News from May 2019
By DOT News Wire | May 8, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 8, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on May 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS - The former treasurer of a non-profit dedicated to helping families of soldiers killed in the line of duty was sentenced Tuesday for stealing money from the organization, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Dustin Campbell, 36, of Knoxville...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with an August 2018 computer intrusion of a Massachusetts company.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A member of the Pueblo Bishop Bloods street gang has been found guilty by a jury for the second time of racketeering offenses that included the slaying of a man in front of the victim’s 2-year-old son.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Tuesday, after a four-day trial, a federal jury found Jonathan Mota, 37, guilty of attempting to kill a federal officer and found Dominic Adams, 27, guilty of assault on a federal officer, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Yosemite National Park will open the Glacier Point Road to all vehicular traffic at 9:00 am on Friday, May 10, 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | May 8, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2020 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging JOSEPH GRIFFIN, 42, of Hartford, with two counts of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: MIAMI - Dr. Marta Elena Farinas, 48, of Miami, was arrested on May 7, 2019, at her clinic, the Pinecrest Medical Group, located at 15715 S. Dixie Highway, #219, Miami, Fla., on state charges of conspiracy to dispense controlled substances, delivery of controlled substances and manslaughter. An investigation...
By Homeland Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today approved allocations, known as 302(b)s, for its 12 subcommittees for fiscal year 2020 on a vote of 30 to 22.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Six Men Charged for Role in Five-Year High-Yield Investment Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Jonathan Cody (53, Jacksonville) to 37 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm while an unlawful user of controlled substances. The court also ordered Cody to pay a $5000 fine. Cody’s girlfriend, Kyle Ann Louise...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - The fifteenth and final defendant arrested, charged and convicted for leading or participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy that repeatedly arranged for and supervised multi-kilogram shipments of heroin and cocaine from Mexico to stash houses in Cranston and Woonsocket, R.I., then distributed the drugs to mid-level drug dealers in the greater Providence and greater Boston areas and in Hartford, Conn., was sentenced today in federal court in Providence.
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved a slate of bipartisan measures by voice vote, including the Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act, the DISASTER Act, the Transparency in Federal Buildings Projects Act of 2019, and nearly two dozen General Services Administration (GSA) Capital Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions.
By USDA Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Summertime is quickly approaching, and Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their university colleagues are reporting on genomics research on a traditional summer treat, watermelon. In a long-term study, researchers explored the genetics of "Charleston Gray," a watermelon variety that was introduced to the public in 1954 by ARS.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ANDREEA DUMITRU, a/k/a “Andreea Dumitru Parcalaboiu," an immigration attorney based in Queens, New York, was sentenced to five years in prison in connection with her operation of a scheme to submit fraudulent...
By Homeland Newswire | May 8, 2019
Release: HARRISBURG, Pa. - The number of passengers expected to fly this summer is expected to be the highest in years with more than 2.2 million passengers per day expected to pass through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints, likely surpassing the record-breaking numbers from last summer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Russell Ruth, 34, of Lyons, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to possession of child pornography, including prepubescent images. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT - Each year, Glacier National Park participates in an interagency effort to monitor grizzly bear population trends in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem.
