News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On April 12, 2019, Tonnyia Barae Bruce, age 34, of Des Moines, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 18 months in prison for six counts of unlawful disposition of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Bruce was ordered to...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On May 20, 2019, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a seven-count indictment charging 26 defendants with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and with firearms violations, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Nicholas Earl Faulkner, a.k.a. "Ponyboy," age 32, of Holdenville, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Kidnapping, in violation of Title 18, United States Code Sections 1201(a)(1), 2, 1151 and 1153...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: An Elyria man was indicted for bringing a 14-year-old girl from California to Ohio to engage in unlawful sexual activity, as well as child pornography charges.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: On Thursday, May 23, Keweenaw National Historical Park is hosting a naturalization ceremony at the Calumet Visitor Center. Approximately 30 individuals from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula will become naturalized citizens in this historic building located in downtown Calumet.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: HANKSVILLE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing increased access and off- highway vehicle (OHV) opportunities within the Factory Butte Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA) near Hanksville, Utah. The Richfield Field Office has rescinded the 2006 Factory Butte OHV travel restriction after meeting criteria to develop a threatened and endangered species monitoring plan and installing infrastructure to protect endangered cactus species.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2019
Release: PITTSBURGH - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is preparing for what may be the busiest travel season ever, as 263 million passengers and crew are projected to pass through security checkpoints nationwide between Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend, and passenger throughput at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) will be no different.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: I come to the floor today to set the record straight on an issue that affects every American who is eligible for Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Amy Little, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, has admitted to her role in a heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By State Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on the Trump Administration’s strategy in Syria...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: On June 22, from 8:00 am until 12:00 pm, Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) and the North Carolina Beach Buggy Association (NCBBA) will host drop-in volunteer beach cleanup efforts.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: Gettysburg, Pa. - Gettysburg National Military Park’s free summer interpretive program series begins runs from June 8 to Aug. 11, 2019 and offers visitors a chance to learn about the people and places that made history during the Battle of Gettysburg. Hike the fields of Pickett’s Charge, explore the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Juan Carlos Ramon, 33, of Portland, pleaded guilty today to two counts of production of child pornography after sexually exploiting two minor victims, aged six and eight, using musical.ly, a social media application now known as TikTok.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Natez Fisher, 19, of St. Louis, MO, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for one count of interference with commerce by robbery. He appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned a Superseding Indictment charging ALI KHALESEH DEHGHAN, age 35, from Wake County, with two counts of alien in possession of a firearm and failure...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Matthew J. Underwood, 45, of Walnut Grove, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves to 55 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Underwood was also ordered to pay a $1,000.00 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that two Anchorage men were found guilty on all counts, in connection with the March 2018 robbery of the Credit Union One branch located at 3525 Eureka Street in Anchorage.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: Morgan County man convicted on federal hate crime charges.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Tampa Special Agent in Charge (SAC) office graduated a third Citizens’ Academy last week.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Latoya Rosell, 34, of Flora, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to two years of probation for embezzling mail matter during the course of her employment with the U.S. Postal Service, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Chris Cave...
