News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - This week, Jose Moreno, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Soto to 84 months of imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release. Moreno had previously pleaded guilty to kidnapping and domestic assault by a habitual offender.
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: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On September 9, 2019, Keven Lawrence Cody McCleve, 61, of Scottsdale, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to three years’ probation and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine. McCleve was also ordered to give up all professional licenses and not acquire any professional license while on probation.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: Big Thicket National Preserve is excited to announce the upcoming volunteer clean-up event at the Baby Galvez launch area in Silsbee, Texas, on Saturday, September 28th. Volunteers will meet at 9:00 a.m. for a short safety briefing before the start of the trash clean-up effort. This event is part of National Public Lands Day, the largest single-day volunteer effort for America’s public lands.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failing to meet their contractual obligations...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Solutions for the U.S. Building Sector." This is the third hearing in a series of climate change hearings aimed at achieving the Committee’s goal of a 100 percent clean economy by 2050...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: Multi-Year Scheme using Forged and Fraudulent Documents to Get Visas for Specialty-Occupation Employment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General William P. Barr today announced the appointment of the following nine U.S. Attorneys to serve on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC): David Anderson, Northern District of California; Scott W. Brady, Western District of Pennsylvania; Maria Chapa Lopez, Middle...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: Pipestone, MN: Join us for a national day of service and volunteerism at Pipestone National Monument. Volunteers are needed to assist with collection of seeds from the native tall grass prairie from 9:00am to 11:00am on Saturday, September 28. The seeds will be used to continue prairie restoration throughout the Monument in locations treated for invasive species.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterda y, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with other Democratic members of the committee, grilled Labor Secretary nominee Eugene Scalia on his record of defending corporations and trampling...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Kyvon Ross, a/k/a Ky-von Ross, 20, of Boston, was indicted yesterday in federal court in Boston for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: FARGO - First Assistant United States Attorney Nicholas Chase, District of North Dakota, announced that on Sept. 17, 2019, Jonathan James Hill, age 22, an enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe and the Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Peter D. Welte, Fargo, ND, to an Indictment charging him with Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Domenick Braccia, 58, of Hatfield, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 37 months’ incarceration, one year supervised release, 150 hours of community service, a $15,000 fine and ordered to pay $2,484,864 in restitution...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. (Sept.20, 2019)- Today, Chairmen Jamie Raskin and Stephen F. Lynch held a joint Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Subcommittee on National Security hearing entitled, “Confronting Violent White Supremacy (Part III): The Transnational Terrorist Threat."
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is extending the public comment period of the Buffalo National River Plant Gathering for Traditional Purposes Environmental Assessment (EA). The original deadline for public comments was September 6, but it has now been extended to October 6. Initially there were some...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of LORENZO EUGENE HEARD JR., 38, to one count of felon in possession of a firearm. HEARD entered his guilty plea on Sept. 19, 2019, before Judge David S. Doty, in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI Offers up to $1,000 Reward in Albuquerque Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa sentenced William “Lance" Mullins, 50, formerly of Scottsdale, Ariz., to 42 months in prison and three years of supervised release. The Court also ordered Mullins to pay more than $2.8 million in restitution to 125 victim shareholders. Mullins had previously pleaded guilty to engaging in fraudulent interstate securities transactions.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Guy Coleston McDonald, age 32, of Park Hill, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846, punishable by not less than 10 years and not more than life imprisonment, a fine up to $10,000,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: Organizer of Group Sentenced to 48 Months in Federal Prison.
