News from September 2017
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has issued the Final Environmental Assessment/Initial Study and Finding of No Significant Impact for the amendment to Corning Water District’s Existing Contract with Reclamation for the purpose of assigning a portion of CWD’s Contract Total to Reclamation. This water acquisition is authorized under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, specifically Sections 3406(d)(2) and 3406(b)(3).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal inmate was sentenced today to a year and three months in prison for possessing a weapon at the Federal Correctional Institution at McDowell, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Christopher Williams, 31, previously pleaded guilty to possession of a weapon by an inmate of the institution.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Trenton man was sentenced today to 72 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon and participating in a drug trafficking organization that allegedly distributed hundreds of grams of heroin in the Trenton area, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: CONCORD - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Jordan Manning, 28, formerly of Laconia, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for possession of heroin with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - George Patino, 57, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today to 40 months of imprisonment and a $95,000 fine. Patino was previously convicted by a jury on June 8, 2017 after a three-day trial of conspiracy, distributing Human Growth Hormone (“HGH") for unauthorized medical purposes, and smuggling.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: Las Vegas - Wildland fire officials lifted seasonal fire restrictions on public lands in Southern Nevada managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, Nevada Division of Forestry and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Sept. 22, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Adam L. Smith, the former Chief Procurement Officer for the City of Atlanta, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to accept more than $30,000 in bribe payments from a vendor who obtained millions of dollars in city contracts.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: Incident information. Photos of Hurricane Irma damage and response. Homestead, Fla. - National Park Service (NPS) teams continue working in parks throughout South Florida and along the Atlantic coast, coordinating the bureau’s response to Hurricane Irma. After three weeks of operations, the NPS Eastern...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: Money Trail of Stolen Cash Leads Law Enforcement Officers to Bank Robber - Judge Hands Down Sentence of 337 Months.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: Jerry Louis, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by Indictment with one count of bank fraud and one count of access device fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The Indictment alleges that in April 2012, Louis engaged in a scheme to cash checks that were fraudulently issued...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: Effective immediately, the burn ban on all lands within North Cascades National Park Service Complex is lifted. This includes all National Park Service lands and campgrounds in Stehekin, along State Route 20 and the Ross Lake area.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: Los Alamos - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) has awarded a storage task order to Waste Control Specialists (WCS) in Andrews County, Texas for the continued storage of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) waste. The task order is valued at $19,263,668. The task order consists of a two-year base period with two option periods - one for a year and the other for 100 days.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man Wearing Green Bay Packers Baseball Cap Robs Albuquerque Bank.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office will repair Smilo/Sand Draw Road (BLM Road 1416) east of Ten Sleep from Oct. 2-6. The road will be temporarily closed during this time to allow heavy equipment to complete the scheduled work.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: A Delphos man was charged via criminal information with possession of child pornography, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago today charged a financial analyst and a former investment banker with securities fraud for allegedly earning profits from trades they made with non-public information.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Vladimir Collazo-Florido, a/k/a “Cannabis," Marlon Matthew Pittman, a/k/a “Marlo Pittman," and Carlos Gonzalez-Catala, a/k/a “El Electrico," each with prior federal convictions for drug trafficking, have been indicted for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine based on...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -Jeremy Allen Wolfe, of Glenville, West Virginia has admitted to illegal possession of a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island tax return preparer was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Providence, R.I., on charges of preparing and filing fraudulent tax returns in the names of his clients.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that $400,000 will go to the Lake Charles District Attorney’s Office to combat the opioid drug epidemic by funding a drug court.
