News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Attorney Michael Avenatti was arrested today pursuant to a criminal complaint alleging he embezzled a client’s money in order to pay his own expenses and debts - as well as those of his coffee business and law firm - and also defrauded a bank by using phony tax returns to obtain millions of dollars in loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Ocoma, New Mexico, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Pay Child Support.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY-17) released the following statement after Congressman José Serrano announced his retirement at the end of the 116th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that two individuals from Indiana have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana and Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jordan Capone, age 24, of Mt. Pocono, pleaded guilty on March 22, 2019, before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to participating in a sex trafficking conspiracy that involved using threats...
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: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Denver Police Department Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jessika Dawn Bishop-Holt, of Anmoore, West Virginia, has admitted to distributing methamphetamine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: On the morning of Monday, March 25, United States Park Police and Golden Gate National Recreation Area Park Rangers responded at 0800 to a report of a deceased female on the beach at Fort Funston, an area within Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A suspended Massachusetts State Police Trooper was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with the ongoing investigation of overtime abuse at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Lee Andrew “Bokie" Henderson, 31, of Canton, was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to 37 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Dana Nichols, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Henderson was also ordered to pay a $1,000.00 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle, Eastern, and Western Districts of Pennsylvania announced that the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has agreed to resolve a federal civil rights investigation into Pennsylvania’s system of alternative education programs, known...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service is excited to announce the second annual, Project Parkway on Saturday, April 27, 2019. This single-day, park-wide volunteer project will help complete much needed work across the park and is ideal for people interested in learning more about the park through hands-on service. Parkway neighbors, volunteers, and enthusiasts will work alongside staff and partners to prepare the Parkway's campgrounds and several picnic areas for the spring 2019 opening.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a markup on Wednesday, March 27, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The Subcommittee will markup 12 bills to lower Americans’ health care and prescription drug costs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: Alleged Dark Web Child Pornography Facilitator Extradited to the United States to Face Federal Charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1839, the Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act of 2019. This package of bills includes short-term extensions of several key Medicaid programs that have previously passed the House on a bipartisan basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: Defendants used Cash from China to Purchase and Operate Marijuana Grow Houses - Set up Shipping Company to Move Thousands of Pounds of Black Market Marijuana to East Coast.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: Due to changes in Washington State Department of Health well water monitoring regulations for wells under surface water influence, water will not be available at any campground with hand water pumps during the 2019 summer season. This affects water availability at seven campgrounds.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - Shade Carlton Workman, 46, a Virginia State Police Special Agent, who was recently the commander of the Tazewell County High Intensity Drug Task Force, was convicted on Friday, March 22, 2019, following a five-day jury trial, of federal bribery, obstruction of justice, and making...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
Release: McALLEN, Texas - A temporary TSA Pre✓® application center will be open at McAllen International Airport (MFE) from Tuesday, April 16 - Thursday, April 18.
