News from November 2019
By DOE Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought for the Moab UMTRA Project, Remedial Action Contract- hereafter, the “Moab RAC".
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Box Elder man accused of assaulting and strangling a woman on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation pleaded guilty on Nov. 1 to domestic assault by habitual offender, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Nov. 1, 2019, Mark Alan Blankespoor, of Pella, Iowa, was sentenced to 80 months in prison by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger for wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Blankespoor was ordered by the Court to serve three years of supervised release to follow his prison term. Additionally, he must pay $8,464,103 in restitution to over 100 victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Two men pleaded guilty Monday to selling fraudulent social security and permanent resident cards to individuals unlawfully living in the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury has indicted two men in a scheme to obtain lawful permanent resident status for South Korean nationals by submitting fraudulent visa applications that falsely claimed American businesses wanted to hire skilled foreign workers.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Lake Mead’s leaders and community members gathered Nov. 2 to extend thanks and praise to over 2,200 registered volunteers within the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Richard Earl Carroll (55, Hilliard) to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The former city clerk in Everton, Missouri, has pleaded guilty to her role in a money-laundering conspiracy related to methamphetamine trafficking.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and co-executive chairman of The Carlyle Group, said, “Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, played a central role in the creation of our country. Telling the story of his greatness along with his failings will enable visitors to better understand his genius and humanity. I am deeply honored and humbled to have this opportunity to help improve and restore this iconic memorial.".
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Ari C. Shapira, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Office, Gregory Tony, Sheriff, Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO), and Anthony W. Rosa, Chief, Sunrise Police Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - In two separate cases, Huntington men were sentenced to five years in prison for federal drug crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the Acting Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the transcripts of former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie “Masha" Yovanovitch and former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State Ambassador P. Michael McKinley.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CLIFFORD BRODIE, also known as “Cliff G," 23, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 168 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a violent street gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, Senior United States District Judge William B. Shubb sentenced Manuel Herrera, 39, of Davis, to serve one year in prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Burlington, Maine woman was convicted today of mailing a threatening communication to Sen. Susan Collins following a one-day jury trial, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: California Woman Sentenced to Prison for Aiding and Abetting Production of Child Pornography.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and although friends and family are rightfully at the top of many of our lists of what we’re thankful for, there is something else that is often taken for granted but is well-deserving of appreciation-our nation’s critical infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Nathan E. Carpenter, of Elk Garden, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 234 months incarceration for his involvement in a drug distribution conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON -Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Civil Rights Division and Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers for the National Security Division, U.S. Attorney Jason R. Dunn for the District of Colorado, and Special Agent in Charge Dean Phillips for the FBI Denver Division announced today that a Colorado man has been charged with a federal hate crime for plotting to blow up the Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that James Elmer Sneed IV, age 35, was sentenced last week to 84 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for one count of being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Hot Springs.
