News from May 2019
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and partners have demonstrated an experimental, next-generation atomic clock-ticking at high “optical" frequencies-that is much smaller than usual, made of just three small chips plus supporting electronics and optics.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALAN GIACOMI, 46, of Watertown, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 41 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for stealing more than $400,000 from clients of his law practice, including family members, and a friend.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Charles Brown, Jr. 42, of Jackson, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to 18 months in 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, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives. Brown was also ordered to pay a $1,000.00 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for escape from custody.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA-Bozeman resident Jamie Brock Grubb, who admitted receiving and distributing sexually explicit images of a minor girl and cyberstalking the victim, was sentenced to 16 years in prison on May 16, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Starting Monday, May 20, the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ocracoke Express passenger ferry service will begin shuttling visitors between Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Flight Booked for Sunday to the Marshall Islands.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal jury found Anthony Lazzarino, 68, former Chief of Podiatry for the Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Northern California Health Care System, and Peter Wong, 61, founder and CEO of Sunrise Shoes and Pedorthic Service Corporation, guilty of health care fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that David A. Kelly, 33, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 54 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Kelly pleaded guilty to the charge on March 14, 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) New Orleans Field Office arrested more than 30 unlawfully present foreign nationals during a four-day targeted enforcement surge this week focused on persons ordered removed from the U.S. within the last five years who also have criminal convictions or pending charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and United States Attorney James Kennedy, Jr., announced today that eight defendants have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, heroin and fentanyl which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life in prison and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Dehavalon R. Cook, 46, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, has been sentenced to three years probation for falsifying records in a bankruptcy proceeding, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced today. Cook previously pleaded guilty to the charge on Jan. 29, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A federal grand jury has charged 11 defendants on federal narcotics and money laundering charges stemming from a wiretap investigation into a drug trafficking ring that smuggled more than 107.8 kilograms (237.7 pounds) of cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States and Canada.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: The Student Conservation Association (SCA), America’s #1 conservation service organization seeks qualified applicants to lead, educate, and inspire students for the Virgin Islands National Park summer 2019 Youth Conservation Corp program.
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2020 bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Help us combat disaster fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: A Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based doctor was sentenced to 37 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release today for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare and other health care insurers.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: GREENSBORO, North Carolina - The Comfort Station located at Stop 6 along the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park’s tour road is scheduled to be closed and replaced starting Tuesday, May 28th. Over the next two to three months, crews will work to remove the current comfort station and build a brand new replacement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - On May 15, 2019, a Federal grand jury returned a 34-count indictment charging Gopalkrishna Pai, of Euless, Texas, and previously residing in Puerto Rico, with conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud, 19 counts of wire fraud, five counts of aggravated identity theft, and nine counts of money laundering, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The investigation was conducted by the FBI, and is ongoing.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Daylight Pass Road in Death Valley National Park reopened on May 15 after being closed for several days due to a commercial vehicle that caught on fire. Commercial trucks are prohibited on park roads, and park rangers are concerned about safety hazards posed by frequent violations of this restriction.
