News from August 2018

By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: HEBER CITY, Utah - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Upper Colorado Region will host its 22nd annual Catch a Special Thrill for Kids event at Strawberry Reservoir, Soldier Creek Recreation Area, on Saturday, Aug. 11, from 6:30 am to 1:30 pm.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Brendan R. Eiler, 33 years old, of Mishawaka, IN, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading guilty of Receipt of Child Pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.

By Homeland Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered a loaded firearm early this morning at the security screening checkpoint at Des Moines International Airport (DSM). This is the 10th firearm discovered at the DSM checkpoint so far this calendar year, compared to six for all of 2017.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Boyd Williamson, of Middlebourne, West Virginia, has admitted to his involvement in methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin distribution that spanned multiple states, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Donville Inniss Allegedly Laundered Bribes through a Long Island Company.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: For Receipt of Child Pornography. SOUTH BEND - Brendan R. Eiler, 33 years old, of Mishawaka, IN, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading guilty of Receipt of Child Pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. The Court imposed a sentence of 68 months imprisonment...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - Jarvis Hardy, 29, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty this week to multiple charges that led to the shooting of a DEA task force officer. Hardy is charged with conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 280 grams or more of a mixture/substance containing a detectable...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARCUS GARY, 35, of Hartford, formerly of South Windsor, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
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 DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: On July 25, the Butler Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) in Butler County, Ohio, notified LM that they named the Fernald Preserve “Conservation Educator of the Year." The award recognizes the Fernald site’s accomplishments in the areas of environmental remediation, natural resources conservation, and environmental education. LM will receive the award at the SWCD’s annual meeting on August 28.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Raymond Clark, 41, of East Amherst, NY, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering, before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: TALKEETNA, Alaska - A search and rescue crew from the National Park Service has reached the sight of a flightseeing plane that crashed over the weekend and has confirmed four of the passengers are deceased and the fifth is unaccounted for and presumed dead.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Grenada Lake Medical Center to Pay More Than $1.1 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Involving Medically Unnecessary Psychotherapy Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ALEX SAUNDERS age 26, a resident of Jamaica and student athlete at Southern University in New Orleans, was charged on Aug. 3, 2018, in a one-count Bill of Information with Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: MEDFORD, OR - The Bureau of Land Management’s Medford District and Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest are increasing campfire restrictions on those lands located within the boundaries of the Wild section of the Rogue National Wild and Scenic River. The Wild section flows from Grave Creek to the mouth...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing firearms following a high-speed police chase that ended when he drove through a back yard and crashed into a residence.

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: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Williamsburg man was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for his leadership role in the 2009 murder of Louis Joseph Jr., in Newport News.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: To celebrate the 102nd birthday of the National Park Service and the 72nd birthday of President William Jefferson Clinton the national historic site will welcome three jazz music groups to Hope, AR.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: National Park Service Announces Revised Schedule for Removal of Displaced Vessels from Hurricane Hole, Leinster Bay, and Hassel Island.