News from September 2019
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service today announced $524,000 in grants for 12 projects from across the country to support the protection of America’s native cultures.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - This week, Demetrius Sturkey, of Dennehotso, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 30 months of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. Sturkey had previously pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of an unregistered firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - This week, Anthony Paya, of Supai, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 24 months of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. Paya had previously pleaded guilty to assault of an intimate partner or dating partner resulting in substantial bodily injury.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Four-legged friends are encouraged to visit Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park for B.A.R.K. Ranger Day on Saturday, October 12! Dogs (and their owners) will find a variety of canine-friendly offerings available.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
Release: WACO & KILLEEN -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Texas Department of Public Safety are reminding Texas residents that starting Oct. 1, 2020, travelers will need a REAL ID-compliant form of identification to board a flight at all U.S. airports.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Chad M. Pedersen, 36, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for receiving child pornography. The Honorable Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Pedersen to 87 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After his release...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Ten West Link Transmission Line project and proposed amendments to the BLM Yuma Field Office Resource Management Plan and California Desert Conservation Area Plan.
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 that Juan Delvalle-Andino, 31, and Pablo Ortiz-Calzada, 33, both of Lebanon, were indicted by a federal grand on drug trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty sentenced Bastrop resident, Troydarius Jamal Jackson, 29, on September 4, 2019, to 10 years in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Jackson admitted during his guilty plea hearing on April 5, 2019, to possessing a rifle, despite having previous convictions in 2012, 2013 and 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Firearms purchased were intended for Mexican drug traffickers.
By State Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) released the following statement on the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Poland.
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 Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: MOAB, UT-The public is invited to celebrate Arches National Park’s certification as an international dark sky park Saturday evening, Sept. 21, 2019. Park rangers and partners from around the Colorado Plateau will host a ceremony and star party at the newly completed Panorama Point stargazing area.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Friday, Sept. 20, at 9 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building on using energy...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Over 100 law enforcement agents, officers, and other personnel executed Operation High Tide this week, which resulted in a series of arrests of individuals allegedly involved in selling drugs and guns in Norfolk, Chesapeake, and Portsmouth.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Washington, D.C. man was sentenced today to 23 years in prison for his participation in a string of armed robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - This week, Anthony Paya, of Supai, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 24 months of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. Paya had previously pleaded guilty to assault of an intimate partner or dating partner resulting in substantial bodily injury.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE -Twenty-four candidates became United States Citizens on Wednesday September 11 on the Jordan Pond Lawn at Acadia National Park. This is one of many citizenship ceremonies taking place in national parks under a partnership between the National Park Service and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging KENNETH LUPOLI, 57, of Hamden, with one count of possession of explosives by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: A federal district judge sentenced a south Florida health care facility owner to 20 years in prison today after being found guilty in the largest health care fraud scheme charged by the U.S. Justice Department. The case involves a decades-long scheme of kickbacks and money laundering in connection with fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid for services deemed medically unnecessary.
