News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Oct. 1, 2019 - Nicole C. Walker, 40, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to three years in prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee. LaToya...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for recruiting minors on Facebook to participate in sex acts with him and others.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A City of Paterson police officer today admitted conspiring with other officers to violate the civil rights of individuals in Paterson, using unreasonable and excessive force, and filing a false police report to conceal his criminal activity, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Has 17 prior criminal convictions. A Cedar Rapids man, responsible for selling over 480 grams of heroin, was sentenced Sept. 30, 2019, to 200 months in prison. Lloyd Koger, age 42, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison sentence after a Dec. 28, 2018 guilty plea to distribution of heroin...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Bayfield, WI - Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is now accepting applications for Commercial Use Authorizations (CUAs) for the 2020 and 2021 operating seasons. The deadline for submitting a completed CUA application with all supporting documentation is 4 pm CST, Nov. 30, 2019. Application forms...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for his role in a cocaine trafficking ring responsible for smuggling more than 20 kilograms of cocaine into central Massachusetts.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar and Administrator Verma...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Innovative solutions by employees in Oak Ridge are leading to approximately $110,000 in savings over the next five years.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Monday, a federal jury in Fresno convicted two defendants for assisting in an effort to help Paulo Virgen Mendoza’s escape from California to Mexico after he allegedly killed Newman Police Corporal Ronil Singh during a traffic stop, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The CSRA (Central Savannah River Area) College Night, which is sponsored in part by the DOE-Savannah River Operations Office, has marked its 25-year anniversary with a cumulative attendance of more than 100,000 area high school students, parents, and educators at the annual event.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: LAPWAI, Idaho - Nez Perce National Historical Park recently restored the Old Chief Joseph’s Gravesite and Cemetery rock wall, located outside Joseph, Oregon. The month long masonry project, led by members of the National Park Service Historic Preservation Training Center (HPTC), was finished Sept 20, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Thomas Whitney, 39, of Barrington, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court to production of child pornography, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Columbus - Leaders from several of west Georgia’s largest companies discussed the most pressing cybersecurity threats facing businesses at a roundtable meeting held in Columbus, Georgia on Friday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia (USAO MDGA) and the Columbus Chapter of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Since disappearance in 1988, more than $500,000 in benefits paid to accounts accessed by brother.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, SC - Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park will honor the Seminole warrior Osceola at Fort Moultrie in October. A special talk, Osceola and Seminole Resistance, will be offered at Fort Moultrie on Saturday, October 12th and Sunday, October 13th at 11 am and 1 pm both...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christopher Harrison, 25, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, and 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, cocaine, and heroin, was sentenced to serve 94 months in prison by Chief United States District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The EM Nevada Program’s radioactive waste disposal crews are helping DOE make progress in legacy cleanup after fulfilling a regulatory commitment ahead of schedule and improving the efficiency of their operations at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Driver Fled from Police Causing Crash and Killing Bicyclist.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Sept. 18, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Scott Deters, doing business as Scott Deters Livestock Company (Scott Deters Livestock) of Corning, Kan., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally selling firearms without a license, some of which have been seized during arrests at several crime scenes.
