News from November 2019

By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Wright Brothers National Memorial will waive its entrance fee on six days in 2020.

By DOL Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C.-Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressing the Trump Administration on its decision earlier this...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Moshannon Valley Correctional Center in Philipsburg, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of possession of a prohibited object in prison, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Conspirators Admit Their Respective Roles In Violent Crimes in Monterey County Jail to Maintain Discipline Of Gang Members And Punish Transgressions of Gang Rules.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced awards totaling $2 million to ten projects to establish or expand water markets or water marketing activities. When non-federal cost-share contributions are included, these projects will accomplish more than $4.6 million in water marketing planning activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Two brothers residing in the Pittsburgh-area have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy and visa fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is issuing a Federal Order to prevent the entry or introduction of Tilapia Lake Virus (TiLV) into the United States.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On November 4, 2019, U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez sentenced Randolph Guillermo Ramirez-Contreras, 25, and Mario Mauricio Campos-Balderas, 28, each to 37 months in prison to be followed by 36 months of supervised release. Both defendants had previously pleaded guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine and Heroin.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Republican Leaders of the Committee on Education and Labor, sent a comment letter to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) supporting the agency’s move to stop requiring businesses to collect and report employee pay data.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Bryan County man and his wife are charged in separate federal indictments with coercing minors for sex and tampering with a witness.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count each of conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid program and health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jennmariey Burchell, age 26, a Jamaican citizen who formerly resided in Panama City, Florida, was sentenced to 51 months’ imprisonment followed by two years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo for mail fraud.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: A Laredo man has been charged via federal criminal complaint with carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury after brutally assaulting a woman in a downtown Dallas parking garage, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - The former chief of Antigua’s Financial Services Regulatory Commission has been extradited from Antigua to face charges for his alleged role in connection with the Stanford International Bank (SIB) $7 billion investment fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: JUPITER, Fla. - The Bureau of Land Management Southeastern States District Office co-hosted a ceremony recognizing the transferral of the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse from the U.S. Coast Guard to the BLM yesterday on the deck at the base of the lighthouse.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation, as directed by the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, Public Law No: 114-322 (WIIN Act), announces a negotiation session for Black Butte Project contractors for the conversion of water service and existing repayment contracts for prepayment of construction costs.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Henrico man was sentenced today to over twelve months in prison for making false statements when acquiring firearms and possession with the intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge Timothy M. Dunham of FBI's Washington Field Office Criminal Division, and Special Agent in Charge Adolphus P. Wright of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Miami Field Division, announced today the...

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Gallup: 58 Million American Adults Can’t Afford Prescription Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI, Navajo Nation Seek Information on Apparent Homicide South of Gallup.