News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: An eighth defendant in the Reagor Dykes Auto Group fraud case has pleaded guilty, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: DENVER - The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded nearly $1 million for projects under an innovative pilot-scale water treatment technologies and desalination program. The selected projects will receive funding through cooperative agreements and will include a period of pilot testing at the Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility in Alamogordo, New Mexico, and other sites across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sharalyn McClain, 29, pleaded guilty today to violating the civil rights of an inmate by unlawfully assaulting him while McClain was serving as a correctional officer at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: KANAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument/Kanab Visitor Center located at 745 E. Highway 89 in Kanab, Utah, will be closed on weekends beginning Nov. 16, 2019. Lotteries for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday permits for Coyote Buttes North (The Wave) and Coyote Buttes South will be held on preceding Fridays throughout the winter.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Anthony Wayne Harrison, II, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to four months’ probation for distributing heroin, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By State Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $4 million for new projects to support manufacturers in improving energy efficiency, increasing productivity, and accelerating manufacturing innovation. The High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) Initiative, managed by DOE’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Tywonne Crawford, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 48 months incarceration for distributing cocaine and heroin, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - A Dayton man who was scheduled to stand trial today pleaded guilty to distributing carfentanil, fentanyl and heroin that resulted in at least one overdose death.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Former Mississippi Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Beating Inmate.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: In observance of the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday, the Pipestone National Monument Visitor Center and the Pipestone Indian Shrine Association store, located at the Visitor Center, will be closed on Thursday, November 28th. The Visitor Center and store will re-open on Friday, November 29th.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation today issued a funding opportunity announcement for technical assistance to federally recognized Indian tribes to assist them in developing, managing and protecting their water and related resources. Reclamation anticipates distributing a total of $1 million for up to 15 different projects to assist tribes in the 17 Western states. The maximum award per proposal is $200,000; projects must be completed within two fiscal years.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Local law enforcement leaders have decided to use the funds to support violence prevention programs, community engagement and alternative opportunities for those who might otherwise take part in violence.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: In celebration of Veteran’s Day, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area will offer free park entrance on Monday, November 11. A wide diversity of land and water based activities are available to suit everyone’s interest. The fee waiver includes entrance fees only. Other fees such as reservations, camping, tours, concessions and fees collected by third parties are not included in the fee waiver.
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: SAN DIEGO - The Drug Enforcement Administration is alerting the public of dangerous counterfeit pills killing Americans. Mexican drug cartels are manufacturing mass quantities of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl, a dangerous synthetic opioid that is lethal in minute doses, for distribution throughout North America.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Former City of Memphis Division of Housing and Community Development employee Leon Blackmon Sr. and eight other relatives or acquaintances were indicted for their roles in a government-contracting scheme that defrauded the City of Memphis (City) and taxpayers by causing the City to pay...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that Michael Allen Worley, age 57, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles to bank fraud and wire fraud. As a result of his conviction, Worley faces a significant term of imprisonment, a fine, and a period of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that two Rapid City, South Dakota, men were charged in federal district court on Oct. 22, 2019, with multiple firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A woman from Mexico who was stopped in Kansas with 21 pounds of methamphetamine pleaded guilty today to a federal charge of drug trafficking, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
