News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the formation of the Tampa Bay Human Trafficking Task Force, which held its first meeting on May 16, 2019. The task force consists of federal, state, and local law enforcement and prosecutors, along with several victims’ services organizations.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: MOAB, UT- Arches and Canyonlands national parks are preparing for a busy Memorial Day weekend, and are advising visitors to expect heavy traffic, crowded trails, and limited parking.
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies today approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2020 bill. The legislation contains $73.895 billion in discretionary budget authority, an increase of $9.78 billion above the fiscal year 2019 level. The bill next heads to the full Committee for markup.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - An 18-year-old LaPorte, Texas man has pleaded guilty to bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: NEW HARTFORD, IOWA - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding the agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada to end U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico as well as retaliatory tariffs from Mexico and Canada on U.S. products.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that PENNY JOHNSON, age 52, of Avondale, Louisiana, was charged by the Grand Jury with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and seven counts of mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 41-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking and money laundering violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Overland Park man today admitted he collected more than 44,000 images of child porn, some of which were shared with other computer users, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that a Naknek woman has been sentenced for embezzling approximately $510,181 from Naknek Electric Association (NEA), an organization receiving federal funds.
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2019
Release: ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Residents of the Lehigh Valley area will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® program at Lehigh Valley International Airport from June 17 to 28, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center in the airport terminal.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Winyontis Quavari Gordon (28, Ocala) pleaded guilty yesterday to an indictment charging him with possession of a firearm and ammunition affecting commerce by a convicted felon. Gordon faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years, and up to life, imprisonment for the offense. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By US DOT Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: At the request of its federal security partners, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is using its existing authority under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) § 99.7 - “Special Security Instructions" - to restrict drone operations over select facilities and assets.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Ryan Storm Irwin, 26, of Jackson, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Winyontis Quavari Gordon (28, Ocala) pleaded guilty yesterday to an indictment charging him with possession of a firearm and ammunition affecting commerce by a convicted felon. Gordon faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years, and up to life, imprisonment for the offense. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Buck Island Reef National Monument is one of fifteen known nesting sites on St. Croix for the least tern, Sterna antillarum, a locally protected migratory sea bird. Every year the least terns return to St. Croix to nest sometimes establishing a nesting colony on West Beach at Buck Island Reef National...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: A Toledo pastor was sentenced to life in prison for sex trafficking of a minor, while another Toledo pastor was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for similar crimes, U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Eric B. Smith said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Timothy Hopkins, 43, of O’Fallon, MO, and Richard O’Hara, 30, of Richwoods, MO, each pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Each appeared in federal court this afternoon before U.S. District Judge John A. Ross who accepted the pleas. Sentencing for both Hopkins and O’Hara has been set for Aug. 27, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: The corral area of the main ranch at Santa Rosa Island is now open to the public following a short-term closure that was established due to contaminated soils found in the area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Seventeen people in four states have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics, money laundering and postal laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. The three separate, but related, indictments were returned on May 8, 2019 and unsealed this week.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Arthur Lee Harris, Jr., 30, of Jackson, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to twelve months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Harris was also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.
