News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Tommy Blake McCary, age 67, of Idabel, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Tampering With A Witness, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1512(b)(2)(C). The charges arose from an investigation by the McCurtain County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar and Administrator Verma...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: TACOMA, Wash. - A Spanaway, Washington man who made sexually explicit images of an 11-year-old child and traded the child’s underwear for more images of child rape, was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma of three federal charges, Eben Roberts, acting special agent in charge of HSI Seattle announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Patchogue, New York - Fire Island National Seashore officials announced today that weekday issuance of recreational driving and hunting permits will be available at the Seashore's headquarters located at 120 Laurel Street, Patchogue New York, due to changes in operational hours of the Wilderness Visitor Center in Shirley, New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. (Oct. 31, 2019)- Today, House Democrats will hold a press conference following the vote on the resolution that will provide a clear path forward as the House enters the next phase of the inquiry, including open hearings on President Donald Trump’s abuse of power.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 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 State Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., the ranking members of the Finance and Foreign Relations Committees, asked whether the White House interfered in decisions regarding trade preferences for Ukraine in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Narcotics, Firearm, and Cash Seized. WASHINGTON - Gregory Cook, 48, of Waldorf, Maryland, was sentenced today to seven and a half years in prison on four felony narcotics charges for his role in a conspiracy to traffic narcotics in Northeast, D.C. and Maryland. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
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By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Designated as Armed Career Criminal. NASHVILLE, Tenn. Oct. 31, 2019 - Kevin Mark Paul, 36, of Nashville, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to 15 years in prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: On November 6, 2019 Park Ranger Christy Fleming from the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area will be sharing the ins and outs of building a resume and applying for federal jobs through USAJobs.gov. The presentation, which is part of the Powell Valley Community Education program, will start at 6:30 PM at the Fagerberg Building, Room 70 at the Northwest Community College.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: RIDGELAND, MS: A portion of the Natchez Trace Parkway motor road is temporarily closed effective Oct. 31, 2019 until further notice due to recent storms that caused hazardous road conditions. The closure is from US 49 (mile marker 93.1) to I-55 (mile marker 100.7) near Ridgeland, Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Marjean Seehafer, 54, Wausau, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 18 months in federal prison for making false statements and representations in order to receive Social Security Disability benefits for which she was not eligible. Seehafer pleaded guilty to this charge on Aug. 14, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - A federal jury has found Jason Ryan Fain (38, Jacksonville) guilty of possessing videos and images depicting the sexual abuse of young children. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison followed by a potential life term of supervised release. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), issued the following statement on Secretary DeVos’ rule to weaken oversight of the college accreditation system and lower the standards of our nation’s higher...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a five-count indictment charging Austin Pratt, 30, of Conesus, NY, with enticement of a minor, production, receipt, and possession of child pornography, and transfer of obscene matter to a minor. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH, NC - Department of Justice officials, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and State Bureau of Investigation Director Bob Schurmeier will announce Department of Justice grants awarded to state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Robert Darnell, 63, has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of firearms. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Terry Knope, age 46, was sentenced to 336 months imprisonment today in the Eastern District of Louisiana for conspiring with other members of his family to obtain forced, unpaid household labor and services from D.P., an adult woman with cognitive disabilities, for assaulting D.P. and violating her federal Fair Housing Act rights because of her disabilities, and for helping others manufacture methamphetamine on his property.
