News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that George Earl White Jr., 35, of Alexandria, was sentenced on Tuesday to 360 months in prison and five years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell for his role in distributing illegal narcotics in Rapides Parish.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: On Friday, September 6, 2019, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the formal establishment of DOE’s Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office. Here is a sampling of the reaction to date.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Search warrant recovered kilograms of suspected fentanyl and heroin and a high-powered shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan sentenced John Chandler Propstra, 47, of Paradise Valley, Ariz., to 21 months in prison and three years of supervised release. The Court also ordered Propstra to pay more than $700,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. Propstra had previously pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LUIDJI BENJAMIN was sentenced today to 17 years in prison for sex trafficking of minor females. BENJAMIN was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff, before whom BENJAMIN previously was convicted by a federal jury of one count of sex trafficking of a minor and one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, following a five-day jury trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Terry Wade Named Assistant Director of the Criminal Investigative Division.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding a competitive oil and gas lease sale on Tuesday, Nov.12, 2019. The agency will offer 263 parcels for lease totaling 547,969.252 acres in Lincoln, Nye and White Pine counties in Nevada. The BLM will hold the lease sale online at www.energynet.com.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that today Bryan Rogers, 32, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 135 months in federal prison for transporting a minor from Tennessee to Wisconsin for an illegal sexual purpose. This prison term will be followed by 15 years of supervised release. Rogers pleaded guilty to this offense on June 19, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Defendant Stole from Charity, Defrauded Donors, and Lied to IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment, charging eight additional defendants with federal drug trafficking offenses. The indictment arises from an investigation that previously resulted in charges against twelve other defendants for offenses stemming from a long-term investigation into drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Washington sex offender was indicted by a federal grand jury today for receiving and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Roundtables Held in Yakima and Spokane.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and government and industry members of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Task Force gathered today to vote on a set of recommendations and an Interim Report designed to help industry and government stakeholders more effectively identify and manage risks to global ICT supply chains.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Landscape painter Rick Young is Mesa Verde National Park’s next and final Artist in Residence for the 2019 season. Visitors may see Rick painting throughout the park during his residency, from September 16 to 28. He will be available to discuss and show his work to visitors on September 20 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on the porch overlooking Spruce Tree House. Stop by and meet the artist.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: MOOSE, WY- There are temporary closures and access changes on the Moose-Wilson Road due to bear activity and dust abatement activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A criminal information was filed on Sept. 11, 2019, against Alaa Mohd Abusaad, charging her with concealment of terrorism financing, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2339C and 2. Abusaad pleaded guilty to the charge today. Assistant Attorney General for National Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced the sentencing of NICHOLAS SCOTT CAMPBELL, 37, to 28 years in prison for producing child pornography involving two minors. CAMPBELL, who pleaded guilty on April 8, 2019, to one count of production of child pornography, was sentenced today before Judge Susan Richard Nelson in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge yesterday sentenced a Center Point man to 50 years in prison for producing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service and Susanville Indian Rancheria will offer a hands-on look into the lives of northeast California’s early inhabitants during Archaeology Day, a free, family friendly event, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Hobo Camp Day Use Area along the Susan River just west of Susanville.
