News from October 2019
By DOE Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement after President Trump announced he would nominate Dan Brouillette to be Secretary of the Department of the Energy (DOE).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: More than $85 Million Awarded Nationwide.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: Arlington, Va.- The National Park Service (NPS) and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands today celebrated the start of a project to restore the Netherlands Carillon and add three bells to elevate its status to “grand carillon.".
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - Four Southern District of Texas (SDTX) school districts and a state agency area among those receiving Department of Justice (DOJ) grants to bolster school security and support first responders. DOJ announced the awards today, totaling more than $85.3 million, designed to educate and train students and faculty as well as support first responders who arrive on the scene of a school shooting or other violent incident.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR-SAC Douglas Leff announced that the FBI takes any credible threat of violence very seriously and has strict protocols to handle threats to life. However, at this time no such threat has been received by the FBI San Juan Field Office. Specifically, no threat of gang violence has been received at this time.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Hip hop producer Jamal Rashid, commonly known as “Mally Mall," pleaded guilty today in federal court to unlawfully owning and operating a prostitution business guised as escort businesses, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and co-founders of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice announced it has awarded more than $85.3 million to bolster school security-including funding to educate and train students and faculty-and support first responders who arrive on the scene of a school shooting or other violent incident. In Oklahoma, the grants award more than $2.5 million in funding to prevent violence in schools.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today recognized four hardrock mining companies for their commitment to the use of sustainable development practices in their daily operations. The awards were presented at a ceremony in Washington by BLM Deputy Director for Operations Michael D. Nedd.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Shelby Holcomb, 31, of Buffalo, NY, with being a felon in possession of ammunition. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Chanetel Garnett, 33, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of structuring transactions, was sentenced to serve 12 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that the Department of Justice has awarded over $1 million in grants - one to the State of Colorado and the other to the Hayden (Craig, Colorado) School District, to address school violence. The awards come as part of the Department’s larger announcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A California man arrested in Kansas with 16 pounds of methamphetamine was sentenced today to 188 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A California trucker working for a Kansas freight brokerage was sentenced today to 15 months in federal prison for stealing a load of meat valued at more than $160,000, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced on Oct. 18 that it has awarded over $273.4 million in grants, including $2.9 million to four tribes in Montana, to improve public safety, serve victims of crime, combat violence against women and support youth programs in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Richard Anthony Moffett (31, Jacksonville) to 25 years in federal prison for using force, fraud, and coercion to cause multiple victims to engage in prostitution. The court will make a determination as to the amount of restitution Moffett owes to each of his five victims at a later date. Moffett had pleaded guilty on June 7, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Louisville Field Division will host a Prescription Drug Take Back event on the Capitol Terrace in Frankfort, KY this Friday, October 25th. The event provides an opportunity for lawmakers and area residents to safely dispose of unused, expired, or unwanted prescription drugs that may be cluttering their home medicine cabinets.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Edgar Leonel Soto-Leon, 31, an illegal alien from Mexico, and Matthew Williams, 32, of Jones County, Mississippi, pled guilty Friday before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to conspiracy to distribute 2.6 pounds of methamphetamine and 2.1 pounds of heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Today Carlos Villa-Lozano, 31, and Paulina Silva Aguilar, 33, both of Fresno, Calif., entered guilty pleas to aiming the beam of a laser pointer at a California Highway Patrol aircraft, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A South Yarmouth man was arrested on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, and charged with fentanyl possession.
