News from August 2018
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - Recreation sites along Clear Creek and in the Cloverdale area south of Redding have been re-opened to the public, as dangers from the Carr Fire have passed.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: Convicted in 2003, Defendant Returned to Tax Fraud following Prison Term.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: Luray, Virginia: Shenandoah National Park is pleased to announce the selection of Elizabeth (Betsy) Popp as the August Artist-in-Residence. Betsy is a painter who works in a variety of mediums including oil, pencil, pastel and acrylic. Her subject matter revolves around nature and landscapes as well...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: Defendant Repeatedly Sold Crack Cocaine to Undercover Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: Jackson, TN - Following a jury trial in federal court, Michael Jay Harris, 46, of McNairy County, Tenn. was convicted of possessing 98 grams of actual methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the conviction today.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Kentucky man was sentenced Thursday to the maximum sentence of 30 years in federal prison for producing and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment against John Terry Chatman, Jr., 34, of Tulsa, charging him with Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition, Obstruction of Justice by Attempting to Kill a Witness, and Carrying, Using, and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
Release: PITTSBURGH - A Washington County, Pennsylvania, man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) Aug. 9 when they detected a loaded handgun in the man’s carry-on bag.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: MOOSE, WY-The Hidden Falls Viewing Area and Lower Inspiration Point on the west shore of Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park have reopened. The area was closed on July 10 out of an abundance of caution and concern that a rock buttress could come loose and fall onto the area. Park staff completed a risk assessment and determined that a smaller closure area is appropriate.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Anthony M. DeRose, age 24, a/k/a “Gus," of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for possessing and intending to sell less than 2 grams of furanyl fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - The seven men involved in the July 2017 armed robbery of First Community Credit Union in Katy have been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. A jury deliberated for approximately two hours following a four-day trial before convicting Walter Freeman Jordan aka “Wacko," 31, and Johnathon Nico Wise, 27, both of Houston, on Jan. 25, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: Defendant Was Arrested Twice Possessing a Loaded Firearm and Packaged Narcotics.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA PLAYED MAJOR ROLE IN AMERICA’S NEWEST INTERSTATE.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Daniel Cardenas (37, Tampa) to 18 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has indicted a former Chicago man for allegedly attempting to join the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Hiteshkumar Patel, age 52, a resident of South Abington Township, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on August 9, 2018, by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to serve 234 months in prison on the charges of conspiracy and aggravated identity theft.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: Katmai National Park & Preserve, Brooks Camp, Alaska - On August 9, 2018 at approximately 6:50 p.m., two Alaska residents and one out of state visitor entered the closed area below Brooks Falls approaching multiple bears that were actively feeding on a concentrated food source.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today the conviction of a defendant charged in connection with an Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation targeting a drug trafficking network based in Baton Rouge and operating in Louisiana, Arkansas...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, Sept. 1, and on Sunday, Sept. 2, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will host a special living history encampment with the 16th Alabama at Point Park, on Lookout Mountain. Programs are scheduled at10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, and 3:30 pm on Saturday, and at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, and 2:30 pm on Sunday. Admission to Point Park is $7 per adult, ages 16 and over. Youth, ages 15 and under, are free.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: Fire fighters successfully completed a full containment line on the Moccasin Mesa Fire on Thursday, August 9. This lightning caused fire began Saturday, August 4, 2018, and quickly grew to 185 acres, as it burned through pinon and juniper fuels. Air resources played a key role in fire fighting efforts...
