News from May 2019
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park invites you to a special program at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center. Join recent Kansas State University graduate Barrie Chileen as she shares her research on vegetation response to wildfires over the past 2,500 years at Chickaree Lake on the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Christopher Kober, 46, was sentenced today in federal court for possession of Schedule II controlled substances. Magistrate Judge Susan M. Bazis sentenced Kober to two years’ probation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -On May 14, a jury convicted Richardo Urbina, of Muskegon, after six days of trial on three counts of sex trafficking minors; three counts of attempting to sex traffic minors; conspiring to sex traffic minors; sex trafficking an adult by force, fraud, or coercion; distributing cocaine; distributing cocaine base; and conspiring to distribute cocaine. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison and a maximum sentence of life.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEXANDRU LUCIAN NICOLESCU, 41, a citizen of Romania, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 121 months of imprisonment for his participation in a 2007 Connecticut home invasion.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Carnegie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months’ imprisonment and two years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Washington - USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will accept applications beginning June 3, 2019, for certain practices under the continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) signup and will offer extensions for expiring CRP contracts. The 2018 Farm Bill reauthorized CRP, one of the country’s largest conservation programs.
By Homeland Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today released its report accompanying the fiscal year 2020 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs appropriations bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEXANDRU LUCIAN NICOLESCU, 41, a citizen of Romania, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 121 months of imprisonment for his participation in a 2007 Connecticut home invasion.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area announces its support of Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day this Friday, May 17, 2019. Glen Canyon joins boating professionals and outdoor enthusiasts to heighten awareness of different life jacket styles that are available, and demonstrate their comfort and versatility by wearing them to work.
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2019
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By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Joshua Dewayne Funburg, age 34, of Checotah, 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: Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. 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 Interior Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Coeur d’Alene, Idaho - The summer recreation season is on the horizon, including boating and camping at Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recreation sites in northern Idaho. If you’re planning a day on Lake Coeur d’Alene fishing or boating, BLM’s popular Blackwell Island boat launch and recreation area will open for the season on Thursday, May 23.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced the sentencings of Joe David White, age 58, and Laci Marie Fox a/k/a Laci Marie Noah, age 27, both from Poteau, Oklahoma, on charges of Drug Conspiracy and Distribution of Methamphetamine. White, a...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A jury has convicted Glenn Marcell Madison, Jr., 29, of Columbus, on all counts following a two-day trial before U.S. District Judge James L. Graham.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Samuel Lee Smith, 40, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 130 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Smith was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sequoiya D. Harris, 35, former resident of Sacramento and Stockton; John A. Owens Jr., 32, of Sacramento; and Dionne Thomas, 53, of Galt, pleaded guilty today to participating in a federal tax refund fraud conspiracy, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Portland, Ore. - The Deschutes River is among 12 Wild and Scenic Rivers to be featured in a pane of stamps to be released as “Forever" stamps by the U.S. Postal Service. These stamps pay tribute to the exceptional streams that run freely through America’s natural landscapes. Each stamp showcases a different segment of the Wild and Scenic River System.
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 Homeland Newswire | May 15, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2020 bill.
