News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), sent a letter to President Donald Trump, demanding answers regarding statements he made during a 2017 joint session of Congress that ultimately supported Trump’s decision to issue the first Muslim travel ban.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: PUT-IN-BAY, OHIO - Visitors can enjoy an old fashioned summer Put-in-Bay tradition on Friday, Aug. 10, at Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial when the 71st annual Barbershop Singers Concert takes place at 7 pm on the back porch of the Visitor Center. “We all look forward to this event each summer," said Superintendent Barbara Fearon, “and the park is proud to be part of the history of the barbershop singers.".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Richard Wolfe, 60, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that yesterday in federal court Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced KEEDRON JAMELL KEARNEY, 20, of Wilson, NC to serve 45 months in prison and 3 years of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - John Lamont Winn, 53, of Vallejo, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to two years and nine months in prison for passing counterfeit $100 bills, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating a federal law pertaining to government employees, United States Attorney Scott w. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Legends, Lives, and Stone: Fredericksburg in Stories and Granite.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Jamaican man pleaded guilty today to his role in a cocaine conspiracy involving the distribution and possession of 15 kilograms of cocaine on behalf of a Panamanian drug trafficking organization (DTO).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced that fourteen tribes were selected to receive $1.9 million for technical assistance through the Native American Affairs Technical Assistance to Tribes Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On Aug. 1, 2018, following a three-day trial, a jury found Antoinne Lee Washington, 33, guilty of one count of sex trafficking of an adult by force, fraud, or coercion, and one count of transportation for prostitution. Sentencing has been scheduled for December 5, 2018, at 9:00 a.m., before United States District Court Judge Stephanie Rose.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Devils Tower, WY -. All climbing routes at Devils Tower National Monument have been reopened after Peregrine Falcon chicks successfully fledged from their nests on the Tower. Forty-seven climbing routes on the northeast face of the Tower had been closed. “Young Peregrine Falcons were observed hunting...
By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Dear Mr. President: We appreciate the Administration’s commitment to implementing the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (“the Global Magnitsky Act"). P.L. 114-328, section 1263 (d) of the Global Magnitsky Act requires the submission of reports to Congress with relevant updates to the...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: GRANGEVILLE, ID - With the threat of wildfire danger increasing rapidly throughout many parts of north central Idaho, local land management agencies will implement Stage 1 Fire Restrictions in the Grangeville Fire Restrictions Area, Riverbreaks Zone 1 and Hells Canyon National Recreation Area beginning at 12:01 a.m.on Aug. 3, 2018. Stage 1 Fire Restrictions will remain in effect until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 20-year-old Athens, Texas, man has been sentenced to federal prison for the unlawful possession of ricin in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Charged with Producing Sexually Explicit Depictions of Child.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Defendant also Possessed other Images of Child Sex Abuse.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: TAOS, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management Taos Field Office invites the public to attend a presentation about the unique geology of the Rio Grande. Dr. Paul Bauer, the former associate director of the New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources at New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, will...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: George Washington Birthplace National Monument will celebrate the American Indian heritage of our nation with a day of activities on Saturday, October 6, 2018 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management High Plains District Office is releasing the Wright Area Coal Leasing 10th Circuit Court Remand Draft Environmental Assessment for a 30-day public comment period. The BLM values input from stakeholders and the communities we serve, and we will consider input we receive during this comment period as we finalize the EA.
