News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Garrett Michael Carrigan, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to escaping federal custody, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - William Charles Pelletier, 36, of Andover, Maine, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for unlawful transportation of a firearm in interstate commerce and simple assault, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced today that on Sept. 3, 2019, Christopher S. Harmeier, 42, of Norfolk, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Harmeier to 63 months’ imprisonment. After completing his term of imprisonment, Harmeier will begin a two-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Jason Muzzicato, 43, of Bangor, Pennsylvania was charged by Superseding Indictment with possession of firearms by an unlawful user of a controlled substance, and knowingly operating an aircraft when not registered. Muzzicato was...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two local residents have been ordered to federal prison after having being caught for selling methamphetamine out of a Cotulla residence, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announces the upcoming flight plans for September 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Carlos Robinson, 28, of St. Louis, MO, pleaded guilty to four counts of robbery and two counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence arising out of four separate armed store robberies committed in early 2017. Robinson appeared today before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey, who accepted his plea and set a sentencing date of Dec. 3, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - A federal jury has found Dajor Marquis Atkins (27, Tampa) guilty of four offenses related to a takeover-style armed robbery. The jury found Atkins guilty of one count of conspiring to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery, one count of interference with interstate commerce by...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 41-year-old resident of New Caney has received a massive sentence following his conviction of producing and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Joshua James Holmstedt pleaded guilty April 16, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury in Las Cruces, N.M., found Jose Velarde-Pavia, 37, of Roswell, N.M., guilty at trial on Aug. 28, 2019, of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: AUGUSTA, Ga. - Safety challenges, nuclear materials and transportation, and emergency response were among the topics discussed at the recent Savannah River Safety Summit. Representatives of DOE headquarters, Savannah River Site (SRS), cleanup contractors, and others attended the second-annual event.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Matthew Brehm (619) 546-8983.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Bloods gang member Trendell Walker, also known as “Live Wire" and “Debo," pleaded guilty to the firearm-related murder of 15-year-old Alvin Brothers on August 7, 2007. The guilty plea was entered before United States Magistrate Judge Steven I. Locke. When sentenced, Walker faces a maximum of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense with #thinkbeforeyoupost.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Inland Empire income tax return preparer pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service out of more than $2.1 million by submitting false tax returns on his clients’ behalf, including obtaining child tax credits for childless clients.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - James Aubin, 46, of Dover, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for committing a bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C., Sept. 3, 2019 - Agricultural producers can now enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs, two popular safety net programs, for the 2019 crop year. Interested producers must sign up for either program by March 15, 2020.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W. Va. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has awarded up to $4.25 million to Marshall University for the development and implementation of a tool to aid in opioid investigations.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: ESCALANTE, Utah - The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) has selected artist Carol Johansen as the 2019 GSENM Plein Air Artist-in-Residence (AiR). “Plein Air" is a French phrase for being out in nature. Johansen’s residency will culminate with an exhibit and public programming during the Escalante Canyons Art Festival in Escalante on Sept. 20-29.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: Multiple search and rescue (SAR) incidents occurred in Olympic National Park over the Labor Day holiday weekend bringing the total for the year to 71. Although Labor Day is often thought of as marking the end of the busy summer season, hiking is still a popular activity through the fall. As we transition...
