News from May 2019
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT - The National Park Service (NPS) today announced the award of a $4.73 million dollar contract to Dick Anderson Construction of Great Falls, MT, to complete rebuilding the historic Sperry Chalet Dormitory in Glacier National Park. The chalet was badly damaged in August 2017 during the Sprague Fire, which burned thousands of acres in the park. This is the second of two phases of construction that began in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: Ft. Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge John E. Steele has sentenced Kay F. Gow (68, Naples) to 10 years in federal prison for her role in a conspiracy to defraud Lee County out of $5 million in grant funds, an individual investor out of $500,000, and the laundering of the proceeds. As part of Gow’s...
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will honor some of their most dedicated volunteers this week at the agency’s 2019 Making a Difference National Volunteer Awards. Volunteers play a critical role in helping the BLM welcome millions of visitors annually to more than 245 million acres of public lands across the American West.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national residing in Lynn was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for Social Security fraud.
By EPA Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Undermining Mercury Protections: EPA Endangers Human Health and the Environment."
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: BALTIMORE - Following the recent arrest of two unlawfully present teens suspected in the violent murder of a young girl in Maryland, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers in Baltimore are again seeking to take custody of the illegal aliens through the ICE detainer process following the Prince George’s County Detention Center’s (PGCDC) failure to cooperate.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Canton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with managing and supervising a methamphetamine trafficking and money laundering ring operating between Massachusetts and California that authorities say was responsible for distributing 200 pounds of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - BRANDON LEE PRUITT, 27, of Anadarko, has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for distributing child pornography, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) sent a letter to Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Health Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) reiterating their request for a hearing on the Democrats’ $32 trillion plan for a government takeover of the American health care system.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CONSTANCE MOERLAND, 33, of Hudsonville, Michigan, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to conspiring to defraud the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP"). The offense stems her role in a scheme to qualify prospective...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - Jermichael Malcolm, 46, of Dayton, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Wood County man who possessed firearms after being involuntarily committed to a mental hospital pled guilty to a federal gun charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Benjamin Lee Parsons, 31, of Mineral Wells, entered a guilty plea to illegal possession of a firearm.
By DOE Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo’s (D-CA) remarks as prepared for delivery at a Health Subcommittee hearing entitled “Improving Drug Pricing Transparency and Lowering Prices for American Consumers" are enclosed below...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CONSTANCE MOERLAND, 33, of Hudsonville, Michigan, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to conspiring to defraud the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP"). The offense stems her role in a scheme to qualify prospective...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Cedar Grove resident was sentenced on May 21, 2019, in federal court in Greensboro, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2020 Defense bill on a vote of 30 to 22. The legislation funds the Department of Defense, including operations and maintenance, readiness activities, research and development, equipment modernization, and health and quality-of-life programs for our troops and military families.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: Defendant used messaging app to induce more than 25 children to send explicit videos, photos.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - DUNCAN ERIC HERRON, II, 31, and REGENEA CAROL BERRY, 30, both of Norman, have been arrested for robbing IBC Bank in Moore, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - DeKalb County, Georgia has agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve allegations that the County and its agency WorkSource DeKalb violated the False Claims Act by misusing grant funds for the Department of Labor’s On-the-Job Training (“OJT") program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 35-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for conspiracy to sell crystal methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
