News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The leader and the main treasurer of the Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ admitted their respective roles today in a scheme in which both men caused the church to pay millions of dollars in personal expenses for the leader that the leader then omitted from his personal tax returns, U.S Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Delshawn K. Trueheart, 43, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty for His Role in International “Tech Support Scam".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: Man claims he kept the guns to prevent bear attacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Youngstown, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession with the intent to distribute and distribution of heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: International Falls, MN: The call of the loon is a sound that is deeply tied to the Northland. But what does a loon’s call mean, and where do these captivating birds go when winter arrives? Join wildlife photographer and researcher Steve Maanum at the Rainy Lake Visitor Center on Sunday, March 24 from 2 to 4 pm for an in-depth program about Minnesota’s state bird. Free. This event is part of the park’s 2019 Winter at Voyageurs Event Series.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Waldorf man pleaded guilty today to possessing a firearm with an altered serial number.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: FBI Launches Publicity Effort in 20-Year Cold Case Fugitive Hunt.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Farooq Shahzad, 50, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 30 months in federal prison and fined $1,000,000 for conspiring to distribute synthetic ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EVALDAS RIMASAUSKAS, a Lithuanian citizen, pled guilty today to wire fraud arising out of his orchestration of a fraudulent business email compromise scheme that induced two U.S.-based Internet companies...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: MILLS, Wyoming -- The Bureau of Reclamation will begin the annual filling of Alcova reservoir on Monday, April 1.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Greg Ibach, alerts international travelers of a deadly swine disease that they could unknowlingly bring back into the United States on their clothes, shoes or hands.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today asking how it would use additional resources to protect consumer privacy and increase data security...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: Get in touch with the natural world and your inner nature on the Table Rocks! Every weekend in April and May, The Nature Conservancy and Medford District Bureau of Land Management are offering free, guided educational hikes on the Table Rocks. There’s no better place to learn about local wildflowers, birds, bugs or rocks or to find your inner nature through poetry, painting, stargazing or story-telling.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: DES MOINES, IA-On March 19, 2019, Bryan Curtis Odem, age 35, of Newton, Iowa, appeared before Chief United States District Court Judge James A. Jarvey, and was sentenced to 84 months in prison for the charge of felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1). Odem was also ordered to serve 3 years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today asking how it would use additional resources to protect consumer privacy and increase data security...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces the third annual spring photography contest at New Melones Lake. The contest is only open to amateur photographers and the deadline for submissions is June 3, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: Strong City, Kansas - Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve announced its prescribed fire season beginning now through mid-April. Prescribed fire is one method used to promote a healthy prairie and maintain the cultural landscape of the preserve. It is also used by preserve land managers to remove woody...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man has been ordered detained in federal custody after a DEA Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation resulted in the seizure of more than two kilograms of fentanyl and approximately 400 grams of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Clayton Shinn, age 28, an inmate at United States Penitentiary, Canaan, in Waymart, Pennsylvania, to 30 months’ imprisonment on March 14, 2019, for assaulting another inmate resulting in serious bodily injury.
