News from November 2019
By Interior Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: Medford, Ore - The Bureau of Land Management and United States Forest Service are hosting the biennial Rogue River User Meeting on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. PST at the BLM Grants Pass Interagency Office, 2164 NE Spalding Avenue, Grants Pass, Oregon.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues to transfer available vehicles, equipment and supplies to local fire departments and Rangeland Fire Protection Associations (RFPA) in Idaho to enhance their wildland firefighting capabilities. Under BLM’s Rural Fire Readiness (RFR) program...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Edward Ambrosino, a former Town of Hempstead Councilman, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for tax evasion, to be followed by three years’ supervised release. The Court also ordered Ambrosino to pay $700,000 in restitution to his former...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: The Republican leaders of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security today objected to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) irresponsible proposal to allow for the operation of counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) equipment near airports, including equipment that could be capable of shooting down drones.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) introduced the “Safe, Accountable, Fair, and Environmentally Responsible (SAFER) Pipelines Act of 2019." ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced Rafael Torres, age 35, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Kidnapping, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1201(a)(1), punishable by imprisonment for any term of...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Federal officials and Tribal Leaders of the Pueblo of Acoma will hold a press conference at 10:00 a.m., on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, at the offices of the Bureau of the Indian Affairs in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to make a significant announcement regarding an important item of cultural patrimony.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the arrest of RICHARD LIRIANO for installing a malicious software program known...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.) today unveiled a discussion draft of their environmental justice bill, which has been prepared through a collaborative effort with environmental justice advocates and grassroots groups across the country. Release...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that EDWIN WATSON, age 37, of LaPlace, was sentenced on Nov. 14, 2019 for one count of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846, and one count of distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A). WATSON pled guilty on Feb. 21, 2019 to the above-described offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: Federal Complaints Target Street Gangs Involved in Drug Trafficking and Firearms Violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that STEVEN DUNCAN, age 46, of New Orleans, pled guilty on Nov. 14, 2019 to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - A Prescott Valley resident was sentenced Friday to nearly 50 years imprisonment by the Superior Court of Yavapai County on local charges related to child exploitation following a joint investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Prescott Valley Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Rebecca Kanter (619) 546-7304 and Aaron Arnzen (619) 546-8384.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A man who pleaded guilty to attempted enticement of a minor was sentenced today, announced Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A nurse at the Department of Correction’s Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center (MASAC) in Plymouth, was sentenced today for distributing Suboxone strips to inmates in the facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Georgia woman today admitted using a National Basketball Association (NBA) player’s stolen identity to attempt to obtain a $2.5 million loan, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JESUS SEGUINOT, also known as “Chuchi," 30, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to drug distribution and gun possession offenses.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: BETHANY, Mo., Nov. 15, 2019 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Richard Fordyce today announced USDA has invested $41.6 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for rural households and farms in Missouri and Southern Iowa. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s Reconnect Pilot Program investments.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that defendant PRENTISS CRAFT, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty on Nov. 14, 2019 before U.S. District Court Chief Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to being in receipt of a firearm while under indictment.
