News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - JAMES DEAN LAMAR LaFOUNTAIN, 25, of Seiling, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for wounding his wife and later calling her from jail to instruct her not to testify against him, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, issued the following joint statement in response to the release by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of its Strategic Framework for Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence after multiple hearings violent white supremacy...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: Craig, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management and Routt County Riders invite volunteers to a National Public Lands Day event on Saturday, Sept. 28 to improve the Ridge, Rotary and Beall Trailheads near Steamboat Springs. The trailheads are on public land the BLM manages in Emerald Mountain, a day-use recreation area for mountain biking, hiking, horseback riding and Nordic skiing.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison for robberies at four local stores, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: * 67 violent felony fugitives arrested in weeklong operation. * More than 650 guns taken off the streets in Rapid City since January 2018. * Gun-related prosecutions have increased 50 percent District-wide. * Shootings in Rapid City have declined dramatically since January 2018. RAPID CITY, SD - United ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to lift the domestic quarantine for pine shoot beetle. Eliminating this quarantine is in keeping with USDA’s goal of reducing regulations that have outlived their ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: The main access road into Cataloochee, Cove Creek Road, is expected to be closed from November 1 through February 29 for roadwork while the North Carolina Department of Transportation repairs a slide just outside the park along the county road. This full road closure will prevent access into Cataloochee...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: General aviation pilots who are planning to fly in the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Area between September 21 and September 29 should check frequently and before every flight to make sure they are aware of the flight restrictions that will be in place for the 74thSession of the United Nations General Assembly.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: Due to the extremely dry conditions currently being experienced, park officials have determined that it is necessary to restrict the use of open fires and activities, which unduly increase the fire danger. The term "open fires" refers to any flame source not immediately extinguishable or controllable and applies to any form of wood or charcoal-based fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. -A former resident of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of 12 years and seven months (151 months), to be followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction of bank robbery and Hobbs Act robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Justin Quentin Taylor, 20, of the District, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for sexually assaulting a stranger after the two got off a Metrobus, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- Jesse Nunn, 24, of Maryland, was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in prison for his part in three separate kidnappings over the course of three weeks in Northwest Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kevin Charles Brown, age 39, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Sept. 19, 2019, to 240 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release, by United States District Court Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 150 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal firearms and narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Cameron Nathaniel Robinson, age 21, of Bella Vista, Arkansas, entered a guilty plea to Transportation Of A Minor With Intent To Engage In Criminal Sexual Activity in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2423(a), punishable by not less than 10 years and not more than life imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: Two Reagor Dykes Auto Group employees pleaded guilty today for their role a $23 million “check kiting" scheme, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - This week, Gilbert Salaz, 52, of Benson, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 105 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. Salaz previously pleaded guilty to one count of Armed Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Dennis Pulley, a/k/a Denmo, age 31, of Baltimore, to 35 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a drug distribution conspiracy and a violent racketeering enterprise known...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service is pleased to announce the re-opening of the lower Crystal Creek area on Friday, September 20th at noon. This includes the Crystal Creek Water Ditch Trail, lower Crystal Creek Road, and access to Crystal Creek Falls. This marks the first access to a popular Whiskeytown waterfall...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Subsistence Resource Commission will meet at the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve Visitor Center in Copper Center (Mile 106.8 Richardson Highway) on Monday, October 7, and Tuesday, October 8, 2019, to consider a range of issues related to subsistence hunting and fishing in the park.
