News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Michael Varian, age 52, of Troy, New York, was sentenced on Wednesday to 121 months in prison, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release, for attempted online enticement of a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: SAN DIEGO - This week, the Bureau of Land Management’s Deputy Director of Policy and Programs, William Perry Pendley, visited the southwest border to inspect federal land sites for the border barrier and assess the environmental impact of illegal border crossings.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on reports that Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette will be nominated to be Energy Secretary...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - For your planning purposes, Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) and Vice-Chair Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL) announced the Subcommittee will hold a field roundtable in Founders Park, Islamorada, Florida, on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on reports that Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette will be nominated to be Energy Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced CHRISTOPHER EDWARD REAVES, 35, of Clayton, North Carolina to 120 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) responded to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) announcement of a proposed rule to move forward with their plan to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced Ricky Fitzgerald Artis, 49, of Fayetteville to 216 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. ARTIS and co-defendant Clifton...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - After deliberating approximately two hours, a federal jury found Cameron Basking guilty of four counts stemming from an FBI investigation that culminated in seven search warrants in Allegheny County and the seizure of a large quantity of fentanyl, multiple firearms and ammunition, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: Justice Department Awards Over $273.4 Million Nationwide to Improve Public Safety and Serve Crime Victims in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston jury has just returned guilty verdicts against a 44-year-old Houston man on five separate counts of sex trafficking involving adults and minors, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. The jury deliberated for less than three hours before convicting David Mearis following three days of trial.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Secretary Perry informed President Donald J. Trump that he will resign from his position, effective later this year. The Secretary is immensely grateful to President Trump and the American people for this opportunity to serve and looks forward to continuing to support the President’s agenda after he returns home to Texas later this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: An Akron man was indicted on firearms and drug charges.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., Oct. 17, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of its decision to authorize the importation of fresh guava fruit from Taiwan into the continental United States. On Dec. 14, 2018, APHIS published a ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, JOHN L. MURRAY, age 66, was sentenced to 41 months imprisonment by United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon for violating federal law by committing a bank robbery at the Hancock Whitney Bank in New Orleans. Additionally, MURRAY was ordered to pay $500 in restitution, serve (3) years of supervised release and pay a 100.00 special assessment fee.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service today announced $4,601,004 in grants from the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) to help protect 921.77 acres of significant battlefields in Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia threatened with damage or destruction by suburban development.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Matthew Bailer, 34, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to receipt and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 47-year-old Saginaw, Texas man has been found guilty of attempted child coercion and enticement in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown and FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew J. DeSarno today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jace Whitenight, age 25, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Oct. 16, 2019, to 84 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann, for a conspiracy to distribute heroin that occurred from 2015 through 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2019
News Release: DALLAS - A five-time deported illegal alien from Mexico with an extensive criminal history was sentenced Friday to 10 years in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
