News from May 2019
By US DOT Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, sent five letters asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct five separate studies examining the manifold ways in which climate change poses a threat to the ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida- Chief U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday today sentenced Luilly Rafael Almonte Hiciano (48, St. Pete Beach) to four years and three months in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and lying to the United States government. The court also ordered Hiciano to pay restitution to the victim of the offense.
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2019
Release: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry was in Bogotá, Colombia for the Concordia Americas Summit, a gathering of government and private sector leaders held to discuss a range of issues impacting Colombia and the broader Latin American region. Secretary Perry addressed the Summit ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Scott Cresswell, 52, Ionia, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $5,994,639.86 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: WILKES-BARRE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on May 9, 2019, Jared Andrew Novy, age 39, of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 360 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo for the production of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro event in Tahlequah, Okla., on June 7 - 8, at the Cherokee County Fairgrounds. The event, featuring 75 wild horses and burros, will take place from noon-6 p.m. on Friday, June 7, and 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, June 8. Animals are eligible for direct purchase to a good home or eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JEREMY REICHBERG was sentenced to 48 months in prison for bribery, corruption, and obstruction offenses related to his participation in a years-long scheme to bribe numerous high-ranking members...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: Pecos, NM: Come see for yourself how the Ancestral Puebloans crafted yucca. Archaeologist Mary Weahkee will demonstrate the traditional art of making yucca sandals or baskets on Sunday, May 19 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Pecos National Historical Park Visitor Center. She will showcase the creation...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: Allen Dean Gordon Clayborn and Raul Pereida Defrauded the Lesbian and Gay Community Network of Western Michigan of $100,000 in Multistate Benefit Concert Swindle.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Two individuals pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin and methamphetamine and distribution of heroin and methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the plea today.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: Effective May 24th, the Wilderness Information Center (WIC) in Marblemount will change hours of operations. Due to budgetary constraints the WIC will now be open 7 am-4pm daily through the summer season.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Pompano Beach on Saturday.
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after a coalition of 44 states brought an anti-trust lawsuit against 20 generic drug manufacturers and 15 individuals for a conspiracy to fix prescription drug prices for more than 100 products on the market...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Sushovan Hussain, the former Chief Financial Officer of Autonomy Corporation plc, was sentenced to sixty (60) months in prison today following his convictions after trial for one count of conspiracy, fourteen counts of wire fraud and one count of securities fraud by a federal jury, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. -Saul E. Pacheco, age 38, of the Bronx, N.Y., pled guilty today to conspiring with another person to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin in Columbia County.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Bernardo Olivas Leyva was sentenced today to four years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, announced United States Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge...
By US DOT Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on the rally in favor of the so-called “Green New Deal." The rally will feature Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Ed Markey (D-MA), as well as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Bernardo Olivas Leyva was sentenced today to 4 years in prison and 5 years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, Drug Enforcement Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - May 13, 2019 - a 48-count indictment handed down last week, charged Patrick Martin, 48, of Gainesboro, Tennessee, with two counts of federal program theft, 30 counts of wire fraud, one count of possession of a forged security of an organization, 12 counts of failure to collect or pay...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: A “pill mill" physician who oversaw the illegal prescription of nearly a million units of narcotics with no legitimate medical purpose was sentenced today to 13 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
