News from November 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $197,292.00 to Factom, Inc. based in Austin, Texas, to develop a blockchain security system that agencies can use to create and verify identities and help detect fraud involving imports, such as raw materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Jeffery Scott West Jr., 39, of Frankfort, was sentenced on Friday, to 108 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove. West had previously plead guilty to one count of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: QUINCY, MA - Don’t be alarmed if the John Adams Birthplace looks different this winter! Adams National Historical Park is launching a project to remove and replace the exterior pine clapboards of the John Adams Birthplace. This project is being funded by visitor entrance fees.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: 2:00 p.m. 1300 Longworth House Office Building. WITNESS LIST. The Honorable Naomi C. Earp, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after the General Services Administration (GSA) failed to fully comply with a subpoena regarding the federal lease with the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C.:
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: FBI Cuts Ribbon for New Data Center in Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that eight defendants have been sentenced to prison for their respective roles in dealing crystal methamphetamine in the Western Upper Peninsula.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Appalachian-Piedmont-Coastal Zone fire management staff plan to burn approximately 660 acres of fields on the western end of Cades Cove. Weather permitting, burn operations will occur between Wednesday, November 6 and Friday, December 20. The operations are expected to be conducted on three separate days. Media updates will be provided before burn operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A California man who was arrested on his way to Kansas City pleaded guilty today to smuggling heroin and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Former Westminster Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting an Individual.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: COOLIDGE, AZ - Beginning Nov. 27, 2019 through March 4, 2020, Casa Grande Ruins will host its annual speaker series. The speaker series will kick off on November 27 at noon featuring Dr. Barbara Jaquay who will present a lecture titled "Father Kino: Agriculturist, Explorer, Cartographer, Mission...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Nov. 14, 2019, United States Chief District Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Oliver Sonny Maupin, 62, of Las Vegas, Nevada, to 60 months in prison on the charge of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute at least 100 kilograms of a mixture and substance containing marijuana and...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Cobb County government has signed a four-year extension to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigation’s (HSI) employment compliance program called IMAGE at a recent ceremony held in the county’s Board of Commissioner’s office. The county signed the original agreement in 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two Trenton men have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a violent drug trafficking conspiracy that allegedly distributed more than one kilogram of heroin in Trenton and the surrounding area, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Quinton Oshumond Littlejohn, 31, of Charlotte, was sentenced to 135 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release on drug and gun charges. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. presided over the hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Erica File, 34, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for theft by a bank employee. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp sentenced File to twelve months and one day of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After her release from prison, File will serve a five-year term of supervised release. File was also ordered to pay $12,143 in restitution to the bank, who reimbursed the unauthorized withdrawals.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Indian National Charged with Aggravated Sexual Abuse while Working as a U.S. Military Contractor in Afghanistan.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced that on Nov. 12, 2019, 24 year-old Javon Joshua Jennings was sentenced to 57 months in prison by District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger for one count of Tampering with a Witness, and one count of Retaliating Against a Witness.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Larry Watkins, 27, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to racketeering conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the team from University of Maryland, Baltimore County as the national winner of DOE’s 2019 CyberForce Competition™. CyberForce 2019 is DOE’s fifth iteration of its cyber defense competition, designed to inspire and develop the next generation of energy sector cybersecurity professionals.
