News from May 2019
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: National Park Service Presents: “Ranger Time" Capstone Event.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Randy Lee Donahue, Jr., of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to distributing methamphetamine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael John Maisey, of Sistersville, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man was acquitted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender as a result of a federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota, beginning mid-morning on May 2, 2019, and concluding in the afternoon of May 2, 2019.
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on April 26, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) reached a consent decision with R&W Farms LLC, Wanda Thompson and Rickey G. Thompson (R&W Farms) of Pitkin, La., for violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - District Court Judge Anne E. Thompson, on May 6, 2019, sentenced Jean Cruz-Albert, 28, of Puerto Rico, to a mandatory 10 years in prison for attempted possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Judge Thompson also sentenced Cruz-Albert to four years of supervised release and ordered him to pay a fine of $500.00 and a special assessment of $100.00.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Nafese J. Sanford, 27, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine before U.S District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ranking Member Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today sent a joint letter requesting a Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of whether federal funding of anti-poaching efforts has supported human rights abuses. The request comes in the wake of reports that anti-poaching and anti-wildlife organizations have allegedly engaged in severe human rights abuses.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Democrats are dishonest on taxes, trying to distract from economy on the move.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Phillip Arnold Bennett, III, of Piedmont, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months incarceration for a firearms violation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: The DHS Science and Technology Directorate’s research portfolio is driven by our customers’ needs. They provide requirements, and we conduct research and development or look at commercially available options to find the best solution for current and emerging threats.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Honoring and Empowering Women and Men of All Levels of Federal Service.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Cameron Carlucci, 27, of Philadelphia was sentenced by the Honorable Berle M. Schiller to 151 months in federal prison, followed by 10 years supervised release. Carlucci was convicted of distributing and possessing child pornography from...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Michael Crumble was sentenced by United States District Judge Allyne R. Ross to nine years’ imprisonment for kidnapping conspiracy, kidnapping and committing physical violence in furtherance of an extortion relating to the December 2017 abduction, assault...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Eric Eugene Smith, of Falling Waters, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 97 months incarceration for possessing child pornography, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: The owner of a Canton company that manufactures American flags was sentenced to two years in prison for failing to pay more than $162,000 in payroll taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Nafese J. Sanford, 27, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine before U.S District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: BOZEMAN, MT - As part of ongoing efforts to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Yellowstone National Park and the USGS would like to inform the public that biologists with the National Park Service and Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team (IGBST) will be conducting scientific grizzly bear research operations in Yellowstone National Park from May 13 through July 31.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today two pulse flow releases from Whiskeytown Dam into Clear Creek in May and June. Pulse flows are rapid increases and rapid decreases in dam released flows, occurring over a short time frame. These flows attract adult spring-run Chinook salmon to upstream Clear Creek habitats for holding and spawning purposes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago man was sentenced today to 16 years in federal prison for attempting to detonate an explosive device at a bar in downtown Chicago.
