News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: DURANGO - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Roger Chase Brassard, age 27, of Durango, Colorado, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to serve 228 months (19 years) in federal prison for carjacking and using a firearm during a crime of violence. Following his prison sentence, Brassard will spend 5 years on supervised release. The defendant appeared at the sentencing hearing in custody, and was remanded at its conclusion.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Today, Oscar Martínez-Hernández, a.k.a. “Cali;" was sentenced by US District Court Chief Judge Gustavo A. Gelpí for the of the murder of Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati-Casañas, a Federal Bureau of Prisons Correctional Officer, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow. Lieutenant Albarati was murdered on Feb. 26, 2013. On Sept. 20, 2018, Martínez-Hernández was found guilty after an 11-day jury trial.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Mississippi State University (MSU) technicians recently collaborated with EM Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) Analytical Laboratory (LAB) contractor Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI) to test high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio this afternoon, a federal judge sentenced 54-year-old Raul Ramos (aka “Alto," “Naranjo," “GQ") to life in federal prison for his leadership role in a conspiracy to extort money from drug traffickers operating in their territory without permission, announced U.S. Attorney John Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Lawrence Keefe, of the Northern District of Florida,.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - Jason William Graves, 40, of Gray, Ky., pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm on Tuesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio this afternoon, a federal judge sentenced 54-year-old Raul Ramos (aka “Alto," “Naranjo," “GQ") to life in federal prison for his leadership role in a conspiracy to extort money from drug traffickers operating in their territory without permission, announced U.S. Attorney John Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: Jury heard about triple murder in nightclub, murder of witness, 50 pounds of cocaine, and shooting of teenager.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: California Real Estate Developer Convicted of Making Conduit Contributions in Two U.S. Congressional Campaigns.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - With a membership that has grown to 60 people, Savannah River Site employee resource group Women@LiquidWaste (W@LW) is celebrating one year of professional development, networking opportunities, and membership growth.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of JEREMIAH KINGBIRD, 39, to one count of second degree murder. KINGBIRD, who was indicted on Feb. 20, 2019, entered his guilty plea earlier today before Judge Susan Richard Nelson in U.S. District Court in Bemidji, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: FBI 2018 Crime Report Shows 3.9 Drop in Violent Crime in the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Death Valley National Park is hosting special programs and events in celebration of the park’s 25th birthday October 26 -November 2. On Nov. 2, the park will waive entrance fees.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) released the following statement regarding the Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation for Economic Success (ROUTES) Initiative to address rural infrastructure. U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced the establishment of ROUTES earlier today.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - Deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a Mexican man Tuesday who has illegally entered the U.S. on at least five separate occasions and who allegedly threatened to shoot ICE officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: Texarkana, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas and Justin King, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced today that Dr. Lonnie Joseph Parker was arrested today on federal charges. A federal grand jury in the Western District of Arkansas indicted Dr. Parker on nine counts of Prescribing Without a Legitimate Medical Purpose Outside the Scope of a Professional Practice.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: RENO, Nev. -The Bureau of Land Management will host a free public tour of the Indian Lakes Off-Range Wild Horse and Burro Corral in Fallon, Nevada, on Friday, October 25. Attendees will have the opportunity to view wild horses and burros recently gathered from overpopulated herds in Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: St. Louis - Clint Baer, 41, of Centralia, Missouri, was charged in a federal complaint with using interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: On Sunday, October 20 at 2 p.m. Homestead National Monument of America Artist-in-Residence Ben Bohnsack will present his program “Woodcuts for Nature Lovers" in the Homestead National Monument of America Education Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Houston, Texas, man, has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison followed by 2 years of supervised release by United States District Judge David J. Hale for two counts of introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce and one count of using a fictitious name to conduct an unlawful business.
