News from October 2019
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) completed its final implementation milestone with Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B), the state-of-the-art surveillance system that enables air traffic controllers to track aircraft with greater accuracy and reliability.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal criminal information was filed today charging Maryland State Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, age 67, of Berwyn Heights, Maryland, with a federal wire fraud charge. An initial appearance and arraignment is expected to be scheduled later this week in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: Ramos had previously been convicted of a felony.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau announced the opening of five Island Areas Census Offices in American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands - St. Croix, and U.S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas. Each office will be assigned an advisor responsible for overseeing 2020 Census data collection activities in partnership with local governments.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: Bautista Nogales was distributing methamphetamine in Upper East Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: Two years ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece of the department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Today, National Park Service (NPS) Atlanta-based Regional Director Bob Vogel announced the selection of Kristofer “Kris" Butcher as superintendent of Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument and Freedom Riders National Monument in Alabama, effective October 27.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Long Luong, aka “Peter", was sentenced yesterday to serve 84 months (7 years) in federal prison for conspiracy to manufacture and possess with intent to distribute 1000 kilograms or more of marijuana and 1000 plants or more.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Today, National Park Service (NPS) Atlanta-based Regional Director Bob Vogel announced the selection of Kristofer “Kris" Butcher as superintendent of Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument and Freedom Riders National Monument in Alabama, effective October 27.
By State Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, condemned China’s retaliatory actions against the Houston Rockets and called on the American business community to resist Chinese Communist Party (CCP) coercion...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: Law Enforcement Operation Seizes Firearms, Heroin, Large Amounts of Cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: Two Former Officers Plead Guilty to Civil Rights Violation.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
Release: WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - A Cogan Station, Pennsylvania, man was stopped by a Transportation Security Administration officer when a.25 caliber handgun loaded with five bullets, including one in the chamber, was spotted in the man’s carry-on bag at Williamsport Regional Airport on Saturday, October 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR-Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Leff, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Field Office, announced the arrest of Jeffrey Brian Hunter.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Rafael Sanchez, 40, of Kettleman City; Victor Luna, 25, and Ashley Sanchez, 23, both of Lenoir City, Tennessee pleaded guilty today to conspiring to traffic in firearms by an unlicensed person, and Rafael Sanchez also pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) placed on public inspection today a proposal to protect workers in shipyards and construction from beryllium exposure by more appropriately tailoring the requirements of the standards to the exposures in these industries.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Hannibal “Mike" Ware, Inspector General, Small Business Administration, announced that SCOTT SUNDHOLM, 39, of Old Saybrook, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to two years of probation and a $5,000 fine for making false statements for the purpose of obtaining a Small Business Administration loan.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Two years ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece of the department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN...
By State Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. O’Brien: I am deeply concerned by reports that the Trump Administration is considering withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty and strongly urge you against such a reckless action. This treaty has provided important military transparency for its 34 signatory countries since it entered into force...
