News from September 2019
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the City of Tucson today celebrated the completion of the Udall Park conveyance during a regularly scheduled city council meeting.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New York...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), chair of the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, will host a one-hour livestreamed conversation with several panels of youth climate activists on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 3:30 p.m.
By State Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: Dear Prime Minister Johnson: I write to you as someone with a deep appreciation for the special relationship between the United States and United Kingdom who wishes to see that relationship continue to grow and prosper. However, I also write to express concern over the consequences of Brexit negotiations...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, Robert Williams, Jr., a 56-year-old resident of Huntsville, Alabama, was found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of cocaine, and illegal possession of oxycodone, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. A federal jury convicted Williams on all three counts in his indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: TYLER, Texas -A 45-year-old Tyler, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: HONOLULU - Aaron A. Hood, 42, of Honolulu, Hawaii pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of possession of child pornography. This guilty plea occurred on the second day of Hood’s jury trial involving a separate charge of production of child pornography. Under the terms of the plea agreement...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: Steven D. Weinhoeft, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: HONOLULU - Fifteen individuals were charged in U.S. District Court today with illegal gambling, money laundering and other financial violations related to an ongoing investigation of a criminal organization operating multiple illegal game rooms and casinos on the island of Oahu.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that the last defendant in a Calcasieu Parish cocaine distribution ring was sentenced last week. United States District Judge Jay C. Zainey sentenced Derrick Harrison, 41, of Houston Texas, on September 9, 2019, to 151 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Harrison previously pleaded guilty on Sept. 24, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Bert Harris, 38, of Fresno, was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 10 years and three months in prison for using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Todd Shrader reflected on the magnitude of the cleanup program’s past 30 years of achievements at this year's National Cleanup Workshop and emphasized the importance of building on the lessons learned from those victories as EM works to close more sites in the years ahead.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, Stillwater Field Office, has extended the public comment period for the preliminary environmental assessment (PEA) to analyze the direct, indirect and cumulative effects from issuing a new term livestock grazing permit for the Pilot-Table...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Maryland political consultant pleaded guilty today to wire fraud as a result of his fraudulent scheme to solicit millions of dollars in political contributions through several scam-PACs that he founded and advertised as supporting candidates for office and other political causes.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. (Sept.17, 2019)- Rep. Harley Rouda, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Environment, held a field hearing on “Environmental Injustice: Exploring Inequities in Air and Water Quality in Michigan."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-Tyler Wayne Fuller, 30, of Madras, Oregon, was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for his role in a Central Oregon methamphetamine distribution conspiracy and for robbing a Madras bank.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) formally invited Boeing Chairman Dennis Muilenburg and Chief Engineer of Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes division John Hamilton to appear before the Full Committee for a hearing on Oct. 30, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Sept. 16, 2019, Jordan Lee Manuel, 23, of Casa Blanca, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 36 months in prison followed by ten years of supervised release for sexually abusing a minor on the Gila River Indian Community. Manuel will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - Natural Resources Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), lead Democrat on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, introduced legislation today to repeal all three Trump administration final rule changes to the Endangered Species Act, which taken together will fundamentally change the way we protect threatened and endangered species.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
Release: NANTUCKET, Ma. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day “fast track" recruitment event on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a TSA officer at Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK).
