News from November 2019

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: New Haven, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham, announced that Arrinson De La Cruz, 40, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 144 months of imprisonment for his role in the large-scale importation of cocaine and other controlled substances into the U.S.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: Defendant deprived the victim of his rights during an arrest by using unreasonable excessive force.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: USDA Invests in Drinking Water Quality and Wastewater Management for 784,000 Rural Residents and Businesses in 42 States

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Joroy Nigel Twyman, of Ranson, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for distributing cocaine base, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: First Western Washington cases prosecuted under ‘Project Guardian’ initiative to combat gun crime.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: A national collection of plant seeds, now used to restore degraded habitats, could also be tapped for other purposes, including breeding better food crops, forages, ornamentals, industrial crops, and livestock feed, according to an assessment by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Colorado.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A resident of the Central Valley town of Orosi was arrested this morning on federal charges related to skin care creams containing dangerous levels of mercury that she sold through advertisements on Facebook with promises that the illegal products could lighten skin color, remove age spots and treat acne.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: NEWNAN, Ga. - The three gunmen who terrorized employees of the United Bank in Woodbury, Georgia in June of 2018 have each been sentenced to at least a decade in federal prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: Joint Investigation Determined the Defendant Sold Ammunition to the Shooter Responsible for the October 2017 Tragedy in Las Vegas.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: Ran From Police During a Traffic Stop and Attempted to Hide the Gun by Throwing it into Bushes.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jared Judy, of Petersburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 48 months incarceration for methamphetamine distribution, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - The workforce at EM’s Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Project has earned Star status from DOE's Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) for its occupational safety and health excellence at the Portsmouth Site.

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made one of the highest-performance cameras ever composed of sensors that count single photons, or particles of light.

By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in cooperation with law enforcement partners, apprehended 16 dangerous sexual predators targeting children this week in a sting operation that lasted several days.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Darrell Lee Bradshaw, 51, of Harrison County, pled guilty yesterday before Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to failure to register as a sex offender, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and U.S. Marshal Mark Shepherd.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management and the State of Wyoming are hosting a series of public meetings to answer questions and provide more information on the Wyoming Pipeline Corridor Initiative. The meetings will be held 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the following locations across the state.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three men have been charged with conspiring to distribute 30 kilograms of cocaine in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On July 12, Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies announced they had responded to a crash involving Alejandro Maldonado-Hernandez, as well as Patrick Ator and his wife, Janace Ator, who were traveling in another vehicle. Maldonado-Hernandez, who was in the United States illegally...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Three former residents of Southwestern Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to drug trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has scheduled a public scoping period for input on 112 parcels (53,436 acres) of Federal minerals proposed for the May 2020 competitive oil and gas lease sale. The public scoping period will begin Nov. 25, 2019, and conclude on December 9, 2019. The lease sale is tentatively scheduled for May 21, 2020.