News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man who is a previously convicted felon was sentenced today to 7 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), participated in a joint press conference with the Thailand Department of Special Investigation (DSI), the Thailand Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS), the Thailand Department of Provincial Administration...
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites public input on a proposed Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act lease of approximately 498 acres of public land for recreation development in Pinal County. Under the proposal, Pinal County Open Space and Trails would develop a variety of recreation facilities, including picnic tables and shelters, equestrian and hiking trails, restrooms, campsites and educational kiosks.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - May 23, 2019 - A superseding indictment returned yesterday charged Christopher Brazelton, 24, of Nashville, Tennessee, with conspiring to commit and committing Hobbs Act Robbery; using, carrying, brandishing and discharging a firearm resulting in death; conspiring to tamper with a...
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: Winnemucca, Nev. - To reduce vehicle collisions associated with an overpopulation of wild burros, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will begin a bait-trap operations on, or about June 1 to gather up to 200 wild burros from the Seven Troughs herd management area near Porter Springs and Empire, Nevada. The Humboldt River Field Office will conduct gather operations for approximately 45 days using water and/or hay to bait wild burros into a trap of corral panels.
By Homeland Newswire | May 23, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2020 bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment Thursday against Ivan Lopez, 34, of Mexico, and Erick Olivas Lopez, 39, of Mexico, charging them with conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute at least 400 grams of a substance containing fentanyl, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: Oregon Man Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Prison for Hate Crime Targeting Eugene Church.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Atif Ullah, 30, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to distribution of child pornography. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 35-year-old resident of Conroe has been sentenced in to federal prison following his conviction for large-scale cocaine trafficking, announced DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: RENO, Nev. - On Saturday, June 8, the Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries are hosting a saddle-trained wild horse and halter-trained wild burro adoption at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center located at 1721 Snyder Avenue, south of Carson City...
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: Williston, ND: Park hours at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site will extend to 8:00 am - 6:30 pm (Central Time) beginning May 26, 2019. These hours will be in effect from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Scott Norris Johnson, 57, of Carmichael, charging him with three counts of making and subscribing a false tax return, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: Shed Light on Drug Advertisements . Chances are that in the last 24 hours, you’ve seen approximately nine advertisements for prescription drugs on television. That’s no mistake. Each year, pharmaceutical companies spend more than $6 billion to flood our airwaves with drug ads. Every hour on television,...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Attorney for the United States, Acting Under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Patricia Tarasca, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York...
By USDA Newswire | May 23, 2019
Release: Washington, DC, May 23, 2019 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation and trade disruption. President Trump directed Secretary Perdue...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Jesus Javier Malagon, 32, of Twin Falls, has been sentenced to 355 months in prison on federal drug and gun charges, as well as shooting at a Shoshone City police officer, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. In February of this year, a Boise jury found Malagon guilty of the charges after a...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to threatening to murder a federal law enforcement officer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas -A 52-year-old resident of McAllen has been ordered to prison following his conviction of enticement of a child, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Louis Gardner, 41 of Belmont, New Hampshire, was sentenced to160 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, illegally possessing firearms, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced.
