News from September 2019
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has scheduled recreation area closures at New Melones Lake from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2019. These closures allow Reclamation to perform necessary maintenance tasks and allow for natural resource recovery.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: WHAT: Federal, state, and local law enforcement leaders and community partners will hold the Tri-Cities Violent Crime Summit today at Good Shepherd Baptist Church in Petersburg.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 16, to consider Pallone’s legislation to respond to the national youth tobacco epidemic.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: Ashford, WA - In line with the National Park Service’s new electric bicycle (e-bike) policy and a, Mount Rainier National Park will expand recreational opportunities and accessibility through the use of e-bikes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Malik Mustafa Al-Ameen (57, Summerfield) to 20 months in federal prison for theft of government funds. He was also ordered to pay the government $77,178 in restitution. Al-Ameen had pleaded guilty on July 1, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Wayne Russell Fugate, 49, of Lexington was sentenced on Monday, by Chief United States District Judge Danny C. Reeves, to 97 months in federal prison for buying and selling stolen firearms and for being a convicted felon in possession of over 25 stolen firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Dietrich S. Fansler, manager of Pin Oak Properties, has admitted to bankruptcy fraud and tax fraud, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced details of the Health Subcommittee field hearing this Thursday, Oct. 3, at 9:30 am CT at Kennedy-King College in Chicago, Illinois on the public health threat of gun violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California unsealed charges today in a criminal complaint charging Xuehua Peng, a/k/a Edward Peng, for acting as an illegal foreign agent in delivering classified United States national security information to officials...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Department will award $157 million in airport infrastructure grants to 34 airports in 19 states, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands. This is the sixth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Pharmacists, a pharmacy, and several individuals have been named as defendants in various criminal and civil actions filed in federal court in the Southern District of Georgia as part of continuing efforts by the U.S. Attorney’s Office to combat the opioid epidemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) is hosting a forum on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 9:00 a.m. Arizona time to discuss the future of uranium mining. (webextlink://is%20hosting%20a%20forum%20on%20Wednesday,%20Oct.%202,%20at%209:00%20a.m.%20Arizona%20time%20to%20discuss%20the%20future%20of%20uranium%20mining.).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The first of three sisters indicted late last month on charges that they conspired to kill a Florida resident and his wife were arraigned today in federal court, announced United States Attorney Jay E. Town and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAEKWON OVERSTREET, 24, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - Thelma Pascua-Suyat, 64, of Maui, Hawaii, was sentenced today in federal court by Senior United States District Judge Susan Oki Mollway to 43 months of imprisonment for wire fraud. As part of her sentence, Pascua-Suyat must serve three years of supervised release, and pay $1,167,895.47 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Jarriet Rascoe, a 32 year old resident of Selma, Alabama was found guilty of possession of a firearm after conviction of a felony. The trial was held on September 6, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: Berlin, MD-On Sunday morning, Sept. 29, a horse was struck and killed by a park vehicle on Assateague Island. The chestnut mare, N2BHS-ALQ (Connie’s Girl) was standing in the road on curve on Bayberry drive in the predawn hours, before first light when the park vehicle struck the hind quarter of the horse. The park employee was uninjured and the incident is under investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: On Sept. 26, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) honored the Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission (IRRC) with the national Sagebrush Steppe Stewardship Award for their participation in rangeland education, public policy formation and commitment to the stewardship of public land managed by the BLM in Idaho.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will meet October 29-31 in Washington, D.C. The Board will discuss the pressing challenges of wild horse and burro management, including the number of unadopted and unsold animals in BLM facilities and the effects of overpopulation on public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Peter C. Fitzhugh, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging JAMES T. BOOTH with securities fraud...
