News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Southbridge man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for distributing oxycodone.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: SEDONA, Ariz. - A local jewelry store owner was sentenced on Thursday to 1,440 months without the possibility of early release in state prison for possessing and distributing child pornography, following a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: Ricky Thompson, aka Boom, 43, of Toledo, Ohio was convicted on Friday of conspiracy to distribute over 1 kilogram of heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine, announced Jack Smith, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. A federal jury in Nashville found Thompson guilty on all charges, after a two-week trial, including conspiracy to commit money laundering; possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking; and conspiracy to commit witness intimidation.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: A search and rescue near Obstruction Point ended with success last night when Sajean Geer, a 71 year old Port Angeles resident missing for several days, was located and rescued. Geer suffered from dehydration and fatigue but is safe and well.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: Aaron Hynes Sought to Procure More than 10,000 USDOT Numbers by Fraud.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $ 169.3 million in airport infrastructure grants to 85 airports in 35 states across the United States as part of the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that VENACIO ORTIZ-LEON, age 29, a citizen of Guatemala, was charged last Friday in a one-count Bill of Information with illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. ' 1326.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement regarding reports that, during the first three months of his tenure, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt spent nearly half his time in his home state of Oklahoma.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 135,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: MONROE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a federal jury found a Bastrop farmer guilty last week of creating shell farms so he could receive more than $1.6 million in subsidy payments to which he was not entitled.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: A Canton man was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for child pornography crimes, said Acting U.S. Attorney David Sierleja and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Crews will be repairing guardrails within Lake Mead National Recreation Area for approximately three weeks, starting July 24. The work may cause some minor delays.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Greenfield man was sentenced in federal court in Springfield today for sexually exploiting a 10-year-old boy.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Anasazi Heritage Center will offer a free tour of its native plant beds and garden seminar on Saturday, Aug. 5, at 9 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former salesman at Bayway Lumber, a Linden, New Jersey, company that sold commercial and industrial products to numerous public and private entities, today admitted his role in a scheme to defraud customers and lying to a federal grand jury, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: Dinosaur, Colorado & Jensen, Utah - The Overlook Fire, which started on July 21 from a lightning strike, flared up on Sunday. The fire is estimated to be approximately 260 acres and is located near the Canyon Overlook on the Harpers Corner Road. The fire is on National Park Service (NPS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and private land.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: Effective 12:01 am Friday, July 28, 2017, the area located within the boundary of the 2016 Hart Road Fire will be reopened to the public. This opening includes all National Park Service managed lands from the park boundary to the waterline to appropriate boat and foot traffic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - William Colbert, 38, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced on July 21, 2017, in federal court to 41 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on bank robbery charges.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: In its ongoing effort to provide opportunities for responsible energy development, support the creation of jobs, and facilitate positive economic impacts to local communities, the Bureau of Land Management today released its initial environmental analysis for the Wind River/Bighorn Basin District First Quarter 2018 competitive oil and gas lease sale. The document is available for a 30-day public comment period.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: Man Fatally Injured in Fall at Haystack Creek.
