News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - One resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of healthcare fraud and possession with the intent to distribute and distribution of opiate painkiller, oxycodone, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: SPOKANE, Wash. - Due to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Spokane District’s commitment to keeping public landscapes healthy and productive, fire restrictions on lands administered by the district and by the Bureau of Reclamation have been modified to prohibit the building, maintaining, attending or using a fire of any type, including charcoal briquette fires.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Lincoln County man pled guilty today to federal drug and gun crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Chad Anthony Wilson, 27, of West Hamlin, entered his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug crime. U.S. Attorney Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Hurricane Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Kenneth Eric Coe, Jr. a/k/a “Junior," age 24, of Darlington, SC, was sentenced in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, for aiding and abetting Robbery of United States Government Property and aiding and abetting...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: On Sept. 22, from 8:00 am until 12:00 pm, Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) and the North Carolina Beach Buggy Association (NCBBA) will host drop-in volunteer beach cleanup efforts to celebrate National Public Lands Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: A three-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Donville Inniss, a former member of the Parliament of Barbados and the Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development of Barbados, with conspiracy to launder money and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: OUTH BEND - Peter Rink, 41 years old, of LaPaz, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after entering a plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and to possessing a shotgun having a barrel of less than 18 inches in length, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Hector Jonathan Hernandez, 26, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to eight years and one month in prison for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - A brushfire that started Sunday morning on Keauhou Ranch crossed Mauna Loa Road into Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park and is moving west. National Park Service (NPS) firefighters and the County of Hawaiʻi are working to control the blaze, now estimated to be around 700 acres.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: For Firearms Violations. SOUTH BEND - Peter Rink, 41 years old, of LaPaz, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after entering a plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and to possessing a shotgun having a barrel of less than 18 inches in length, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Everitt Aaron Jameson, 27, of Modesto, today to 15 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: LOVELAND, Colorado -- The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), in cooperation with the Town of Grand Lake, is seeking public input on a Resource Management Plan (RMP).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gary Loch, 29, of Stockton, and Eugene, Oregon, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to five years in prison for conspiring to traffic firearms without a license, possessing an unregistered automatic weapon, and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: TALKEETNA, Alaska - A temporary flight restriction is in place over part of Denali National Park and Preserve as search and rescue crews continue to look for the sight of a flightseeing that crashed more than 36 hours ago.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - One resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of healthcare fraud and possession with the intent to distribute and distribution of opiate painkiller, oxycodone, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Former Member of Barbados Parliament and Minister of Industry Charged with Laundering Bribes from Barbadian Insurance Company.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Tyler Logan Kranenberg, of Ranson, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, ID - With the threat of wildfire danger increasing rapidly in northern Idaho, local land management agencies will implement Stage 1 Fire Restrictions on all lands within the Coeur d’Alene Dispatch area beginning at 11:59 p.m. on August 9, 2018. Fire restrictions are intended to decrease the chance of any preventable fires in the designated areas.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Murray delivered keynote at Seattle event for Commission focused on ensuring global health security
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Marcos Anthony Hatch was sentenced Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, to 63 months in prison for dealing in firearms and prescription medications without a license and related charges, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Special...
