News from November 2019
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Golden Gate National Recreation Area will host three days of events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Alcatraz Occupation in collaboration with the Indians of All Tribes, Alcatraz Cruises, and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. The free events will be held on Nov. 20, 21, and 23 on Alcatraz Island, and mark the beginning of a 19-month long exhibit and a series of commemorative programming on the island.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Gilbert Joseph Swann, III, age 67, of Delta Borough, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Nov. 13, 2019, by a federal grand jury for exploitation of minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Peter C. Fitzhugh, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI") announced the arrest of GARY PAMPERIEN for possession of child pornography. PAMPERIEN was arrested yesterday and presented before United States Magistrate Judge Lisa Margaret Smith.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Arlington Memorial Bridge will close to drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists from 10 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15 until 5 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 18. During the closure, workers will prepare the southside of the bridge to accommodate traffic. When the bridge reopens, drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists will use the newly rehabilitated southside.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 27 months incarceration, five years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: MIAMI - Three former co-owners and clinical directors of a group of purported substance abuse treatment centers and sober homes pleaded guilty yesterday for their roles in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud that resulted in an actual loss of more than $3.8 million, and through which the conspirators sought to obtain more than $21 million.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans announced the results of a month-long Intellectual Property Rights surge operation Nov. 13 that overlapped the Halloween and holiday shopping seasons resulting the seizure of more than 33,000 counterfeit items valued at more than $8 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Clarence Russell Foster, III, of Jane Lew, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 112 months incarceration for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich today sentenced Antonio Marquis Roddy, a/k/a “Lil Head" (32, Apopka) to 25 years and 4 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit robbery, robbery, and using or carrying a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime.
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 DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Initiative emphasizes enforcing gun prohibitions based on domestic violence convictions and mental health denials.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kenneth Francis Munroe, 60, and his son Kenneth Philip Munroe, 30, both of Williamsville, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with entry of goods by means of false statements and simple possession of a controlled substance. The charges carry a maximum penalty of two years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management is pleased to offer a no-cost Veterans Eagle Watch Cruise for military veterans, active duty personnel, and their families on Saturday, Dec. 21. The annual event provides an opportunity for those who have provided military service for our country to view our national symbol, the bald eagle, in flight above Lake Coeur d’Alene and public lands in Wolf Lodge Bay.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: A new research effort at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) aims to address a pervasive issue in our data-driven society: a lack of fairness that sometimes turns up in the answers we get from information retrieval software.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce markup considering legislation on encouraging tourism to the United States through Brand USA and protecting consumers with the US SAFEWEB Act.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Luray, Virginia: Artists are encouraged to apply for the 2020 Artist-in-Residence Program at Shenandoah National Park.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - To reaffirm our nation's commitment to recycling and to underscore the importance of recycling to our economy and the environment, the Senate unanimously approved a resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) that recognizes Nov. 15, 2019 as “America Recycles Day."
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Brett P. Giroir today urging the agency to investigate allegations that JUUL Labs, Inc. knowingly distributed approximately one million contaminated mint-flavored e-cigarette pods for consumer use.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: OXFORD - A federal judge sentenced an Oxford, Mississippi man to serve 15 years in federal prison on Thursday afternoon for sex trafficking of a minor in Oxford between February and March 2018. Edward Earl Daniels pled guilty on May 19, 2019, to the charge of sex trafficking of a child by force, fraud...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - William Prater, who conspired with his fiancé, Genia Letson to obtain methamphetamine at the U.S. Penitentiary-Atlanta (“USP"), pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than five grams of methamphetamine. Prater coordinated with his fiancé using a contraband cellphone and arranged for her to bring him methamphetamine at USP-Atlanta.
