News published on Federal Newswire in August 2018

News from August 2018


Bleckley County Man Sentenced To Thirty Months Imprisonment For Making Threats Against Two United States Senators

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.


News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TREVOIR JACKSON, age 38, a resident of Jefferson, Louisiana, was sentenced today to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).


News Release: Western WY -The fire danger rating for Grand Teton National Park, Bridger-Teton National Forest and the rest of the Teton Interagency Dispatch Area has decreased to high. Recent rain and cooler temperatures across the area have lowered the fire danger; however significant moisture is still needed to reduce the potential for new fire starts and to prevent those starts from becoming larger fires.


News Release: SALT LAKE CITY-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public nominations for fifteen positions on the Monument Advisory Committee (MAC) for the Bears Ears National Monument. The BLM published a notice in the Federal Register that it will consider nominations through October 1.


Rapid City Man Indicted for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.


News Release: Albuquerque Man Wanted for Bank Robbery is Arrested.


Three felons sentenced for federal firearms violations in Northeast Louisiana

News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. sentenced three felons Wednesday on various firearms related charges who were prosecuted under the Project Safe Neighborhood program.


Johnson, McCaskill Press Commerce for Tariff Exclusion Information

News Release: Dear Secretary Ross: The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is continuing to conduct oversight of this Administration’s trade policies, and the steel and aluminum tariff exclusion process. On August 9, 2018, Chairman Johnson wrote to you requesting information regarding the process...


News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Rudolph Carryl, 67, of Oyster Bay, N.Y., has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. The federal indictment was filed under seal on Aug. 22, 2018, and was unsealed yesterday after Carryl’s initial appearance in federal court in New York, following his arrest at a halfway house in Brooklyn, N.Y.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.


MS-13 Leader Sentenced to 212 Months in Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy

News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 leader was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for racketeering conspiracy.


Two Men Charged in Separate Incidents of Sexual Assault Aboard Aircraft Destined for Sea-Tac Airport.

News Release: Arrests made as FBI Highlights Campaign to Educate Public about Need to Report Sexual Assault Aboard Aircraft.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOEL CRUZ, 35, of Meriden, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.


Federal Grand Jury Indicts Separate Fraud Conspiracies Targeting Sam’s Clubs

News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted two Tampa men and a Georgia trio in similar fraud conspiracies targeting Sam’s Club membership stores, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Michael Williams.


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is releasing the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that analyzes an application for oil and gas development at the proposed Greater Mooses Tooth 2 (GMT2) production pad in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). The application for a permit to drill was submitted by ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. (ConocoPhillips) in August 2015.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Stamatios “Tom" Kousisis, 60, of Downingtown, PA, and his employer Alpha Paining and Construction, Inc., were found guilty today by a jury of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, three counts of wire fraud, and ten counts of making...


Stage One Fire Restrictions to be lifted in eastern Idaho

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management Idaho Falls District, Idaho Department of Lands and the Caribou-Targhee National Forest are lifting Stage One Fire Restrictions effective Friday, Aug. 31, 2018 at 12:01 a.m.This affects BLM-managed public lands, IDL lands and Caribou-Targhee NF lands in nine eastern Idaho counties.


News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Carl Jack Hall, 51, of Asheville, N.C. was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger to 108 months in prison on charges of possession and receipt of child pornography, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, Judge Reidinger ordered Hall to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.


Los Lunas Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charge

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - David Villegas, 29, of Los Lunas, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge.


Thirteen people indicted for immigration-related offenses following detention near Salem

News Release: Thirteen people detained on June 19 in the Salem area were indicted for immigration-related offenses.