News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that a federal grand jury, sitting in Madison, returned an indictment yesterday charging Martin W. Curlee, Jr., 38, La Crosse, Wisconsin, with a gun crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Boyd County man was indicted Thursday on a charge of robbing the Bluegrass Community Federal Credit Union (BCFCU), located in Ashland, Kentucky.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) willful and serious citations against Tony Watson - doing business as Countryside Tree Service - were affirmed by an administrative law judge with the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: EUREKA, Calif. - Halloween at Headwaters, an annual evening guided walk through the “ghost town" of Falk, is set for Saturday, Oct. 26, with five guided tours by reservation only between 4:30 and 6 p.m. This free, family friendly event features historical characters telling stories of the once-bustling lumber town of Falk and storytelling at the Headwaters Education Center.
By State Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Washington-House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) and Ranking Member Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) today introduced the Protect Against Conflict by Turkey (PACT) Act, legislation to impose sanctions and other consequences against Turkey for its invasion of northern Syria.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: POCATELLO, Idaho - Francis R. Casildo, 36, of Salt Lake City, Utah, was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also sentenced Casildo to serve five years of supervised release once he has completed his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A British shipping company pleaded guilty yesterday and was ordered to forfeit $175,000 for smuggling into the United States over 100 undeclared wildlife items, including items protected by the Endangered Species Act and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
By State Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the following statement applauding the Administration’s decision to resume foreign assistance to Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras to support their efforts to address security and economic challenges driving outward migration from the region.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Carl Ray Smith, age 52, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Abusive Sexual Contact With A Child Under 12 Years, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1152, 2244(a)(5), 2244(c) and 2246(3), punishable by not more than life imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte has returned a criminal indictment against Hal H. Brown Jr., 69, of Asheville, N.C., charging him with securities fraud, wire fraud and transactional money laundering, for orchestrating a $13.7 million investment scheme, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jean Carlos Rivera-Perez, aka “Tego," age 37, of the Bronx, New York, pled guilty today to conspiring to traffic a kilogram or more of heroin in Schenectady.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for a $145,000 fraud scheme in which he purported to sell classic automobiles that he did not actually own.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Turner man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Portland to manufacturing 100 or more marijuana plants, possessing with intent to distribute marijuana, possessing an unregistered silencer and transferring property subject to forfeiture, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: VALE, Ore. and BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host three meetings to inform the public, and allow for comments, on the recently released Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Tri-state Fuel Breaks Project.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
Release: HOUSTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS) are reminding Texas residents that starting Oct. 1, 2020, travelers will need a REAL ID-compliant form of identification to board a flight at all U.S. airports.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Israel Chavez Tamayo, 33, of Fresno, charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin, distribution of cocaine, distribution of methamphetamine, and two counts of possessing methamphetamine and heroin with the intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for a $145,000 fraud scheme in which he purported to sell classic automobiles that he did not actually own.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture and Research Chair Stacey Plaskett of the U.S. Virgin Islands delivered the following remarks today at the hearing to review implementation of USDA Farm Bill research programs.
By State Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Last week, Lead Republican Michael McCaul and Chairman Eliot Engel introduced the Partnering and Leveraging Assistance to Stop Trash for Cleaner Seas Act (PLASTICS Act), which aims to reduce marine debris and plastic waste in the ocean. Over eight million metric tons of plastic enter...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Federal Jury Convicted Francis R. Casildo on All Counts Earlier this Year.
