News from October 2019
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: THURMONT, Md. - Due to increased security measures, portions of Catoctin Mountain Park will be closed effective 3:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. Closures are scheduled to continue through approximately noon on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Mnuchin: I am writing to you concerning troubling reports regarding your involvement with the Administration’s treatment of Turkey’s state-owned bank Halkbank and U.S. law enforcement investigations into the bank’s efforts to aide Iran in circumventing U.S. economic sanctions. Bloomberg...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: POCATELLO - Stormy Ray Adakai, 24, of Fort Hall, Idaho, pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Adakai was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pocatello on Nov. 27, 2018. Sentencing for Adakai is set for Jan. 22, 2020, before Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye at the federal courthouse in Pocatello.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Walpole man has agreed to plead guilty in connection with failing to report income from his landscaping business to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: A New York man was sentenced on Tuesday in federal court in Bangor for bank fraud, using other people’s Social Security numbers, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: CH2M Hill overbilled U.S. Air Force for work done by unqualified staff.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - A resident of Fayette County, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crime, felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND-David Ulmenstine, 28, of Posen, Illinois, and a member of the Chicago-based Latin Kings, was sentenced by Judge Simon to 70 months in prison and 2 years of supervised release following his guilty plea to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Josiah Ferrebee, age 23, of Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Oct. 22, 2019, to 15 years’ imprisonment followed by five years’ supervised release by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley, for production and attempted to production of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: West Valley City, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) West Desert District plans to conduct a prescribed burn of 1,205 acres in the Reservation Ridge area between late-October and mid-November, when conditions allow. The project area is located in Utah County, approximately 42 miles east of Spanish Fork on Highway 6.
By State Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement regarding efforts of the government of Zimbabwe to spread misinformation and deflect blame for the dire economic conditions faced by the country:
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Michael Frost, who was previously convicted and served a sentence in federal prison for possession of child pornography, has been sentenced for possessing child pornography including images of children as young as seven.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston woman was sentenced to prison for a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Stephanie Lawhorn, 39, was sentenced to 36 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary Donald “DJ" LaVoy and U.S. Department of Energy Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two departments to promote rural energy and the development of technologies that will support and advance rural and agricultural communities and domestic manufacturing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Robert Wilfred Boevingloh, 76, of Sullivan, MO, pled guilty to one of count of Receipt of Child Pornography. Boevingloh appeared before United States District Judge Ronnie L. White and sentencing was set for Jan. 30, 2020.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI -A Mexican national was charged Oct. 23, in a three-count superseding indictment with intent to distribute cocaine and more than 400 grams of fentanyl, as well as illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - With robust public participation over the course of 17 prior events, the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by family members and visitors, including children and teens.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man today admitted participating in a scheme that involved defrauding financial institution customers of almost half a million dollars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Brandon Edward Nichols, 28, of San Leandro, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to three years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
