News from October 2019
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed four bills from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, including bipartisan legislation to unlock the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund. H.R. 2440 would increase investments in critical harbor and port projects by helping ensuring that the funds currently collected to dredge our nation’s coastal and inland commercial ports are actually used for harbor maintenance.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WILLIAM BAZEMORE pled guilty today to sex trafficking of a female victim by force, fraud, or coercion. BAZEMORE pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Led Officers on High-Speed Chase While Throwing Items from Car.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Jennifer Dwyer, 49, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, pled guilty today in federal court to one count of wire fraud involving the embezzlement of approximately $2.2 million over a ten-year period from her Lyndonville employer...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that Aubrey Meyers was arrested at the Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas, VI, for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of strengthening America’s energy independence, the Eastern States Office announces a quarterly online oil and gas lease sale to be held Dec. 12, 2019. The sale will include 6,454 acres located in Mississippi counties Wilkinson, Amite, Perry, and Franklin; and Monroe County, Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Sonia K. Frear, 48, of Norfolk, Nebraska, was sentenced today to 92 months in prison by Senior United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. There is no parole in the federal system. In addition to her prison term, Frear will serve 5 years of supervised release following her release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Benjamin Sanchez-Perez, 28, an illegal alien from Mexico, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., to unlawful return of an alien after removal, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Jere T. Miles, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New Orleans, and Gregory K. Bovino, Chief Patrol Agent of the Border Patrol’s New Orleans Sector.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington woman pled guilty today to a federal drug conspiracy charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Maechelle Relf, 27, entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging her with conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Four indictments unsealed in U.S. District Court Monday afternoon allege several trucking companies in Utah paid more than $1 million in bribes to the Utah FedEx Ground hub manager as a part of a scheme to exploit the employee’s position within FedEx Ground (FXG) to make the trucking businesses as lucrative as possible. Ten individuals are charged in the indictments.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 34-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of robbing two banks in the Houston area, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. William Jeffery Ellis pleaded guilty July 29.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: At 56 schools across the country, students are creating one-of-a-kind ornaments for the 2019 National Christmas Tree display on the Ellipse in President’s Park. These handcrafted ornaments will adorn 56 smaller trees that surround the National Christmas Tree. The 56 trees represent each U.S. state, territory and the District of Columbia as part of the America Celebrates display.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The United States Attorney’s Office, the FBI, and a coalition of law enforcement agencies and community organizations today are hosting the 11th Annual Cybercrime Prevention Symposium at the California Endowment in downtown Los Angeles. The day-long seminar for more than 400 educators, parents, and middle and high school students will present a wide array of information on cyber safety, technology crime and digital reputation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - William Etheridge, 56, pleaded guilty today to 11 counts of bank robbery, carjacking, and escape, U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former United States Postal Service employee was sentenced today to 132 months in federal prison for participating in two armed robberies and one theft of USPS trucks carrying cash - incidents that caused nearly a quarter million dollars in losses and significant trauma to one of its victims who later took his own life.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice has announced a pilot program that will allow - for the first time - federally deputized task force officers to use body-worn cameras while serving arrest warrants, or other planned arrest operations, and during the execution of search warrants. The Department of Justice...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - A Federal grand jury sitting in United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon charged a Bluefield, Va., woman last week with close to 10 federal crimes related to her failure to collect taxes, wire fraud, and making false statements, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Greensburg physician pleaded guilty in federal to three counts of distribution of buprenorphine, a Schedule III controlled substance, outside the usual course of professional practice; one count of health care fraud; and one count of money laundering, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Byung (BJay) Pak invites you to participate in the next community threat awareness conference call sponsored by the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, scheduled for Wednesday, October 30th, at 2:00 PM. The guest speakers will be Assistant U.S. Attorney Jolee Porter...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: SAGLE, Idaho -The Bureau of Land Management’s Coeur d’Alene Field Office is working to reduce hazardous fuels and improve forest health conditions at the Gamlin Recreation Area east of Sagle. A fuel break was recently completed on 66 acres of the east, west and south sides of the recreation area perimeter to provide a buffer between private residences and the recreation site.
