News from October 2019
By USDA Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 398,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore.-Five people have been charged for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin manufactured in Mexico in and around Klamath Falls, Oregon, announced Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Following an eight-day trial, a federal jury in Syracuse convicted Anthony Hopper, age 32, of Syracuse, of violating the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith; James N. Hendricks, Special Agent in Charge of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Mary Ann Gibson, 63, of St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one felony charge of bank fraud. Gibson appeared this morning in front of United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey who accepted her plea and set her sentencing date for Jan. 16, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- Grand Canyon National Park is initiating water conservation measures for the South Rim on Oct. 10, 2019, due to a loss of water connectivity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging JAMAL ADAMSON, a/k/a “J-Rock," and HASAHN MURRAY, a/k/a “Sauce," with the June...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Ovidiu Nedelcu and Ovidiusz Dragos Cordas, both citizens of Romania, have been charged in a 32-count indictment with bank fraud, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft offenses for their roles in a nationwide conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Stanley Fuller was sentenced to 10 years and one month in prison following his guilty plea to two separate heroin distribution conspiracies. The sentencing was held before United States District Court Judge Jack B. Weinstein. Fuller pleaded guilty to the charges in April 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Yakima, Washington. Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that a fifteen-week-long joint federal, state, local and Tribal law enforcement initiative has resulted in 246 arrests of fugitives and violent offenders in Yakima County. Fifty-four...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Sedale Lacey-Robinson, 27, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to four years in federal prison for distributing heroin laced with fentanyl. Lacey-Robinson pleaded guilty to this charge on July 15, 2019. His sentence will be followed by a three-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Maximo Gondres-Medrano, age 35, of Baltimore, Maryland, after a three-day trial for the federal charge of possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl and heroin. The jury returned its verdict late on October 9, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: The World Trade Organization is faltering. The US can’t fix it alone.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Browning man who admitted using his phone to access and distribute child pornography from his dorm room at the University of Montana was sentenced today to five years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $18,000 restitution, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Natchez, Miss. - Tywone Noble, 23, of Natchez, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette III to 46 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for receiving a firearm while under a felony indictment, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By State Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: As a friend and colleague who deeply values our years of bipartisan cooperation to promote America’s national security and foreign policy interests, I regret that I must publicly register serious objections and pose questions about the rushed, closed-door, and unprecedented “joint...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE SCHEDULE. Week of Oct. 14, 2019. [new]. Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 - 10:00AM. 1300 Longworth House Office Building. Washington, D.C. Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Subcommittee Hearing. RE: “To Review Implementation of USDA Farm Bill Research Programs".
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Robert M. Wisdom, 36, of Moscow, Idaho, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 63 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered that Wisdom be placed on supervised release for five years following his prison sentence. As a result of his conviction, Wisdom will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Resisting and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on October 7, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - Law enforcement has arrested six Orange County residents charged in an indictment alleging three defendants conspired to traffic more than two dozen firearms - including 12-gauge shotguns and AR-style rifles - while other defendants, including a convicted sex offender, illegally possessed firearms and ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Ajo, AZ - Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (Organ Pipe Cactus NM) has instituted a temporary road closure on the west border road (Roosevelt Reservation) from Monument Hill to Quitobaquito Springs, which includes all crossover routes from South Puerto Blanco Drive. Visitors should exercise caution on South Puerto Blanco Road due to presence of construction traffic.
