News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Yankton, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By US DOT Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: The last few hundred of the $500 Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) rebate reservations offered to general aviation aircraft owners by the FAA are gone.
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy Press Secretary released the following statement in response to reports of efforts to disrupt oil shipping...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Michael Watts, a 40 year old resident of Selma, Alabama was sentenced to 27 months of incarceration for possession of two firearms after previously being convicted of two felonies, namely, Assault 1st and Shooting into an Occupied Building.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Eleven men and seven women have been charged as part of an undercover investigation targeting a multi-county drug distribution network.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Donald Barlow, age 58, of Bedford, Virginia and his son, Matthew Barlow, age 28, an inmate at Allenwood Low Security Correctional Institution (LSCI), was charged by criminal information on May 9, 2019, with conspiracy to smuggle Oxycodone pills into LSCI in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: “It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the loss and honor the selfless service of Savannah Police Department Sgt. Kelvin Ansari," said Bobby L. Christine, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. “After serving 21 years in the U.S. Army, and 10 years as a police officer in Savannah...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane (DAK) Kees recognizes the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and tribal police officers on the occasion of National Police Week, which is being observed Sunday, May 12 to Saturday, May 18, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and four colleagues today introduced legislation to give working Americans the ability to save for the future while repaying their student loans.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Nicholas J. Patten, 27, of Williston, Vermont was sentenced to 48 months in prison for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm and ammunition by an unlawful user of a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: Informatica Agrees to Pay $21.57 Million for Alleged False Claims Caused by Its Commercial Pricing Disclosures.
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: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice has reached an agreement with the Louisiana Supreme Court (LSC) that recognizes the LSC’s commitment to work with the Louisiana Judiciary to phase-in a language access program that will provide oral and written language assistance services at no cost to limited English proficient (LEP) individuals in all state court proceedings and operations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A 24-count indictment was unsealed in federal court today charging former Portland attorney Lori E. Deveny, 53, with mail, wire and bank fraud; aggravated identity theft; money laundering and both filing false tax returns and failing to file tax returns as part of a scheme to defraud her clients and use the proceeds to pay for personal expenses.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: Providing ocean safety and rip current awareness information to visitors is a top priority at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore). The following trip planning tips will help Seashore visitors stay safe in the ocean.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Jose Luis Arenas, 64, of Anchorage, was named in an indictment charging him with 32 counts of aiding and assisting in preparation of false federal individual income tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Charles Guyer, age 60, of Johnstown, New York, pled guilty today to distributing and receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - An Akron, Ohio, woman who was arrested as part of Project Charleston, pled guilty to a federal drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Azriel Irene Westfall, 20, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine before Senior...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: NORMAN, OKLA. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing that it has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) on a coal lease application in cooperation with the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and the Oklahoma Department of Mines. The EA is available for a 30-day public comment period ending on June 10, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2019
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve’s helicopter pilot and mountaineering rangers performed a short-haul rescue of an injured climber and their partner from Windy Corner on Denali’s West Buttress route the night of Sunday, May 12.
