News from September 2019

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was charged in federal court with violating the Clean Air Act, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: The FBI is Seeking Assistance in a Bank Robbery That Took Place in Davie, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - KIRANKUMAN GANDHI, 49, has pleaded guilty to soliciting arson, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.

By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: ORLANDO - Officials of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Miami sub-offices in Orlando, Tampa, and Jacksonville met with representatives from the Consulate of Mexico Aug. 21, 2019. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the agency’s commitment...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Tavon Johnson, age 29, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood (FCI Allenwood), was indicted on Sept. 26, 2019, for possession of a controlled substance.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Today, a federal jury in Fresno convicted two defendants for assisting in an effort to help Paulo Virgen Mendoza’s escape from California to Mexico after he allegedly killed Newman Police Corporal Ronil Singh during a traffic stop, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
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: GARDEN CITY, Kan. - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced it will increase its law enforcement presence in Garden City, Kansas, bringing in six new law enforcement agents. The new office will include two DEA special agents and four task force officers.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS - In the past two years, BLM has been notified of 52 times when visitors had a less than enjoyable experience because they found their car broken into.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - Federal officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 97 criminal aliens and immigration violators in six Midwest states during a five-day enforcement action, which ended Wednesday.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: FBI Releases 2018 Crime Statistics. For the second consecutive year, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation decreased when compared with the previous year’s statistics, according to FBI figures released today. In 2018, violent crime was down 3.3 percent from the 2017 number. Property crimes...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: Defendant admits illegally copying images and videos from about 6,000 Yahoo accounts.

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 Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: Dear Inspector General Atkinson: According to a recent news report, the Office of the Intelligence Community Inspector General (IC IG) changed its “Disclosure of Urgent Concern" form, the document by which a whistleblower submits a complaint that can be transmitted to Congress, to no longer require...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that John Howard, 43, of North Platte, Nebraska, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison by Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five grams or more of actual methamphetamine. In addition to his prison term, Howard will serve four years of supervised release following his release from prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Riverside man was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison for defrauding hundreds of victims, mainly distressed homeowners who paid thousands of dollars after attending seminars that promoted a “Free and Clear" program pitched by the defendant and his salespeople.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Aug. 15, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Empacadora y Procesadora del Sur Inc. (Empacadora) of Coamo, Puerto Rico...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: Salem, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Oregon District, Upper Willamette Field Office will hold a public meeting on the King Mosby Timber Management Project on October 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was charged in federal court with violating the Clean Air Act, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
Release: CHARLESTON, WV - Do you have a gold star on your driver’s license?