News from September 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced speakers, including senior level officials from the Department of Homeland Security, National Security Agency, Office of Management and Budget, and Department of Defense, attending the 2nd Annual National Cybersecurity Summit on September 18-20, at the National Harbor, Md. In addition, members of Congress, state and local officials, and industry CEO’s and CISO’s will participate in the summit.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Ramsey Denwon Hampton, 49, of Chicago, has been ordered to serve 10 years in federal prison for defrauding IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union. On April 5, 2019, Hampton pleaded guilty to making false statements regarding his true identity to open an account at IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union, wherein he deposited forged checks and withdrew funds. When Hampton was arrested, he possessed the identities of more than 800 individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Illegally Worked Under False Name While on Immigration Bond.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Harrisburg, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Nathaniel Acevedo- a 20-year old Harrisburg man.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - Deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday arrested a three-time deported Mexican man who is wanted on an outstanding warrant for homicide in Anaheim, California.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Joshua Tree National Park staff invites the public to attend a meeting exploring future park management strategies related to visitation and capacity issues. The park will host three open house meetings in October 2019 to discuss past visitor use and resource management actions, as well as current infrastructure and future plans. Park managers encourage this dialog to help inform them on visitor needs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for assaulting and kidnapping an individual with whom he had a romantic relationship, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A high-ranking member of the Oxnard-based Surtown Chiques street gang who attempted to secure control of drug trafficking in Ventura County and who extorted “taxes" on behalf of the Mexican Mafia prison gang has been found guilty by a jury of federal narcotics charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Tasheka Stalling, 30, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute and distributing 28 grams or more of crack cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led 34 of his colleagues in introducing the Heightened Oversight of Travel, Eating, and Lodging (HOTEL) Act, which would immediately stop the federal government from spending...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: 15 defendants were indicted, pleaded guilty or sentenced across western PA in recent weeks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Larry Casper (619) 546-6734.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Warren Alan Baxter (54, Cape Coral) to eight years in federal prison for possession of child pornography. The court also ordered Baxter to forfeit his computer, hard drive, and cellphone, which he had used to facilitate the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Tasheka Stalling, 30, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute and distributing 28 grams or more of crack cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Sept. 10, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: The 23rd annual public condor release is also occurring in Northern Arizona on Sept. 28 at the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument at 11 a.m. The public is invited to watch The Peregrine Fund release several captive-bred young California Condors into the wild. More information is available at.
By State Newswire | Sep 14, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) released the following statement on President Trump’s confirmation that a high ranking al Qaeda member, Hamza bin Laden, was killed in a United States counterterrorism operation.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 14, 2019
Release: Vienna, Austria - “The Secretary has been briefed on today’s drone attack in Saudi Arabia and stands ready to deploy resources from the Strategic Petroleum Oil Reserves (SPRO) if necessary to offset any disruptions to oil markets as a result of this act of aggression. The Secretary has also directed ...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) and Chief Intelligence Officer David J. Glawe traveled to Jerusalem for the U.S. Embassy 9/11 ceremony on Sept. 11, 2019 where he provided closing remarks. The U.S. Embassy, the Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) and the Jewish National Fund USA hosted the ceremony at the KKL-JNF 9/11 Living Memorial in Jerusalem.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, a U.S. delegation led by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Deputy Under Secretary James McCament, joined by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Hugo Rodriguez, and a Honduran delegation led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Lisandro Rosales, as ...
