News from November 2019
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Big Thicket National Preserve is excited to announce the start of a new monthly volunteer effort, geared towards cleaning the day-use areas and river access points found throughout the park. This monthly event will take place on the third Saturday of each month and focus on a different day use each time. Volunteers will meet at 10 am to start with a short safety briefing before the clean-up activities begin, and wrap-up around noon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Dannie Curlee, Jr., 46, of Picayune, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr., to the maximum statutory penalty of 30 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for producing images of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $43 million in funding to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies that enable power generators to be responsive to grid conditions in a high variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration environment.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Adolphus P. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field Office, and Paul Blackman, Sheriff, Highlands County Sheriff’s Office announced that Samuel Martinez, 41, of Avon Park, Florida, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg to 18 years in prison for armed drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - William Gerard Brown, a five-time convicted felon, has been sentenced for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Allison Park, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of narcotics trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Provincetown, MA - A new accessible walkway will be installed at Province Lands Visitor Center in Provincetown. Work will begin the week of Nov. 12, 2019. This project will remove the existing ramp and install a new concrete walkway with landings and railings from the parking lot curb cut to the visitor center.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Valdosta, Ga. - A convicted felon with a violent criminal past was found guilty this afternoon of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. After deliberating approximately one hour, a citizen jury convicted...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Venita Sedodo, 32, of St. Charles, Missouri, was indicted by a federal grand jury on four counts of wire fraud related to her former position as Treasurer of Velda City, Missouri, and four counts of mail fraud related to her former position as Trust Secretary for the Travelers Protective Association of America, Scholarship Trust for the Hearing Impaired.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Scott A. Kohn, age 64, of Newport, California, and Future Income Payments, LLC (FIP), an entity organized under the laws of Nevada, have been charged in a federal Indictment alleging a conspiracy to engage in mail and wire fraud. Kohn was arraigned yesterday before a United States Magistrate Judge in Greenville.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - John Morrison was sentenced to three years in prison for possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Charles R. Breyer, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Sewickley, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of wire fraud and filing false income tax returns, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri Lydon announced today that Brian Dale Lee, age 40, was sentenced in federal court in Charleston after pleading guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin and methamphetamine. United States District Judge Richard M. Gergel, of Charleston, sentenced Lee to 293 month in federal prison, to be followed by 10 years supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Eagletown, Oklahoma, residents Ricardo Martinez, age 46, and Carlos Medina-Tamayo, age 39, entered guilty pleas to Distribution Of Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Julian Hall Hurnes, age 30, of Chicago, Illinois was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, urged the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) to support Congressional efforts to repeal an outdated and discriminatory policy that allows employers to pay workers with disabilities subminimum wages.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Demarcus D. Hockett, of Columbus, Ohio, has admitted to a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated five Utah counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Box Elder, Grand, San Juan, Tooele, and Uintah, who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: “Thank you, Chairman Neal. “Compared to yesterday’s markup, I’m glad to see our Committee come together today to consider some important bipartisan bills to improve our nation’s health care system. “Of the multiple health bills we are debating today, Republicans have been proud to lead the fight on...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: New Orleans, LA - The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) New Orleans Task Force (Eastern District of LA) will be partnering with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Sex Offender Registration Unit, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office (JPSO) Sex Offender Registration Unit, Louisiana (LA) State Police...
