News from August 2018
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service has issued a decision regarding the future of the Sheriff’s House at First State National Historical Park and concluding the park’s environmental assessment (EA) planning process. The decision document, known as a Finding of No Significant Impact, or “FONSI," describes the alternatives...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Defendant had four prior removals for illegally entering the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Dear Acting Inspector General Kelly: We write today to request that the Office of the Inspector General conduct an audit of expenses incurred by the Secret Service in relation to President Trump’s visit to the Trump Turnberry, a luxury golf resort in Scotland, from July 14-15, 2018. During his stay...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: America's national parks contain many cherished treasures. Among them are captivating natural sounds and awe-inspiring night skies. Seeing the Milky Way or a particular constellation can be inspirational for park visitors. In Rocky Mountain National Park, as in other parks, natural darkness of starry skies is an important resource of this special place. Rocky Mountain National Park invites you to celebrate darkness!.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a federal jury found a Breaux Bridge man guilty of conspiring with three Lafayette residents to sell heroin.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
Release: Washington D.C., Aug. 1, 2018 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is reminding citizens that August is Tree Check Month. This is the best time of year to check your trees for signs of the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) - a destructive invasive pest ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Clarksburg men were sentenced today for their roles in a drug distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - On July 30, 2018, Omar Heriberto Robles-Hernandez, 24, of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven Paul Logan to 48 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Robles-Hernandez had previously pleaded guilty to one count of transportation of illegal aliens resulting in death.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the National Park Service is releasing a Contaminated Mine Drainage Mitigation and Treatment; Programmatic and Site Specific Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for review and comment. The purpose of this project is to address contaminated...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ANTHONY WHITLEY, 35, of Hartford and New London, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine and 28 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack").
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury has convicted Mark Ian Gaver, age 56, of Bonita Springs, Florida and previously of Middletown, Maryland of eight counts of bank fraud and two counts of money laundering arising from a scheme in which he obtained over $49 million in bank financing for his company Gaver...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Tammy Wilder, age 47, formerly of Barre, Vermont was sentenced on July 30, 2018, on a charge of conspiracy to commit robbery stemming from the fatal arson that occurred in Northfield, Vermont in December 2015. She was also...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that James H. Short, Jr., age 53, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the former Director of Marketing and Merchandising for the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PA-LCB) was sentenced on July 31, 2018...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated that Jwain Dennis Francis, a/k/a “Love," age 28, of West Columbia, was sentenced in federal court to a total of 168 months imprisonment with 3 years of supervised release to follow. Earlier this year, Francis plead guilty to...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has temporarily closed public lands on the west side of Eagle Lake in Lassen County, including the North Eagle Lake Campground, Rocky Point camping area and Buck Point, for public safety due to the dangers from the Whaleback Fire. The temporary closure also includes lands bounded by Cleghorn Road on the north, state Route 139, County Road A-1 on the east and south, and the Lassen National Forest boundary on the west.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Timothy Daniel Davis, 61, of Winter Harbor, Maine, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO-The Justice Department announced today that Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and several of its affiliates (Wells Fargo) will pay a civil penalty of $2.09 billion under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) based on the bank’s alleged origination and sale...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Ronald L. Wheeler III, a/k/a Trappy, has been sentenced for conspiracy to commit access device fraud while working as a public relations specialist for the Dark Web Marketplace AlphaBay.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Arongkron “Paul" Malasukum, 42, a resident of Woodside, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III, in Sherman, Texas, to nine months in prison to be followed by one year of supervised release for illegally trafficking parts from endangered African lions and tigers.
