News from August 2018
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: “We think everyone will notice this major improvement to lighting the monument," said Mike.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Mark White, 28, of Searsmont, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to providing false information during the purchase of two firearms.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management in Grand Junction, Colorado, has installed an exhibit at Grand Junction City Hall. The exhibit of historical photographs marks the 75th anniversary of the office’s role in the Manhattan Project to develop an atomic bomb and the subsequent Cold War.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Vincent Logan Baugh, age 28, of Grove Hill, Alabama was sentenced today after earlier pleading guilty to two counts charging violations of 18 USC Section 2252A(a)(2), Receipt of Child Pornography, two counts charging violations of 18 USC Section 2251(a), Production of Child Pornography, and one count charging 18 USC 2252A, Possession of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, who previously admitted to attempting to entice minors to permit him to engage in illicit sexual conduct, has been sentenced to 150 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Chicago woman was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for her role in a fraudulent airplane loan scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: (San Diego, California) The National Park Service is inviting the public to comment on the Draft Accessibility Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan for Cabrillo National Monument. This plan addresses improvements to accessibility to this national park which hosts more than 1 million visitors a year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Deon Terrell Culberson, 39, of Wichita, Kan., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - An Henrico man was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for conspiracy to make a false statement to acquire firearms, aiding and abetting another in making a false statement to acquire firearms, and using the mail to traffic marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: A woman who sold at least five pounds of ice methamphetamine pled guilty August 9, 2018, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney’s Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative targets the most violent offenders while collaborating with community members, business leaders and faith-based groups.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, Calif. - A Walnut man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge of conspiring to export U.S.-origin tactical gear to Syria, in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and Syria Sanctions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A Madison man known on the internet’s dark markets as OlympusXans, or OX, pled guilty today in federal court to conspiracy to traffic drugs, including fentanyl, and to possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and U.S. Postal Inspection Service Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: POLAND, La., Aug. 14, 2018 - Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett visited the state today to announce that USDA is investing more than $124 million (PDF, 155.4 KB) to help rebuild and improve rural water infrastructure in 23 states. Five projects in Louisiana are receiving funding.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: The fire danger rating for Grand Teton National Park, Bridger-Teton National Forest and Teton Interagency Dispatch Area has increased to very high. Conditions in the area are drying quickly and a fire may start easily, spread quickly and burn intensely. There are no fire restrictions at this time, but everyone is asked to practice heightened fire safety at all times.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: Evidence Indicated He Was Also Trafficking Firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Saudia Shuler, 44, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged today by indictment with six counts of wire fraud, one count of theft of government funds, and two counts of social security fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today Dr. David Blasczak, 69, of Newark, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to three counts of receiving child pornography. The charges carry a combined maximum penalty of 60 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the dismissal of a federal lawsuit against the Trump Administration for withholding documents that Oversight Committee Members have been seeking for more than a year relating to the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C.:
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Tynisha Martin Kadiri, age 40, of Baltimore, Maryland, on Aug. 13, 2018, to four years in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for assisting in the filing of false income tax returns and for failing to file corporate tax returns. Judge Bredar also ordered Kadiri to pay restitution of $90,895. A federal jury convicted Kadiri on April 16, 2018.
