to the state's growing $1.6 billion walnut industry by making it easier to breed walnut trees better equipped to combat the soil-borne pathogens that now plague many of California's 4,800 growers.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service has issued two prospectuses soliciting proposals for the award of 1) multiple concession contracts to provide guided scenic float trips and river fishing trips on the Snake River and 2) guided multi-day lake trips on Jackson Lake.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-Billings resident Clayton James Edwards, who admitted making multiple drug runs to Salt Lake City to get heroin and methamphetamine for redistribution back in Billings, was sentenced on March 21 to eight years in prison and five years of supervised release, said U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - After a three-day trial, a federal jury in Concord, New Hampshire, found Steven Tucker, 33, of Manchester, New Hampshire, guilty on March 22 of one count of sex trafficking of a minor and of using interstate facilities to promote a prostitution business enterprise and maintaining a drug-involved...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management West Desert District will conduct a prescribed burn on public lands adjacent to the north and east sides of the Town of Terra in Tooele County between March 27 and April 12. Residents of Terra and the public may experience smoky conditions in the vicinity of the project area and the public is reminded to stay out of the burn area for the duration of the project.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: Harrisburg - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that U.S. Attorney David J. Freed presented awards on Friday, March 22, 2019, to members of law enforcement agencies for their outstanding efforts in fighting crime.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - On Monday, March 25, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers removed a citizen of Colombia, convicted in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia of conspiracy to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine.
