News from September 2017
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Homestead, Fla. - The National Park Service (NPS) Eastern Incident Management Team currently has 344 laborers, saw teams, arborists, heavy equipment operators and other employees on the ground in South Florida, along the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean clearing debris and working to safely reopen...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. - Native American culture is a major part of Montana history, present day, and future. Their close connection to the environment is still an important part of the culture of Montana tribes. Pompeys Pillar National Monument will host a presentation by Tim Ryan, a tribal member of the Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, on the tribes of Montana and their relationship to the environment around them on Tuesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: MISSOULA - Domenick James Howard, 29, formerly of Helena, Montana, was sentenced today in federal court for possession of child pornography. On May 31, 2017, Howard entered a plea of guilty to the charge. U.S. District Court Senior Judge Charles C. Lovell sentenced Howard to 120 months in prison. Following...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Ranson, West Virginia man was sentenced today to 37 months incarceration for illegal possession of a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - An Inwood, West Virginia woman pled guilty today to a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Charles Wright, 37, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 48 months incarceration for heroin distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting U.S. Attorney Corey Amundson made the following statement concerning today's arrest of Kenneth Gleason on two charges of first-degree murder by the Baton Rouge Police Department: "My office, together with the ATF and the FBI, will continue to support the outstanding state and local law enforcement efforts in this important matter. My thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of the victims.".
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Leonard E. Megee, 65, was sentenced in federal court Thursday in Omaha, Nebraska, for possessing child pornography. The Honorable John M. Gerrard sentenced Megee to 50 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Megee will begin a five-year term of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Cedar Rapids, Iowa. - Peter E. Deegan, Jr. has taken the oath of office today to become the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa. Mr. Deegan was nominated by President Donald Trump on July 19, 2017, and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on Sept. 14, 2017. He took the oath of office from United States District Judge Linda R. Reade.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Manassas man with five counts of production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Carlos Laboy, 45, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, was sentenced to 180 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A, Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Virginia Man Indicted for Production of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: GREENVILLE - John Stuart Bruce, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that on Sept. 20, 2017 in federal court, MITTESH DAS, a 48-year-old male resident of Atlanta, Georgia, was convicted following a three-day trial before Senior United States District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Noel Carter, of Bakersfield, was arrested today for conspiring with Bakersfield Police Department officers Damacio Diaz and Patrick Mara to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana that Diaz and Mara seized in the course of their duties as police officers. Carter is scheduled to be arraigned today in Fresno at 2:00 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - Bureau of Land Management Law Enforcement Rangers from Nevada are currently deployed to San Juan, Puerto Rico and are assisting with relief and search and rescue efforts in the wake of the strongest hurricane to hit the Caribbean Island and U.S. territory in nearly a century.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
Release: LATROBE, Pa. - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began implementing new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (LBE) this week. The new procedures, which were announced...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: In an ongoing effort to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics studies and careers, the Office of Legacy Management (LM) launched a Speakers Bureau with the intent of offering scientific presentations to colleges and universities in areas of LM activity. LM maintains a growing list...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Taylor T. Sullivan, 20, of Elmira, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement regarding reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will finally release Administrator Scott Pruitt's schedule to the public. The decision ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Telia Company AB and Its Uzbek Subsidiary Enter Into a Global Foreign Bribery Resolution of More Than $965 Million for Corrupt Payments in Uzbekistan.
