News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Wilfredo Reyes, 60, of Portland, was sentenced today to three years’ probation including eight months of home detention for falsely reporting a suspicious package on a TriMet MAX train.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released final environmental documents on South Tahoe Public Utilities District's Pressure Reducing Valve Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Upgrades Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced AUGUST NETTLES, a 21-year-old resident of Baton Rouge, to 42 months in federal prison following his conviction of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. That sentence is to run consecutively...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Milton, Sr., 42, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of production of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 262 months in prison and 10 years supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND- David L. Adams, 62, of Lafayette, Indiana, was sentenced before District Court Judge James T. Moody on his plea to possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
Release: NEWARK, N.J. - When a family of five passed through the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport, it was more than just another busy summer day in Terminal B.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: Albuquerque, N.M. - Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is closed due to severe weather damage to the access road, trails and facilities. The Monument will be closed until further notice while road maintenance and reconstruction of trail segments take place. For other hiking opportunities in the area, please contact BLM Outdoor Recreation Planner Jamie Garcia at 505-761-8787.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: Amarillo, Texas - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Federal Helium Program is planning an auction and sale of federally owned crude helium for delivery beginning in fiscal year 2019. The acution and sale had been previously postponed, but will now take place on Aug. 31, 2018. After the auction...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that two Mission, South Dakota, men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, and Using and Carrying a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the selection of 28 projects totaling $38 million to support early-stage research and development of innovative hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. The Secretary is in Golden, Colorado touring the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to 52 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: Four Energy and Commerce Democrats sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today demanding to know when he and his staff learned that the Commission had provided inaccurate information about why its comment system went down during the net neutrality repeal public comment...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the results of the August 2018 Federal Grand Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced that Cory Ray Christie, age 38, of Guyton, Georgia, was sentenced yesterday in federal court for bank robbery. On Aug. 23, 2017, Christie pleaded guilty to bank robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: CAREY, Idaho -The BLM Shoshone Field Office is lifting the emergency closure on public lands in and around the Sharps fire area in Blaine County on Aug. 15. However, Upper Quigley Canyon and Cove Creek Roads will remain temporarily closed.
By State Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
Release: More information about Palau is available on the Palau country page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
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 DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Monday, Devone Johnson, 32, and Anthony Thomas, 26, pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing firearms, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Gerard Jones was sentenced today to 72 months in prison for distributing and possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Spradlin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Vince Chhabria, U.S. District Judge.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called on the federal government to improve the quality measures for adequate staffing that American seniors and their families use when selecting a nursing home.
