News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement in response to White House counsel Pat Cipollone’s letter demanding that the House Judiciary Committee end its investigation into obstruction of justice, public corruption and abuse of power...
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The National Park Service seeks public comment on an Environmental Assessment to allow park concessionaires, Xanterra and Delaware North, to develop seasonal housing for their employees in Yellowstone National Park at Canyon Village and the West Entrance. The concessionaires would fund this project.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to 24 years in prison for robbing a bank at gunpoint and for two jewelry store armed robberies while he was on supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Defendant allegedly injected individuals with silicone oil which can cause stroke, death or disfigurement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Sterling Ross, IV, age 26, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: On May 16, 2019 at 10: 0 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on forced arbitration. The hearing will focus on forced arbitration clauses which are often buried in the fine print of employment contracts and signed in haste by employees as a precondition for employment, without the ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Former Louisiana Corrections Officers Sentenced for Roles in a Conspiracy to Cover up Abuse of Inmates.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Giokas, 59, of Clarence, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud for defrauding numerous clients of his investment advisory firm out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, was sentenced to serve 52 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $916,396.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Three individuals were charged yesterday in federal court in Boston for their roles in a cocaine conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area’s developed campground - Red Rock Campground - is scheduled to temporarily close from 11 a.m. on June 2 to 11 a.m. on Aug. 30, 2019, during this low-usage period.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Defendant Tracey Mapes Flew Drone, Dropped Flyers Over Levi’s Stadium and the Oakland Coliseum During 49ers and Raiders Games.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced today the issuance of $30.1 million to 18 counties in western Oregon as a part of the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) and Community Self-Determination Act extension. The funding will go directly to the counties, supporting investments in education, infrastructure, public safety, health services, and other critical expenditures made by these jurisdictions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A California man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with making violent threats against Boston Globe employees in retaliation for the newspaper’s editorial response to political attacks on the media.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Representative Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Chairman of the House Committee ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The owner of a closed Springfield gun shooting center has been indicted on charges of arson and insurance fraud. John W. Jackson, Jr., 45, of Springfield, Ill., made his initial appearance in federal court today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Schanzle-Haskins. The indictment, returned by the grand jury on May 8, 2019, had remained sealed pending Jackson’s arrest and initial court appearance.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-Christopher Michael Soares, 35, of Southern Oregon, was sentenced today to 160 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release for possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine in Bend, Oregon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the 1944 “D-Day" Normandy landings, commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the National Park Service is excited to announce special ranger programs and talks throughout the week of June 1 - 8, 2019. Daily throughout the week, rangers will present programs at Eisenhower National Historic Site focusing on General Eisenhower and other aspects of the D-Day invasion.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture, After Dark in the Park talks, stewardship programs and opportunities to explore the Kahuku Unit during June 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national residing in Lawrence pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to Social Security fraud and aggravated identity theft.
