News from September 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: When thinking of earthquakes in the U.S., California often comes to mind. But what if a massive earthquake suddenly struck Middle America? Would first responders and emergency managers have the tools to swiftly secure infrastructure and ensure public safety? Would every level of government, as well as...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Eldronte Domonique Washington, of Lexington, was sentenced Monday to 80 months in federal prison, by United States Senior District Judge Joseph M. Hood, for possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Lamar Perdue, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 195 months incarceration for drug distribution and firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: HARRISONBURG, Va., - Iza Mar Rosario-Cruzado, 31, of Harrisonburg, Va., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to one count of distributing and possessing with the intent to distribute a mixture of heroin and fentanyl. Rosario-Cruzado further admitted her distribution of this drug mixture resulted in an overdose death.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- After months of refusing to provide the committee with specific records related to President Trump’s lease at the federally-owned Old Post Office, today Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Join Fort Union in downtown Las Vegas for a program about the hardy, but little-known U.S. Army Bicycle Corps, a group of Buffalo Soldiers who tested bicycles as a possible replacement for horses. The free program will be presented by Park Ranger Mike Weinstein on Thursday evening, September 19 at 7:00 pm. The program will take place at the CCHP/Santa Fe Trail Interpretive Center at 116 Bridge Street in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Purdy, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine to distribute and illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a markup of H.R. 1186, the Keep Americans Safe Act...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated four Texas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Duval, Jim Hogg, Webb and Zapata counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - On September 7, 2019, members of the U.S. Marshals - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force and the Lee Police Department arrested Fugitive of the Week, Orlando Carrero, 37, of Rochester. Mr. Carrero was wanted on an outstanding Strafford County arrest warrant for bail violations stemming from failure to comply with conditions of the drug court program. Carrero was in the drug court program in lieu of a criminal prison sentence for narcotics related offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Tanisha R. Berry of Danville, Ky., was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Joseph M. Hood, to 138 months in federal prison, for possessing with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and more than 40 grams of fentanyl, as well as possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Juan A. Torres, age 36, of Albany, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Last month, Nathaniel Vernon Dempsey, of Pinon, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to 30 months of imprisonment to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Dempsey had previously pleaded guilty to burglary and assault on a federal officer.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Springfield Armory National Historic Site (NPS), in partnership with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), will hold a naturalization ceremony on the armory grounds at One Armory Square, Springfield MA 01105 on Sept. 18, 2019. U.S. District Judge Katherine A. Robertson will preside and the clerk of the court will administer the Oath of Allegiance to 150 new citizens.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Real Estate Professionals Allegedly Conspired to Purchase Real Estate at Fraudulently Depressed Short Sale Prices, Costing Mortgage Loan Holders Millions of Dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced today that up to $100,000 in grant funding is available for allocation to support Maine’s Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Ricky T. Wolfe, 19, of Winnebago, was sentenced today in federal court of sexual abuse of a minor. Senior United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Wolfe to 18 months in prison. Wolfe will begin a five-year term of supervised release following his release from prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Idaho Falls, Idaho- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Upper Snake Field Office will begin seal coating and restriping several recreation sites the week of Sept. 16, 2019. Seal coating will be completed at North Menan Butte Trailhead on Sept. 16.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, in coordination with the California Department of Water Resources, today announced its decision to move forward with a restoration project to improve fish passage and increase floodplain fisheries-rearing habitat in the Yolo Bypass.
