News from April 2018
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Saguaro National Park May Program Schedule.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A DeKalb, Illinois, man was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for his role in an international drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: HEYBURN, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation is taking steps to address public safety and trespass concerns for the structural remains from Teton Dam. The Teton Dam site is located on the Teton River in Fremont County, three miles northeast of Newdale, Idaho. The dam site has been inoperative since June 5, 1976.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Michael Burns, 34, of Dresden, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 55 months in prison and three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a felon. Burns pleaded guilty to the charge on Nov. 2, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that LUQMAN GOTTI, formerly known as Timothy Pennington, 37, of Manchester, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with receiving and soliciting child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Benjamin J. Varieur, age 33, of Saratoga Springs, New York, was arrested yesterday and charged today with receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Chief District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Shawn Christopher Gorrell, 39, formerly of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and now of Belgrade, Montana, to 64 months in prison on each of the 3 counts of wire fraud a jury found Gorrell committed and 60 months in prison on the 3 tax evasion counts. All prison sentences...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member John Lewis (D-GA), Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA), and Members of the Subcommittee sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requesting Acting Commissioner David Kautter...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: At a recent federal court hearing, a jury convicted a man of assault with a dangerous weapon and assault by strangulation. Matthew Berckmann, age 44, was found guilty of charges that stemmed from an October 2017 incident in Haleakala National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced JORDAN HAMLETT, age 32, to eighteen (18) months in federal prison and two years of supervised release following his conviction for false representation of a social security number. HAMLETT was also ordered to pay $14,794.96 in restitution to the U.S. Department of Education and a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Benjamin J. Varieur, age 33, of Saratoga Springs, New York, was arrested yesterday and charged today with receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Help us combat disaster fraud.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Washington - Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today unveiled a new interactive webpage to identify best practices for building rural prosperity.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Todd McDonald, 39, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) - Are you interested in becoming an emergency wildland firefighter? The application deadline to become a rookie EFF firefighter with BLM Alaska Fire Service will close on May 1. In order to attend the upcoming BLM AFS Rookie Academy in Fairbanks, applicants must have completed the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Carl Hodge, Jr., 37, of Nicholson, Mississippi, was sentenced on April 17, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., to serve 240 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and failure to appear...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Defendants Billed Medicaid for Services Performed by Doctors Who Were Not Enrolled in the Medicaid Program.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) announced $2.4 million in funding for four projects aimed at developing and testing innovative upstream and downstream fish passage solutions for hydropower dams, while reducing construction and operation costs. WPTO is committed...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Over 200 visitors enjoyed a range of programs on Saturday, April 21 and Sunday, April 22. Junior rangers and their families learned about the importance of Leave No Trace ethics through fun, interactive activities on Saturday.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Cedar City, Utah - In support of the Administration’s priority to sustainably develop our energy and natural resources, the Bureau of Land Management Cedar City Field Office will host a public meeting to answer questions related to the draft environmental assessment for proposed parcels within the Milford...
