News from November 2019

By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Program topics and presenters have been announced for this year’s Perspectives Winter Speaker Series, offered free of charge on the second Tuesday of each month, November through April.
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 Homeland Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded $199,961.29 to Austin, Texas-based start-up Synthetik Applied Technologies, to develop a proof-of-concept for an artificial intelligence (AI)-based object recognition capability for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN -Terry Williams, 61, has been sentenced to 140 months imprisonment on federal charges of possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of actual methamphetamine. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Mary Virginia Cook, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years’ probation for a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Melanie Lyn Outen, Ted Alexander Voss, and Michael Dean Smith, all of Petersburg, West Virginia, were sentenced today for their roles in a fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A McKinney, Texas, man was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for conspiring to launder $200,000, which he believed was derived from the sale of narcotics, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: HONOLULU- Brian Ancho, 41, was sentenced today in federal court by Senior United States District Judge Susan Oki Mollway to 13 years of imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute 33 grams of methamphetamine, being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, and carrying firearms during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Dennis Cercone was sentenced to 57 months in prison for possessing a firearm after prior felony convictions, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced MARQUIS BERNARD MALLOY, 29, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to 180 months’ imprisonment, followed by a 3 year term of supervised released.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: COOLIDGE, AZ - Join us for sunset and experience the wonder of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument after hours. A short program will begin at 5:30 pm then time will be allowed until 7:00 pm for photography, self-guided exploration, and questions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former Hull man was convicted by a federal jury in Boston of felony drug and gun offenses on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - Americans nationwide have once again shown their strong support for DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by dropping off nearly 883,000 pounds of medications during the October 2019 Take Back event.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Levar Glenwood Crawford, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 51 months incarceration for distributing cocaine, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - The DEA’s Phoenix Division has finished totaling the amount of drugs collected from those agencies who participated in the October 26th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Arizonans turned out in massive numbers and disposed of 12,371.58 pounds, over six tons, of prescription drugs and vaping products. This amount is nearly 2,000 pounds more than April’s Take Back Day.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Fort Scott National Historic Site (NHS) salutes all veterans with flags surrounding the Parade Ground, Interpretive programs all weekend, and a 1840s color guard in the Veterans Parade.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Levar Glenwood Crawford, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 51 months incarceration for distributing cocaine, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - DEA New Jersey Division Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson announced that New Jersey residents turned in 16,532 pounds or 8 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted medications during DEA’s 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Matthew Lee Lane, age 48 of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced following conviction after a six-day jury trial in June 2019, of one count of Distribution of Child Pornography, and one count of Possession...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: CONCORD- Brian Boucher, 41, of Nashua, pleaded guilty in federal court on Nov. 1, 2019, to distributing fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.