News from August 2018
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: Tragic events at the Boston Marathon, African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, and Pulse nightclub in Orlando remind us that ideologically motivated violent extremists pose a persistent threat to Americans of all backgrounds. Our first defense against attacks is grounded in our understanding and response to terrorism within our country. While the ideologies that support acts of targeted violence are diverse, so too are our responses and prevention activities.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The annual Acadia National Park Science Symposium will be held on Saturday, Oct. 20, 8:45 a.m-4:30 p.m. at College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine. This symposium brings together researchers, educators, students, resource managers, and members of the public for presentations and discussions of current scientific research in and near Acadia National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Richard Plummer (37, Tampa) to 10 years in federal prison for attempted enticement of a minor. Plummer was also ordered to serve 25 years of supervised release and must register as a sex offender. He pleaded guilty on May 25, 2018.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: SUMNER, Texas - As part of an ongoing criminal investigation, special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed criminal search warrants at a North Texas business. HSI also arrested 160 company employees on federal immigration violations who were unlawfully working in the United States at the trailer-manufacturing business.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: Defendants’ Crimes Included Setting Fire to a Sheepshead Bay Building Where a Rival Gambling Parlor Operated on the Ground Floor, Trapping Residents on the Floors Above.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - On Sept. 28, the Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District will auction (through an oral competitive bid) up to 5 grazing units, ranging in use from 21 to 36 months, on the McGregor Range on the west side of Otero Mesa. Prior to the auction, on Sept. 21, the BLM will conduct a pre-bid, bidder’s tour of the grazing units.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, along with the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe will host a National Public Lands Day (NPLD) event on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. At this event volunteers will collect seeds from native plants and the seeds collected will be available for restoration of burned areas on public and tribal lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Eric Malmstrom, 40, of Vinalhaven, Maine, was convicted yesterday following a one-day jury trial in U.S. District Court of transmitting threatening interstate communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: Benjamin G. Greenberg, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Robert F. Lasky, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced today the arrest of Michael Mora, 35, of Miami, Florida, on a criminal complaint charging him with making hoax bomb threats, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 844(e). Mora had his initial appearance today in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin G. Torres.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A physician who has practiced in Houston for more than 30 years has entered a guilty plea to tax evasion, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 21-year-old man from Roma has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for aiding and abetting the making of false statements or representations with regards to firearms records, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Alexis Lopez pleaded guilty May 15, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: By September 4, work will begin on a small gravel “hikers" parking lot near the park’s administrative offices. Work will occur on weekdays and occasional Saturdays and be completed in October, in time for the fall hiking season.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Henry Lee Adams today sentenced Maurice Sanders (27, Jacksonville) to six years and one day in federal prison for possessing with the intent to sell crack cocaine and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Sanders had pleaded guilty on May 18, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Dashawn Anthony Starnes, 27, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 204 months in prison for four charges related to armed bank robbery.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM and the Savannah River Site (SRS) management and operations contractor are using new engineering approaches to improve operations, increase efficiency, and make the site safer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A North Attleboro man has been charged in connection with a “lie-and-buy" firearms scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Henry L. Adams today sentenced Darrick “Block" Stafford (41, Jacksonville) to six years in federal prison for selling crack cocaine and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Stafford had pleaded guilty on May 30, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Andrew Waite, 29, of Turner, Maine, was charged by indictment in U.S. District Court with illegal possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, illegal possession of a silencer without a serial number that was not registered to him, and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: The total loss for SS is $728,062.40; One Defendant Charged with Defrauding FEMA for Hurricane Maria Relief.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - James Bailey, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has admitted to drug distribution and firearm charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
