News published on Federal Newswire in August 2018

By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - Colleen Dulin has been chosen as the Carson City District, Bureau of Land Management District Manager. She has been acting in this position since January and was previously the Associate District Manager for the Carson City BLM. Prior to this Colleen was the Assistant Field Manager...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: COLUMBUS: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that on August 7, 2018, Andre Hendricks, aged 39, of Woodland, Georgia, was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment for Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon before Chief United States District Judge Clay D. Land in Columbus.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: LOS ANGELES - Capping a three-year investigation by the Los Angeles Strike Force, authorities this morning arrested 20 defendants named in a series of indictments that allege the smuggling of large quantities of narcotics from Mexico on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: Ocala, Florida - A federal indictment has been unsealed charging Charlie Wayne Harrison, Jr. (32, Leesburg), Trini Thomas, Jr. (34, Wildwood), Allison Nicole Valdez (32, St. Petersburg), James Edward Moss (34, LaGrange, Georgia), Dwayne Edward Moss (32, LaGrange, Georgia), Jasmine Janay Patterson (24, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO -Kevin Mitchell was sentenced to 46 months in prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition after being previously convicted of a felony, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down today by the Honorable Edward M. Chen, United States District Judge.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An inmate at the Jackson County Detention Center was sentenced in federal court today for leading a conspiracy to smuggle contraband cell phones and other items into the jail.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and House Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, to raise concerns and request a briefing on the Religious Liberty Task Force established by the Department of Justice on July 30, 2018.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Frederick Julien Augustine, a/k/a “Cowboy," age 42, of Mullins, South Carolina, entered a mid-trial guilty plea to possession with the intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine, more than 28 grams of crack...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, ODELL LAMECHE OVERBY, 46, of Henderson, North Carolina, was sentenced by United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan to 120 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: BOSTON - Two Lowell-based physicians have agreed to settle with the U.S. Attorney’s Office to resolve allegations of improper dispensing of controlled substances and improper billing.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: Saturday Aug. 25, 2018 is National Park Day and to celebrate Park Rangers of the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site invite you to Paint in the Park.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: Ocala, Florida - A federal indictment has been unsealed charging Charlie Wayne Harrison, Jr. (32, Leesburg), Trini Thomas, Jr. (34, Wildwood), Allison Nicole Valdez (32, St. Petersburg), James Edward Moss (34, LaGrange, Georgia), Dwayne Edward Moss (32, LaGrange, Georgia), Jasmine Janay Patterson (24...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Virginia Beach man with conspiracy, maintaining a drug-involved premises, and possession with intent to distribute heroin.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: YUMA, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Yuma Field Office invites public participation in the review of the Imperial Hills Travel Management Plan (TMP) and environmental assessment. The Imperial Hills TMP area boundaries are from Hidden Shores RV Park on the south, the community of Martinez...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: PHOENIX - On Aug. 8, 2018, Ethan Barlow, 27, of Kayenta, Ariz., and a member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 46 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. Barlow had previously pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, DAVID KAREEM TURPIN, 45, of Raleigh, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III to 240 months imprisonment, followed by five years’ supervised release after the term of imprisonment.

By Commerce Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used a laser detection and ranging (LADAR) system to image three-dimensional (3D) objects melting in flames. The method could offer a precise, safe and compact way to measure structures as they collapse in fires.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, DAVID KAREEM TURPIN, 45, of Raleigh, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III to 240 months imprisonment, followed by five years’ supervised release after the term of imprisonment.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - The Keauhou Ranch wildland fire more than doubled overnight and is now 3,205 acres - most of it within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Additional firefighters from the mainland and Hawaiʻi have arrived and are assisting with suppression efforts.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2018

News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - In an effort to balance conservation of Wyoming’s special natural resources and development of its considerable energy potential, the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming released a Notice of Competitive Lease Sale detailing plans to offer 350 parcels for lease in the September 2018 lease...