News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Guilty verdict was handed down by a jury in U.S. District Court in Denver following a 3-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced yesterday to eight years in prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will publish in tomorrow’s Federal Register three Susan Harwood Training Grants funding opportunity announcements for Targeted Topic Training Grants, Training and Educational Materials Development Grants, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Elmer Daniel Iglesias Lucatero, 23, of Yuba City, charging him with distribution of methamphetamine and heroin, and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and heroin, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was charged today in federal court in Boston with illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: On July 18, 2018, two Randolph County residents were indicted for a methamphetamine offense, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Steven D. Weinhoeft announced today. Lewis D. Higgins, 54, and David Bereitschaft, 39, both of Tilden, were charged in a one-count indictment charging...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018 marks the annual return of military re-enactors (and an English influence) to George Washington Birthplace National Monument. The site will be hosting an encampment and firing demonstration by His Majesty’s Marines and the 5th Battalion, Cumberland County Militia. The encampment will take place from 10-4 and musket firing demonstrations will be conducted at 11:30 1:30 and 3:00.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Twelve Men, Five Women, and Two Pawn Shops Sentenced for Lacey Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act Violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Amod Phillips, age 28, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on July 31, 2018, by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to serve seven years’ imprisonment for the armed robbery of the EFuel gas station located on Pittston Avenue in Scranton.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Stantisha D. Kemp, an accounting manager who embezzled over $1.2 million dollars from her employer over a six-year period has been sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Ochopee - On Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at midnight, the annual 60-day recreational off-road vehicle (ORV) closure will end. Any units that allow recreational ORV access within the preserve will now be opened. The Recreational Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan requires a seasonal 60-day period to allow resources a time free from any pressures related to ORV use. The closure within Big Cypress National Preserve was first implemented in 2002.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Travis Jonathon Card, 38, of Westbrook, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to interfering and attempting to interfere with commerce by robbery. The charges arose from an investigation into eleven armed and attempted armed robberies in the greater Portland area in March and April, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Doyle Sapp Named Superintendent of Richmond National Battlefield Park and Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - A jury today voted to convict Emmanuel Philippe, age 23, of Brooklyn, New York, and Leominster, Massachusetts, of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon, and possessing and intending to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - On Aug. 1, 2018, Jason Allen Martinez, 37, of Parker, Ariz., and a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 77 months in prison, followed by a term of three years of supervised release. Martinez had previously pleaded guilty to assault...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: STONEWALL, TX - The National Park Service is temporarily closing the Texas White House and the adjacent Pool House until further notice due to health and safety concerns arising from structural issues. Both facilities are located within Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass-Join rangers for August’s celestial spectacle-the Perseid meteor shower. On Sunday, August 12 from 9 to 10:30 pm at Marconi Beach in Wellfleet, national seashore rangers will host a Perseid Star Party to observe the night sky.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that today two residents of Madison, Wisconsin were charged with gun crimes in indictments returned by a federal grand jury sitting in Madison. The indictments are not related.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., this week asked the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Acting Director Andrea Gacki whether OFAC is looking into possible relationships between US arms manufacturers and Russian arms manufactures with ties to sanctioned...
