News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A federal grand jury has returned a two-count indictment against a 31-year-old Mexican citizen who illegally resided in Mission, announced DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is predicting that a near-normal Atlantic hurricane season is most likely this year. This outlook forecasts a 40% chance of a near-normal season, a 30% chance of an above-normal season and a 30% chance of a below-normal season. The hurricane season officially extends from June 1 to November 30.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent letters to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the HHS Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Office of Management...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Four individuals were arrested yesterday on federal indictments alleging that they participated in corruption and fraud schemes centered at the District of Columbia’s Office of Tax and Revenue (OTR).
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Jason Cole Shreve (27, Paisley) to 10 years in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for attempted enticement and coercion of a minor to engage in sexual activity. The court also ordered $168,915 in restitution to victims of child pornography.
By US DOT Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: Starting today more than 100 control towers and airports will be added to the hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic facilities and airports that currently use the Low Altitude Authorization and Capability (LAANC) system.
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 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2020 bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Thomas Martin Roberts, age 52, of Wilbur, Washington, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on June 12, 2018, to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sukha Singh Boyal, 52, of New Jersey, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to making a false statement in a passport application. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-Benjamin Jaramillo Hernandez, 69, of Eugene, Oregon, was sentenced today to 15 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for committing a hate crime targeting St. Mary Catholic Church in Eugene in September 2018 and illegally possessing ammunition. The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams of the District of Oregon.
By State Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: The United States recognizes the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) and Tibetan autonomous prefectures and counties in other provinces to be part of the People’s Republic of China. The constitution of the People’s Republic of China states citizens “enjoy freedom of religious belief" but limits protections...
By State Newswire | May 23, 2019
Release: The United States recognizes the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) and Tibetan autonomous prefectures and counties in other provinces to be part of the People’s Republic of China. The constitution of the People’s Republic of China states citizens “enjoy freedom of religious belief" but limits protections...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of a criminal complaint and arrest warrant charging Jonathan Bohn a/k/a “Jonah" (35, Orlando) with distribution of a controlled substance that resulted in death. If convicted, Bohn faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: Mississippi Accountant Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Tax Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Gregorio Salinas-Guzman, a native of Mexico living in Lyndonville, NY, who was convicted of being alien in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By State Newswire | May 23, 2019
Release: The Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) grants residents freedom of religious belief, freedom to preach and participate in religious activities in public, and freedom to pursue religious education. The law also protects the right of religious assembly and the rights of religious...
By State Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Daniel Doyle, 56, Sanford, South Carolina, formerly of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to one year of probation for fraudulently making false statements under oath in a bankruptcy proceeding. Daniel Doyle pleaded guilty to this felony charge on March 6, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that John Kelvin Conner, 63, of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to nearly four years (46 months) imprisonment, three years supervised release, ordered to forfeit $14,923 and pay an additional $14,923 in restitution by United States...
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: A new National Park Service report shows that 468,215 visitors to Devils Tower National Monument in 2018 spent $30 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 414 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $38.2 million.
