News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Trenton man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 1.5 kilograms of cocaine and more than 122 grams of cocaine base, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - As part of its commitment to serve the American family, the Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District will today announce in the Federal Register that it will provide for the lease 80 acres of public land to the Washoe County School District. The property, located in Sun Valley...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Jennings man pleaded guilty Wednesday to posting nude photos online and threatening to post more photos of a female victim.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: The park awarded a $2,220,924 construction contract to Advanced Technology Construction from Tacoma, WA to replace eight guest cabins and construct a new manager’s residence at Log Cabin Resort at Lake Crescent.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Briani Gomez, age 21, of New Jersey, pleaded guilty on Oct. 12, 2017, before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to participating in a heroin trafficking conspiracy that stretched from Stroudsburg to New York to the state of Maine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday today sentenced Priscilla Ann Ellis (52, Killeen, Texas) to 40 years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit international money laundering and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. As part of her sentence, the Court entered a money judgment...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Morgantown, West Virginia woman has admitted to having a drug-involved premises, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Daytime road construction work in Arches National Park will begin Monday, October 30. Nighttime work and the 7:00 p.m. road closure Sunday through Thursday nights will continue until approximately 7:00 a.m. on Monday, November 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Anthony J. Fountain, 23, of Pensacola, was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty on July 20 to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and two counts of distributing methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: The “inconstant moon," as Shakespeare called it in Romeo and Juliet, is more reliable than his pair of star-crossed lovers might have thought. Now researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plan to make the Moon even more reliable with a new project to measure its brightness.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Jose E. Carrillo-Abrego, 33, a citizen of El Salvador, with usurping the identity of a Puerto Rican man to conceal his illegal presence in the United States, U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman said.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: After a July 2016 balloon accident in Lockhart, TX that caused 16 fatalities, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) took proactive steps to increase the safety of hot-air balloon tourism. As the result of a year-long FAA “Call to Action" with the commercial hot-air balloon industry, the Balloon Federation of America (BFA) has developed an “Envelope of Safety" accreditation program for balloon ride operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - On Oct. 11, 2017, United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced Matthew P. Goodside, 32, of Shelby, Iowa, to 63 months in prison for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Goodside was also ordered to serve ten years of supervised release following his imprisonment and comply with Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Beaumont man pleaded guilty Wednesday to kidnapping two girls after stealing the truck in which they were seated.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement today after President Trump announced his intent to nominate Preston Rutledge to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, and TENNESSEE - Did you know that crash rates are three times higher at night? Did you know on the Natchez Trace Parkway 33% of all serious injury crashes and fatalities occur at night when visitation is the lowest? October is a good time to talk about the risks associated with...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was indicted yesterday in federal court in Boston on a federal immigration charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: A man who robbed the Citizens State Bank in Hopkinton, Iowa, was convicted by a jury yesterday after a three-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Central California Area Office announces its 2017 fall activity schedule for New Melones Lake, located in Calaveras and Tuolumne counties. Programs are free of charge, suitable for all ages, and do not require reservations. Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: SAN JOSE- A federal grand jury indicted five individuals for their respective roles in an alleged conspiracy to engage in a methamphetamine trafficking network, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett, and U.S. Drug...
