News from October 2019
By USDA Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated seven Tennessee counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent weather events may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Copper Center, AK - Plans for a winter federal subsistence hunt for moose in a portion of Unit 11 were announced on October 31 by Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve Superintendent Ben Bobowski, the designated federal manager for the hunt. The Federal Subsistence Board established this hunt...
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: 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 Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Gerwin Schalk, age 48, of Albany, pled guilty today to making false statements on conflict of interest certifications he submitted in connection with National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Kentucky Correctional Officers Plead Guilty to Beating Handcuffed Detainee and Attempting to Cover Up the Assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Wood County man pled guilty to a federal gun crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Mark Matthew Smith, 29, of Parkersburg, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson sentenced OSCAR MACIAS-UGARTE, 40, of Mexico on Oct. 25, 2019 for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Macias-Ugarte was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. He/ received time served plus ten days to allow for deportation proceedings...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Mauricio Ramirez, age 25, Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady upon his plea of guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released new statistics that highlight geographic mobility and place of birth at the state level. Geographic mobility refers to the movement of people from one location of residence to another. The data come from the 2018 American Community Survey (ACS).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials remind park visitors that access to Cades Cove will be delayed on Sunday, November 3 until 11:00 a.m. for the annual Cades Cove Loop Lope. The event is held on an early morning in November to minimize disturbance to visitors for this once-a-year opportunity for pre-registered participants to run either a 10-mile or 5-K loop course in support of the park.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Fire managers from Rocky Mountain National Park plan to take advantage of any upcoming wet or winter weather conditions to burn piles of slash generated from several fuels reduction projects and hazard tree removals. Slash from these projects has been cut and piled by park fire crews and contractors during the last two years and are now dry enough to burn.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: 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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Oct. 31, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Jeffrey Gaunt, age 62, of Auburn, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady upon his plea of guilty to manufacturing over 100 marijuana plants, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - Earlier today, extensive coordination and cooperation efforts between United States and Brazilian law enforcement authorities culminated in the Brazil Federal Police (DPF) conducting a significant enforcement operation to disrupt and dismantle a transnational alien smuggling organization, including...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: EASTHAM, Mass- Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent Brian Carlstrom announced that work is beginning on the installation of a pedestrian crossing beacon at the intersection of Governor Prence Road and Route 6 near the Captain Penniman House in Eastham. The pedestrian beacon was included in a 2012...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 22-year-old Mexican national living in Liberty, Texas, has been sentenced for federal kidnapping violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Victor Estrada, 48, of Laredo, Texas, was sentenced in federal court for his participation in an interstate drug distribution organization. Court documents showed that Estrada and his co-defendant Linda Lancon...
