News from August 2018
By DOT News Wire | Aug 30, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Aug. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 30, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Aug. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Aug 30, 2018
The US State Department published a two page rule on Aug. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of ROSA MARGARITA MALDONADO to two years and one day in prison for filing a false claim for tax refund and aggravated identity theft. MALDONADO pleaded guilty on April 19, 2018, and was sentenced today before Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: GRANGEVILLE, ID - Land management agencies in north-central Idaho will lift Stage 1 Fire Restrictions in the Grangeville Fire Restrictions Area - Riverbreaks Zone 1 and the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area effective at one minute after midnight (12:01 a.m.) on Friday, August 31.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Eight people, including five connected to a violent Louisville street gang have pleaded guilty to federal charges brought as part of investigations by the Louisville Metro Intelligence Task Force (LMINTEL): an LMPD intelligence-led task force which identifies serious, violent offenders and leverages all available resources to investigate, apprehend and prosecute these offenders, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management’s Southern Nevada District has concluded an emergency wild horse gather on the Nevada Wild Horse Range in Nye County. The BLM gathered and removed 801 excess wild horses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Arrests made as FBI Highlights Campaign to Educate Public about Need to Report Sexual Assault Aboard Aircraft.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: MILLS, Wyoming -- The Wyoming Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation in Mills, Wyoming, will be lowering the water level in Guernsey Reservoir as the 2018 irrigation season draws to a close.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: For Distribution of Cocaine. SOUTH BEND - Fabian Garcia, age 30, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine along with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management announced today it will hold a meeting of the Boise Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The public is welcome to attend the meeting, which will occur on Sept. 13, 2018, at 3948 Development Ave., Boise, ID, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: JACKSON, MS-The FBI’s Pascagoula Safe Streets Task Force has recovered 833.05 grams of fentanyl powder and 99 pharmaceutical dosage units improperly marked oxycodone, but contained fentanyl, acetaminophen (commonly known as Tylenol), and metamizole (a painkiller) according to lab results. The narcotics were recovered in Moss Point, Mississippi, during a July 2018 search warrant.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance today released the Fentanyl Safety Recommendations for First Responders’ companion training video Fentanyl: The Real Deal. The video was produced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to help first responders protect themselves when the presence of fentanyl is suspected or encountered on the job.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: FARMINGTON, NM - The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $74.6 million financial assistance agreement with the Navajo Nation for the design and construction of a portion of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. The project will provide a long-term, sustainable water supply to 43 Navajo Chapters; the City of Gallup, New Mexico; and the southwestern portion of the Jicarilla Apache Nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Two Cleveland men were indicted in federal court for using firearms while robbing a Cleveland Heights store and attempting to rob a bank in Richmond Heights last month.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury today found Richard H. Crawford, Jr. (60) guilty of attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Crawford faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Nov. 26, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Joseph C. Callahan, 35, of Belmont, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, provided the following statement on the demonstration taking place at the federal building located at 4310 SW Macadam Avenue in Portland on Aug. 30, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. District Judge Martha Vazquez sentenced Larry Mendoza, a former Revenue Agent of the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department, to 46 months of imprisonment for his conviction on Hobbs Act extortion charges in federal court today in Santa Fe, N.M. Mendoza will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence. Judge Vazquez also ordered Mendoza to pay $43,380 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: MACON: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Jason Kenneth Bell, age 41, of Cochran, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison on two counts of Anonymous Telecommunications Harassment. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Marc T. Treadwell on Aug. 30, 2018.
