News from May 2019
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: The Cascade River Road is now open to all vehicles to its end at Cascade Pass Trailhead. The road has been closed for the winter at the National Park boundary, five miles below the Cascade Pass Trailhead.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz) released the following statement on the recently announced deal to restructure more than $8 billion in legacy debt of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: HONOLULU - Garrett Okubo, 52, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was sentenced today to 42 months of imprisonment for committing health care fraud. As part of his sentence, Okubo must pay $3.7 million in restitution, $3.7 million in forfeiture, and must serve three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: California Man Charged with Federal Hate Crimes for Poway Synagogue Shooting.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Statewide, Idaho -Another fire season is approaching and BLM Idaho is asking for your help to prevent human-caused fires. BLM Idaho State Director John Ruhs recently signed the 2019 Fire Prevention Order, which prohibits specific fire-related activities on public land from May 10 to Oct. 20. The Fire Prevention Order makes it illegal to burn explosive materials or use fireworks, exploding targets, or tracer ammunition on BLM-managed lands in Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: In El Paso this morning, 30-year-old Irving Marquez was sentenced to the statutory maximum 20 years in federal prison for receiving and distributing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Jack P. Staton, El Paso.
By Homeland Newswire | May 9, 2019
Release: Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), Chair of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2020 Legislative Branch bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Robert Santos, a member of a Bronx-based drug trafficking ring, was sentenced by United States District Judge Frederic Block to 60 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by four years’ supervised release, based on his February 2018 guilty plea to participating in a conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, 500 grams or more of cocaine, and marijuana.
By USDA Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today released ePACA, an electronic one-stop shop to facilitate the marketing of produce and improve Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) services. This new system includes PACA Search, an online function providing access to PACA license status and complaint information.
By State Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Chairman, today introduced the United States-Northern Triangle Enhanced Engagement Act, which supports the people of Central America and strengthens U.S. national security by addressing the root causes of migration from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The twenty-ninth annual Grand Canyon Star Party will be held Saturday, June 22 through Saturday, June 29, 2019 on the South and North Rims of Grand Canyon National Park. Amateur astronomers from across the country will volunteer their telescopes and expertise for the enjoyment of park...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Five Canton men were indicted in federal court for allegedly stealing dozens of guns from a firearms store in Canton in February.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, today requested answers about serious allegations of misconduct and abuse by federally-funded grantees operating facilities that house unaccompanied migrant children.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Guyland W. Thompson, 65, of Milton, pleaded guilty today to twenty counts of wire fraud and three counts of tax evasion stemming from his embezzlement of funds from United Way of Santa Rosa County (“UWSRC"). Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the guilty plea.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for ATM skimming.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Raymond Whelan, 49, of Cheektowaga, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods, was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Annette Elizabeth Jones, age 45, of Port Deposit, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to bank fraud in connection with a scheme to embezzle funds from the labor union where she worked. Jones entered her guilty plea on May 7, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mitchell, South Dakota, woman convicted of conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine was sentenced on May 6, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Two Austin Men Previously Pleaded Guilty to their Roles in the Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: North Korean Cargo Vessel Connected To Sanctions Violations Seized By U.S. Government.
