News from October 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) is allocating $10.2 million in FY 2019 to fund HAB research across the nation. Approximately $8.4 million of that will cover the first year of new 3- to 5-year projects, and $1.78 million will go to 3-year projects already in process. Funded under...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Tacoma - An Olalla, Washington man is under arrest on a criminal complaint charging him with aggravated identity theft and access device fraud for his scheme to steal the identity and income of his missing brother. CHRIS HARVEY SAYLER, 72, allegedly began fraudulently collecting his missing brother’s...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management will begin repairs of the Ringing Rocks Road near Pipestone beginning Oct. 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - United States District Court Judge Francisco A. Besosa sentenced Alexander Greaux-Gómez to 20 years in prison followed by a supervised release term of 15 years for sexual enticement of a minor, and transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, announced United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Robson Gustavo Morales Santos, 31, was sentenced on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, to 96 months in prison on child pornography charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Santos, who is a citizen of Guatemala residing illegally in the United...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Distributed over 4 pounds of meth in less than 2 months and was caught with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Oct. 1, 2019, William Walter Batten, age 46, was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge Robert W. Pratt for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. Batten was sentenced to 10 years in prison, to be followed by a term of supervised release of five years.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, District Judge Richard G. Andrews sentenced Tae Kim, age 49, of Wayne, Pennsylvania, to an 18-month prison sentence for bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud. The Court also ordered Kim to pay mandatory restitution of at least $2,459,150.49, and to serve three years of supervised release following his sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Antwan L. Hutchinson, 28, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to life in prison with no chance of parole for murdering two potential witnesses and conspiring to distribute narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: St Louis - Dayon J. Fips, 37, of Florissant, Missouri, pleaded guilty to multiple criminal counts before United States District Judge John A. Ross today. His sentencing has been set for Jan. 10, 2020.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in partnership with the National Cyber Security Alliance, kicked off the 16th annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) today. This year’s theme Own IT. Secure IT. Protect IT. focuses...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, District Judge Richard G. Andrews sentenced Tae Kim, age 49, of Wayne, Pennsylvania, to an 18-month prison sentence for bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud. The Court also ordered Kim to pay mandatory restitution of at least $2,459,150.49, and to serve three years of supervised release following his sentence.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today celebrates the importance of the manufacturing sector to the nation’s economy during the eighth annual observance of Manufacturing Day. The event is traditionally held the first Friday in October, which has been set aside to recognize this sector’s vast contributions.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Appomattox, VA - Appomattox Court House National Historical Park and the Appomattox 1865 Foundation are excited to announce “Final Bivouac: The Life and Death of Civil War Soldiers" at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 12, 2019. Join us for a roaring campfire on a fall evening to see and feel the uniforms, equipment, weapons, food, leisure time of soldiers, and explore the contrast between leisure time in camp and the horrific realities of combat, death, and burial.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: BURNS, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced it will hold a meeting of the Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The public is welcome to attend the meeting, which will take place Thursday, Oct. 10, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Pacific Time at the Harney County Community Center, 478 N. Broadway, Burns, Ore.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 59-year-old U.S. citizen who resided in Mexico has admitted she possessed with intent to distribute nearly two kilograms of meth, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Sept. 27, 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Zipps sentenced Faye Ann Singer to 18 months in prison for defrauding a 92-year-old vulnerable- victim. The court also ordered Singer to pay $93,378.25 in restitution for the victim’s losses. Singer previously pleaded guilty to bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense When Trying to Surf Safely.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a federal firearms violation, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: BANGOR, Maine - A Rochester, New York man was sentenced Oct. 2, 2019 in federal court in Bangor for conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine base and fentanyl announced DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank.
