News from May 2019
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Beginning this month, the park will undertake a two-year pavement preservation project on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, Chief Mountain Road, a portion of Camas Road, a portion of the Many Glacier Road near Swiftcurrent Motor Inn, and in parking lots and other smaller roads throughout the park.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On April 30, 2019, Robert Lee Jose, 30, of Mesa, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake to 15 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Jose had previously pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. On March 28, 2018, Jose shot the victim in the head following a short, heated argument, killing the victim. Both Jose and the victim are members of the Gila River Indian Community.
By Homeland Newswire | May 1, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2020 bill.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: A 4.5 mile section of the Scenic Loop Drive in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park is closed to motor vehicles indefinitely due to erosion failure. The south side of the loop road is closed from the mile 7 closure gate to the Badlands Overlook at mile 11.5.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal announced today that the Committee will hold a hearing titled “Paid Family and Medical Leave: Helping Workers and Employers Succeed." The hearing will take place on Wednesday, May 8th at 10 AM in room 1100 Longworth House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury yesterday found Robert Francis Pratersch (57, Kissimmee) guilty of threatening a federal official and interstate transmission of a threat to injure. Pratersch faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 16, 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY-17) released the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s emergency request for more border funding.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park rangers and rescue personnel from Hawai‘i County Fire Department rescued a man who had fallen into Kīlauea caldera late this evening.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Cruces District announces that it is seeking public nominations for two positions on its Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the BLM on public land issues within the Las Cruces District. As advertised in the Federal Register, the BLM will consider nominations until June 14, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Paul Garza, 50, of Houston, Texas, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to transporting illegal aliens within the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Jere T. Miles, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans, and Gregory K. Bovino, Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s New Orleans Sector.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic City man was sentenced today to 264 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking and money laundering in the Atlantic County area, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch today approved its fiscal year 2020 bill. The bill appropriates a total of $3.943 billion, $135 million or 3.6 percent more than in FY 2019. The bill next heads to the full Committee for markup.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: St. Louis - Omar Fandino, 25, of Suwanee, GA, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for cloning access devices of elderly victims to obtain cash and merchandise. He appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White who ordered Fandino to pay $29,551.42 in restitution.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The first House Natural Resources Committee markup of the 116th Congress, which concluded moments ago, showcased a wide range of Democratic priorities and sometimes offered a stark contrast with Committee Republicans’ environmental thinking. Among other bills, the Committee passed...
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pecos District announces that it is seeking public nominations for seven positions on its Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the BLM on public land issues within the Pecos District. As advertised in the Federal Register, the BLM will consider nominations until June 14, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: St. Louis - Omar Fandino, 25, of Suwanee, GA, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for cloning access devices of elderly victims to obtain cash and merchandise. He appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White who ordered Fandino to pay $29,551.42 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Two parents charged in the college admissions case pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with paying a total of $600,000 to facilitate their children’s admission to college.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Are you between 15 and 19 years old? Do you have what it takes to work for the National Park Service?
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury indicted a Tuscaloosa man for being a felon in possession of a firearm announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and ATF Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Monday, April 29, 2019, Candace Brie Betances, 42, of Prattville, Alabama pleaded guilty to submitting false claims to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) seeking tax refunds, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Holloman.
