News from October 2019

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Sadie Bradley, 66, of Waynesboro, Mississippi, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 15 months in federal prison, follow by 3 years of supervised release, for theft of government funds, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Resident Agent in Charge...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Downloadable file: Photo. Downloadable file: Photo. Downloadable file: Photo. Downloadable file: Photo. Downloadable file: Photo. Downloadable file: Photo. Downloadable file: Photo. PORTLAND, Ore.-A coordinated, multi-agency law enforcement operation was conducted today to dismantle a vast international...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Downloadable file: Photo. Downloadable file: Photo. Downloadable file: Photo. Downloadable file: Photo. Downloadable file: Photo. Downloadable file: Photo. Downloadable file: Photo. PORTLAND, Ore.-A coordinated, multi-agency law enforcement operation was conducted today to dismantle a vast international...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Third Former Tennessee Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty Following Assault of Inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle accepted a guilty plea by Marcos jamie villegas, 24, of St. Charles, Illinois, to distributing a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of oxycodone and fentanyl, and aiding and abetting.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: For the safety of the balloon operators and spectators, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has established a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) area that will make the October 4-13 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta a No Drone Zone.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Carl Junction, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to transporting a Kansas minor across state lines to engage in criminal sexual activity.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: For Felon in Possession of a Firearm.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced FARUQ ROSE, 43, of Wallace, North Carolina, to 420 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Placerville, California Woman Sentenced in Federal Court.

By State Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: I am writing to strongly object to the abdication of the Foreign Affairs Committee’s oversight jurisdiction to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. It will damage the credibility of our committee and minimize our Members’ expertise in the exercise of that jurisdiction.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: SAN DIEGO - A 37-year-old Cameroon man in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed away Tuesday afternoon at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center where he was undergoing treatment for a brain hemorrhage since Sept. 26.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Norman Nicholson (56, Largo) with one count of making false records in a federal investigation and one count of depriving an individual of their rights under color of law. If convicted, Nicholson faces a maximum penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment for the obstruction charge and up to one year in federal prison for the civil rights violation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Norman Nicholson (56, Largo) with one count of making false records in a federal investigation and one count of depriving an individual of their rights under color of law. If convicted, Nicholson faces a maximum penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment for the obstruction charge and up to one year in federal prison for the civil rights violation.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the following statement after committee staff received a briefing from the State Department Inspector General...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS) has removed the Union Pacific “Big Boy" No. 4012 steam locomotive from public display for cosmetic restoration work and painting. During the work, visitors shall not have access to view the locomotive.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JONELL BONILLA, 25, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to charges related to his operation of a counterfeit check bank fraud scheme.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: The NOAA RESTORE Science Program has awarded approximately $15.6 million in grants to four teams of researchers and resource managers from across 20 institutions including universities, federal and state agencies and non-governmental organizations to support work on living coastal and marine resources and their habitats in the Gulf of Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Edward Buck was indicted this afternoon by a federal grand jury on a series of narcotics distribution offenses, including providing methamphetamine to two men who died after being injected with the drug.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: VERNAL, UTAH - Dam safety modifications at Steinaker Dam are substantially complete and the Bureau of Reclamation has returned to full normal operations at the reservoir. In July 2018, Reclamation began modification work to repair a slope failure on the upstream face of the right abutment by flattening...