News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - United States Attorney Erin Nealy Cox announced today the appointment of Renee Hunter and Gregory Martin as Assistant United States Attorneys. Both were sworn in today before Chief Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, Byung J. “BJay" Pak has announced the appointment of eight new Assistant U.S. Attorneys to support our mission to enforce the law and defend the interests of the citizens we serve in this district.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Join Fort Pulaski and other area cultural organizations and historic sites in honoring our community’s African American history, in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) for Lift Every Voice: Savannah’s African American...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ-The FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force and the Glendale Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance to help identify a man suspected of robbing Desert Financial Credit Union at 5690 West Thunderbird Road in Glendale, Arizona, at around 12:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, 2018.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: EL PASO, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited El Paso Underground Construction for failing to protect its employees from trench collapse hazards. The pipe-laying company faces proposed penalties of $190,642.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Albany, California, have found a way to streamline the process that scientists use to insert multiple genes into a crop plant, developing a reliable method that will make it easier to breed a variety of crops with vastly improved traits.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: A Dubuque man who trafficked pounds of ice methamphetamine pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Samuel Oliver Taylor, III, age 41, of Dubuque, Iowa, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to sex trafficking a minor and illegal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Koren Jones a/k/a “Kuron Jones," 25, of Philadelphia, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert F. Kelly to 35 years’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. Jones pleaded guilty earlier this year to committing two armed robberies, one attempted armed robbery, and related firearms offenses-all over the course of a two day violent crime spree in November 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Richard Butler III, age 36, of Landover, Maryland today to 243 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of an explosive; malicious use of explosive materials; and transportation of explosive materials with intent to kill, injure, or intimidate, in connection with the attempted firebombing of his girlfriend’s apartment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that John Thomas Oiler, age 49, of Flowery Branch, Georgia, was charged in a criminal information on Aug. 3, 2018, with conspiring to launder stolen drug proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - Steven Paul Burch (43, Cape Coral) has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute heroin. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. In his plea agreement, Burch has agreed to forfeit his license to practice law, which was used to facilitate the offense. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Jack Benny Hales, 30, of Laurel, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden, Jr. to 157 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Jere T. Miles, Special Agent in Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Office of Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans. Hales was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Officials from the City of Port Angeles and the Department of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service, have reached agreement on the transfer of the Elwha Water Facilities. The agreement was signed last week by Port Angeles Mayor Sissi Bruch and by National Park Service Deputy Director P. Daniel Smith on Monday.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Much of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park has been closed nearly three months due to hazards caused by frequent earthquakes triggered by collapse events at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: OAKLAND - 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 Agent ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANDRE REED, 26, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin to a Danbury overdose victim.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) released the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance on new treatments for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Pipestone National Monument to Host Perseid Meteor Shower Event.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Based on visitor feedback, Yellowstone National Park (Park) implemented a pilot program during the 2016-2017 winter season for the purpose of encouraging concessioners to provide daily, reasonably-priced, one-way oversnow transportation to and from the West Entrance and Old Faithful, and to and from...
