News from September 2019
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proud to partner with Boy Scouts of America on a shoreline cleanup project at Steamboat Cove, one of the most popular boat-in recreation sites on Lake Havasu.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Second Felony Drug Conviction Leads to Over Six Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Freedom, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Nevada, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing firearms and methamphetamine to distribute.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is launching six projects as part of a continuing wave of infrastructure improvements at the nation’s only underground transuranic waste repository - from repairs to a hoist for removing mined salt from the underground to additions to a new fire protection system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Christopher P. Tenorio (619) 546-8413.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that NIGEL JONES, 37, of West Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a heroin and cocaine trafficking ring. Judge Underhill also ordered Jones to serve the first six months of his term of supervised release in home confinement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Mark Davis, 47, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced Monday to 186 months in prison by Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp for possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine (actual). In addition to his prison term, Davis will serve four years of supervised release following his release from prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement on the Senate confirmation of Elizabeth Darling to serve as Commissioner for Children, Youth and Families at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Wyden voted against the nomination, raising the alarm on serious concerns over Trump administration efforts supporting taxpayer-funded religious discrimination in the foster care system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that YMER SHAHINI pled guilty today before United States District Judge P. Kevin Castel in connection with his role in a scheme to defraud shareholders of a publicly traded company and the investing public.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Celebrate the end of summer and the beginning of autumn at the annual Harvest Homecoming at Capitol Reef National Park. “This is a great day to learn more about pioneer history," says Lee Grundy, Director of Capitol Reef Natural History Association.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: In celebration of Constitution Day, Homestead National Monument of America will host a United States Citizenship and Naturalization Ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019 at 2 p.m. new citizens will take their Oath of Allegiance to the United States at the ceremony. The ceremony will take place at the Homestead Education Center, and the general public is invited and encouraged to attend.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Grand Junction, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Grand Junction Field Office invites volunteers to celebrate the 26th annual National Public Lands Day with a variety of volunteer events in September and October.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Devincio K.D. James, 30, of Niagara Falls, NY, Luis Andino, 33, and Jenhsen Rodriguez, 33, both of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo for their roles in a drug trafficking organization that distributed drugs in the Niagara Falls and Buffalo areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced that $750,000 in grant funds have been awarded to the City of Saint Paul to expand its use of the Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIC) in partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Saint Paul Field Division. Specifically, the grant provides funding for a crime analyst, a National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) technician, a CGIC prosecutor, and training.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper demanding immediate compliance with the request they sent...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow today sentenced Annette Elizabeth Jones, age 45, of Port Deposit, Maryland, to 24 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for bank fraud in connection with a scheme to embezzle funds from the labor union where she worked. Jones entered her guilty plea on May 7, 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Service Administrator Bruce Lammers today announced that USDA is making $150 million in grants available through the Community Facilities Program to help rural communities continue their recovery from the devastating effects of hurricanes, fires and other natural disasters.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service and the International Dark Sky Association are pleased to announce Fort Union National Monument as an International Dark Sky Park. This certification recognizes the exceptional quality of the park’s night skies and provides added opportunities to enhance visitor experiences through astronomy based interpretive programming.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury sitting in Houston has convicted a 34-year-old man for conspiracy and methamphetamine smuggling, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Houston Division Special Agent in Charge William Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. The jury deliberated for less than three hours...
