News from September 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau recently launched a new version of 2020census.gov. The new website adds features, resources and materials to help inform the public about the 2020 Census.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Established in 1994 and held annually on the fourth Saturday in September, National Public Lands Day is the nation's largest single-day volunteer effort. It celebrates the connection between people and green space in their community, inspires environmental stewardship, and encourages use of open space for education, recreation, and general health. All National Parks are fee-free for National Public Lands Day on Saturday, September 28th 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Jeffrey Ebersole, Special Agent in Charge of the Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations, New York Field Office, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging ROBERT J. TRIGO, 75, of Middletown, and his business, NATUREMOST OF NEW ENGLAND, INC., with manufacturing and selling adulterated dietary supplements.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Sept. 11, 2019 Qushawn Brown, age 28, Wesley Garner, age 25, and Anderson Ortiz, age 20, of Harrisburg, were indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges. According ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Sept. 11, 2019 Qushawn Brown, age 28, Wesley Garner, age 25, and Anderson Ortiz, age 20, of Harrisburg, were indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A total of 22 people from 13 states plus the District of Columbia will soon have to appear before a federal judge to answer charges following their alleged protest at the Fred Hartman Bridge in Houston, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - United States District Court Judge Pedro A. Delgado-Hernández sentenced Ricardo Barrios-Calderón to 25 years in prison followed by a supervised release term of 10 years for production of child pornography, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Barrios-Calderón pleaded guilty on Feb. 22, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Georgetown woman pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with embezzling over $419,000 from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former Holyoke kindergarten teacher was arrested last night and charged with possession of child pornography. Yesterday, the defendant resigned from his position as a kindergarten teacher for the Holyoke Public Schools where he was employed.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: MELBOURNE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Hough Roofing Inc. - based in Palm Bay, Florida - for exposing employees to fall hazards after a worker suffered a fatal injury from a fall while performing roofing activities at a work site in Melbourne, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - 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. The superseding indictment was announced today by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: If you are planning a boating trip on Lake Powell this weekend, please use extra caution around the high traffic areas. It is always smart to slow down in narrow canyons and congested areas. Obey the speed limits: you are required to slow down to wakeless speed when you are within 150 feet of another...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has completed an environmental assessment and selected a plan to restore national park land located between the Intelligence Community Campus-Bethesda (ICC-B) and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. The goals of the project are to improve the long-term...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bilal Ahmed, 47, of Potomac, Maryland, pled guilty on September 6, 2019, to a federal charge of health care fraud stemming from a scheme in which he and others caused the District of Columbia’s Medicaid program to be defrauded out of more than $5 million.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: LAS CRUCES, NM - The Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District is sponsoring a photo contest and inviting public land users to submit their favorite photograph(s) of a special landscape, plant, animal or object located on public land. The grand prize winner will receive a 2020 Las Cruces District...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service today announced $12.259 million in African American Civil Rights grants to fund 44 projects across 17 states that will preserve and highlight stories related to the African American struggle for equality in the 20th century.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: NEWS RELEASE. Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. Wright Brothers National Memorial. Cape Hatteras National Seashore to reopen portions of Frisco Campground on Saturday. With water service restored, at 08:00 am, Saturday 9/14/19, a portion of the Frisco Campground will...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Pawtucket man who sold a firearm and crack cocaine to an undercover Massachusetts law enforcement officer was sentenced Thursday to one year and a day in federal prison, to be followed by three years supervised release, the first six months to be served in a Pawtucket residential reentry center.
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: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Cassandra Elaine Riggs, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
