News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who was caught with methamphetamine and a gun in Huntington in 2018 pled guilty today to federal charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Brandon Douglas Tomblin, 35, entered guilty pleas in federal court in Huntington to possession with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA -James Wood, of Moundsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months incarceration for his role in a methamphetamine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2019
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has finalized the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Herd Certification Program Standards that were originally published on March 29, 2018 for stakeholder feedback.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A man who broke into the Santa Ana Zoo after hours and stole North America’s oldest-living ring-tailed lemur in captivity to keep the endangered animal as a pet has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Tucson Field Office will conduct maintenance work the week of May 20 to improve public access at the entrance to the historic San Pedro House, located on the BLM-managed San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: A man responsible for running a complex drug trafficking organization was sentenced May 17, 2019, to more than 14 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Raylaine Knope, 42, and Terry J. Knope II, 45, pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of Louisiana to criminal civil rights charges arising from their abuse of an adult woman with cognitive disabilities. Both defendants pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to obtain forced, unpaid...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jamie William Sites, of Circleville, West Virginia, has admitted to methamphetamine distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement in response to the White House directing former White House Counsel Donald F. McGahn II to defy a subpoena for his testimony tomorrow as part of the House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into obstruction of justice, corruption, and abuses of power by President Trump and his associates...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Eleven individuals from Cape Cod and Rhode Island were arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston in a wide-ranging heroin conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former bank employee was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester in connection with embezzling money from client accounts held by the bank by which she was employed.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Stephani Taylor, age 27, of Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to three years’ imprisonment to be followed by two years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: PENNSAUKEN, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and J&J Snackfoods have reached a region-wide settlement agreement to improve workplace safety and health at the company’s eight food manufacturing and warehouse facilities throughout New Jersey and New York. Under the settlement, the Pennsauken, New Jersey-based company agreed to pay a $152,934 penalty.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Raylaine Knope, 42, and Terry J. Knope II, 45, pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of Louisiana to criminal civil rights charges arising from their abuse of an adult woman with cognitive disabilities. Both defendants pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to obtain forced, unpaid household...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Heroin and three firearms, including an assault rifle, recovered.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Pecos, NM: Each Memorial Day, sites around the nation take time to remember, mourn, and honor fallen veterans. At Pecos National Historical Park, Post 70 of the American Legion plans to lead a Moment of Remembrance for our military fallen at 2:30-3:00 p.m. on May 27, 2019. At this event, members of local Post 70 will conduct a short flag ceremony for the public.
By Homeland Newswire | May 20, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today released a summary of findings from an in-depth review of TSA human capital services initiated last September by TSA Administrator David Pekoske. A panel of public and private sector leaders with extensive human capital experience conducted...
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -On Wednesday, May 22, 2019, the Subcommittee on National Security will hold a hearing on “Securing U.S. Election Infrastructure and Protecting Political Discourse."
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: A male motorcycle operator was involved in a crash on Sunday at approximately 3:36 pm in the vicinity of the intersection of Park Boulevard and Pinto Basin Road at Joshua Tree National Park. The motorcycle was the only vehicle involved and park rangers suspect speed may have contributed to a loss of control. Morongo Basin Ambulance transported the individual with serious injuries to a helicopter landing zone for transport to Desert Regional Trauma Center.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A Yell County man was sentenced Monday for his role in a methamphetamine conspiracy that involved members of a white supremacist gang. Daniel Adame, 32, of Dardanelle, was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Brian S. Miller. Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today’s sentencing.
