News from October 2019
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park is hosting a stargazing event on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019 at the Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center in North Carolina. Located on Purchase Knob at 5,000 feet in elevation, the learning center provides one of the clearest views of the sky from the Haywood County region of the park.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Van Buren, MO - An investigation that began in 2017 has concluded with the conviction and sentencing of two people who conducted an illegal excavation within Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Shane Munroe, age 41, has been ordered to serve a year in federal prison followed by three years supervised probation. Christy Bruton, age 45, has been sentenced to three years supervised probation. Both must also pay $2,000 each in restitution.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 14 Ohio counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Adams, Belmont, Champaign, Clark, Guernsey, Highland, Madison, Miami, Monroe, Noble, Portage, Stark, Summit, and Trumbull counties who suffered losses due to excessive rain and flooding that occurred from Jan. 1 through Sept. 4, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Rhode Island man who admitted to participating in a Jamaica-based telemarketing scam that primarily targeted and victimized elderly U.S. citizens was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Providence to 30 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S Postal Service today revealed the “Drug Free USA Forever" stamp in conjunction with Red Ribbon Week, the nation’s oldest and largest drug use prevention awareness program. The stamp will be available for sale in October 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park is experiencing high winds ahead of a cold front that is expected to move through the area later today. Newfound Gap Road (Hwy 441 from Gatlinburg, TN to Cherokee, NC), Little River Road from the Townsend Wye to the Sugarlands Visitor Center, Wears Gap and the Roaring...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Nationwide Compound Pharmacy Fraud Scheme Involved Almost a Quarter of a Billion Dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Established Online Relationships with 13 Minor Male Victims Around the Country and Offered Them Gift Cards to Produce and Send Sexually Explicit Images and Videos.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Rene Elene Griffin Nunn, 60, a resident of Vancouver, Washington pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances. At the time of the offense, Nunn was a registered nurse at Adventist Medical Center in Portland.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: A man who traveled from Minnesota to Iowa to have sex with minors was convicted by a jury on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, after a three-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MILTON WESTLEY, also known as “Reese," 21, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 156 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a violent street gang.
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 Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in reaction to the Treasury Department announcement of new Opportunity Zone reporting requirements...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: (Asheville, NC) - National Park Service managers today announced three upcoming projects that may affect Parkway travel in the coming weeks. Visitors should anticipate one-lane or intermittent, temporary closures in active work zones. Affected sections for all projects close at approximately 8:00 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Brian Cade Humphreys, 46, of Meridian, Idaho, was sentenced last week to fourteen years in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Humphreys was sentenced by U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill. A federal grand jury indicted Humphreys on July 11, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Defendant Had Five Previous House Burglary Convictions Over Almost a Decade.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Two more southern Missouri women pleaded guilty in federal court today to their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in Springfield, Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MILTON WESTLEY, also known as “Reese," 21, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 156 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a violent street gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Daniel Wayne Benner, 33, of Orangevale, charging him with distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Images posted to internet site; Defendant bragged to Australian police detective about producing them.
