News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Richard Ronnie Jenkins (39, Jacksonville) today pleaded guilty to transporting a person in interstate commerce for the purpose of prostitution. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: CONTACT: Barbara Burns. PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX #: (716) 551-3051. ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Samuel McFarland, 55, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of two counts of smuggling goods into the United States, was sentenced to serve 24 months’ probation...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Randolph woman pleaded guilty today in connection with a scheme to impersonate bank customers and fraudulently withdraw money from their bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: POCATELLO - Steven Tobin, 47, of Blackfoot, Idaho, was sentenced this week in U.S. District Court to 210 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Tobin was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye. Tobin pled guilty to the federal drug offense on November 8, 2018.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today urging the government watchdog to investigate and evaluate months-long communication failures and restoration efforts in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands following Hurricane Maria in 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Calling all fourth graders! Treat your family to a fun-filled morning at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park on Saturday, Oct. 12, anytime between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., to celebrate the recently passed Every Kid Outdoors Act, and to receive a free Every Kid Outdoors pass.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Gary Hallinan Negligently Allowed Polluted Water to Flow into Lake Ontario.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of North Braddock, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - The National Park Service recently announced new a policy regarding the use of electric bikes (e-bikes) in national park units. The intent of this policy is to allow e-bikes to be used for transportation and recreation in a similar manner to traditional bicycles where safety or resource concerns are not an issue.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - April and James Thompson have been indicted for defrauding an Atlanta timberland investment company out of more than four million dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was indicted today for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: UPDATE. John V. Palermo, a defendant in this case, was acquitted of the charges alleged in the indictment as described in the press release below. CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The former chairman of a North Carolina state political party pleaded guilty today to making a false statement to the FBI in connection...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 41-year-old federal prison inmate has been indicted for escaping from prison announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Due to subsiding fire danger, the Bureau of Land Management is removing the fire restrictions for Platte, Goshen and Natrona Counties on Oct. 2, 2019. This decision was reached in coordination with our county partners. Partnerships and inclusion are vital to managing sustainable, working public lands managed by the BLM.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On Sept. 19, 2019, a federal grand jury returned an Indictment charging defendants, Jessica Rae Reznicek and Ruby Katherine Montoya, with one count of conspiracy to damage an energy facility, four counts of use of fire in the commission of a felony, and four counts of malicious...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JENNIFER KELLNER, 29, of Bridgeport, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for committing two bank robberies in Bridgeport in 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Osceola Mills, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conversion of government funds, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - A federal jury today found Katrina Brown (39, Jacksonville) and Reginald Brown (57, Jacksonville) guilty of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, aiding and abetting mail and wire fraud, and aiding and abetting money laundering. The jury also found Katrina Brown guilty of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - According to the Rutgers University’s Center for Urban Policy Research, the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program contributed more than $14.4 billion in output in terms of goods and services to the U.S. economy and added $7.4 billion in gross domestic product in Fiscal Year 2018. The program is administered by the National Park Service and the Internal Revenue Service, in partnership with State Historic Preservation Offices.
