News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to eight years in prison for possession of a firearm while being a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 that MATTHEW BARRA, age 31, was charged in a one-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for violations of the Federal Gun Control Act.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation today announced interest rates for November 2019, which are effective November 1-Nov. 30, 2019. The Commodity Credit Corporation borrowing rate-based charge for November is 1.625 percent, down from 1.750 percent in October.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: In the first federal criminal trial in Wichita Falls in more than eight years, a drug dealer has been convicted of a marijuana conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Templeton man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on federal firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for Social Security fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JORGE MEJIA-COLIN, age 28, a native of Mexico, pleaded guilty Oct. 31, 2019 to a one-count bill of information charging him with illegal re-entry of a removed alien.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Fort Pulaski National Monument will honor our nation’s veterans with a special living history weekend November 9th and 10th. Living historians from the 48th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment will recreate many aspects of daily life inside the Civil War-era post. A variety of programs will be offered giving visitors the opportunity to immerse themselves in the sights and sounds of the American Civil War.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Hot Springs, AR - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Berry Roland Bishop, age 67, was sentenced today to serve 60 months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for his conviction on one felony count of Bank Fraud. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Hot Springs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND- Sergio Garcia, Sr., 50, of Chicago, IL and Sergio Garcia, Jr., 30, of Lowell, IN were sentenced by US District Court Judge Philip Simon on their guilty pleas to conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Washington - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $1.4 billion in projects in 21 states (PDF, 143 KB) to build and improve rural electric infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Joy Dykes, age 37, of Wilkes-Barre, was sentenced on Oct. 29, 2019, to 42 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani for her involvement in a romance scam that duped an unsuspecting victim out of approximately $124,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - James Mills, of Barbourville, Kentucky, was sentenced Thursday to 121 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge Robert E. Wier, for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
Release: PORTLAND, ME - A second gun has been caught by Transportation Security Administration officers in two days at Portland International Jetway.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: A man pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to robbing five Tulsa area businesses, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is hosting an open house at the Florence Prison Wild Horse and Burro Training and Holding Facility located at 17989 E. Butte Ave. in Florence. The event planned for November 8 - 9, 2019, will include an opportunity for the public to tour portions of the facility...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced in federal court in Springfield, Mass., for his role in a large-scale heroin trafficking organization.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - Explore the wonders of the night with Tonto National Monument at the “Park After Dark" 2019-2020 event series.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act , a bill that would authorize a 15-year phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs - potent greenhouse ...
