News from April 2018
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: SHOSHONE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management Shoshone Field Office is issuing a temporary emergency motorized closure on public lands in Blaine County, effective May 1, 2018. The closure affects 5 miles of the Martin Canyon Road and will remain in effect until summer 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Pollock prisoner from Opelousas was sentenced last week to 12 months and one day in prison for possessing an improvised knife.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell today sentenced Armando Lafuente (56, Palm Bay) to 12 months and 1 day in federal prison for theft of government money. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment for $157,471.57, the proceeds of the offense. Lafuente pleaded guilty on Nov. 27, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: A superseding indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn, charging 18th Street gang members and associates Yanki Misael Cruz-Mateo, Yoni Alexander Sierra, Jose Jimenez Chacon and Saudi Levy Ramirez, with the Feb. 2, 2018 murder and murder conspiracy of a member of the rival MS-13 gang. Cruz-Mateo also faces firearms-related charges. The defendants were arraigned this afternoon before United States District Judge LaShaan DeArcy Hall.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - To allow affected employers additional time to become familiar with a new electronic reporting system launched on Aug. 1, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has extended the date by which employers must electronically report injury and illness data through the Injury Tracking Application (ITA) to Dec. 15, 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Slightly more than 1.2 million international students with F (academic) or M (vocational) status study in the United States according to the latest "SEVIS by the Numbers, " a report on international student trends prepared by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Maria Morales Howard has sentenced James Edward Langford, IV (30, Jacksonville) to 33 months in federal prison for manufacturing and possessing counterfeit Federal Reserve notes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno, Nevada, attorney was sentenced today to 25 months in prison for filing false federal income tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman, U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada, and Special Agent in Charge Tara Sullivan for the IRS Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Anthony Shelton, 20, and Cameron Ajiduah, 19, were sentenced today to 20 and 15 years in prison, respectively, for assaulting a man because of the victim’s sexual orientation, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 249, announced the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas, and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ Dallas Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: A convicted felon who discarded a handgun while intoxicated and fleeing from police was sentenced April 26, 2018, to two years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shawn Incornaia, 31, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking activity and possession with intent to distribute heroin, was sentenced to 41 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Report shows visitor spending supports 231 jobs in local economy.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: The United States Coast Guard uses navigational buoys to direct water traffic and to protect vulnerable benthic ecosystems such as seagrass communities and coral reefs in U.S. waters. However, most buoys are currently attached to the seafloor by concrete anchors, also called sinkers, and heavy metal...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $19 million to support twelve new cost-shared research projects focused on batteries and vehicle electrification technologies to enable extreme fast charging. Selected research projects are focused on developing electric vehicle systems that can recharge rapidly at high power levels, decreasing typical charge times to 15 minutes or less using a connector or wireless fast charging system.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Joseph Michael Willard, 54, of Missouri, was indicted April 26 for the production and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney William M. McSwain. The indictment alleges that Willard produced and possessed images of minors - including one under age 12 - engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Fredericksburg, Virginia, man today admitted possessing images of child sexual abuse while imprisoned at Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix for a previous offense involving the distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 27 indictments charging 31 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Argentina during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: SANTA FE, NM. - The Bureau of Land Management New Mexico State Office is preparing to conduct a routine audit of its Special Recreation Permit Program for the 2015 through 2017 use seasons. The audit is being conducted through an independent contractor and should be completed by early December 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: In effort to build a Weather-Ready Nation ahead of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, NOAA’s hurricane experts will tour five U.S. Gulf Coast cities from May 7-11 to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for the upcoming hurricane season.
