News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An engineer who worked for a cleared defense contractor pleaded guilty today to federal charges of economic espionage and violating of the Arms Export Control Act for selling sensitive satellite information to a person he believed to be an agent of a Russian intelligence service.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: Arches and Canyonlands national parks are preparing for a busy Memorial Day weekend, and are advising visitors to expect heavy traffic, crowded trails, and limited parking.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: Arches and Canyonlands national parks are preparing for a busy Memorial Day weekend, and are advising visitors to expect heavy traffic, crowded trails, and limited parking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 59-year-old man from the Conroe area has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of sexual exploitation of a child as well as distribution and possession of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Robert Neal Hatchell pleaded guilty Dec. 19, 2016, admitting he took sexually-explicit photographs and a video of minor relatives and possessed more than 10,000 pornographic images.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: HONOLULU - Anil Uskanli, age 25, of Turkey, had his Initial Appearance today on a Criminal Complaint that was signed over the weekend and filed this morning in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. The Complaint charges him with one count of Interference with Flight Crew Members and Attendants. That crime carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: Starting on May 23, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Cruces District will begin a two-week improvement project at the Sunset Recreation Area on the west side of Tortugas “A" Mountain. The work to be done will require BLM to close the area to the public from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. However, the public...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City man was sentenced Monday to 52 months for a robbery at a Leawood bank, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: Newport, Ore. - Join the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area to celebrate International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) on May 13. This event celebrates the life of migratory birds and their journey between breeding and non-breeding homes. Visitors can pick up an IMBD passport as they “migrate" to the different locations listed below. Each site will have passport stickers, fun prizes, and information about migratory birds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Marques Henderson, 36, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to narcotics and firearm offenses stemming from his operation of an open-air drug market in Southeast Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, Andrew Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Jhordis Deshon Woods, 34, of Mobile, was sentenced today to 92 months in prison for being a felon in possession of two firearms. United States District Judge Kristi K. DuBose also sentenced Woods to five years of supervised release following his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Frank Malik Drummond, Jr. (21, Fernandina Beach) today pleaded guilty to distribution of cocaine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for the drug charge and up to 10 years’ imprisonment for the firearm offense.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: Ordered to pay $109,064.94 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) for shoreline stabilization at the South Manitou Island Lighthouse complex within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Donna Karen Holyan, 50, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 28 months in prison, followed by three years’ supervised release. Holyan had previously pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Frank Malik Drummond, Jr. (21, Fernandina Beach) today pleaded guilty to distribution of cocaine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for the drug charge and up to 10 years’ imprisonment for the firearm offense.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, publicly released a letter signed by all Committee Democrats to the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, Walter M. Shaub, Jr., strongly supporting his office’s demand for copies of waivers of ethics rules issued by the Trump Administration to lobbyists and others working in the White House and throughout the Trump Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: Defense Contractor Employee Pleads Guilty to Selling Satellite Secrets to Undercover Agent Posing as Russian Spy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: MISSOULA - George Leslie Manlove, 59, of Eagle, Idaho, was convicted of 170 counts of wire fraud, money-laundering, bank fraud, false statements, bankruptcy fraud and conspiracy following a three-week jury trial. U.S. District Court Judge Dana L. Christensen presided. Sentencing occurred on May 19, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: Olympic National Park is now accepting volunteer applications for the Olympic Marmot Monitoring Program 2017 survey season. Launched in 2010, the Olympic Marmot Monitoring Program employs teams of volunteers to visit designated survey areas within the park and gather timely and vital information about the Olympic marmot’s population presence and distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2017
News Release: Man Wearing Lobos Baseball Cap Robs Albuquerque Bank.
