News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: A former vice president at Center Point Bank & Trust who aided and abetted the obstruction of an FDIC examination pled guilty on Aug. 27, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: RAWLINS, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Rawlins Field Office, in coordination with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is hosting an open house meeting at the BLM Rawlins Field Office to answer questions and take feedback on the draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed expansion of...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jonathan Middlebrooks, 22, Nasir Perez, 20, and Deborah Siegel-Edelman, 22, all of Rochester, NY, who were convicted of aiding and abetting Hobbs Act Robbery, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. Defendants...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho-The BLM Idaho Falls District has announced its selection of professional artist Scott Switzer as the District’s 2018 Artist in Residence. Switzer’s residency will focus on artistic interpretation of the South Fork of the Snake River-the first time the Idaho Falls District is employing the Artist in Residency program to focus on this branch of the Snake River.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: PRICE, Utah -The Bureau of Land Management Price Field Office has issued a final Environmental Assessment and Decision Record for the IACX Energy Project. This Decision Record authorizes the proposed action of drilling one exploratory well to determine the feasibility of producing commercial quantities of gas containing helium on its federal lease located approximately 19 miles northwest of Green River, Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: MILLPORT, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Thorpe Specialty Services Corp. - operating as Thorpe Plant Services Inc. - and Steel Dust Recycling LLC for fall and confined space hazards after an employee was hospitalized following a 30-foot fall at Steel Dust’s Millport, Alabama, facility. Thorpe Plant Services faces $175,528 in proposed penalties; Steel Dust’s penalties total $28,270.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Small businesses are crucial to EM's missions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: Federal, State and Local Leaders and Experts Announce Results of Forest Watch, a Public Lands Marijuana Grow Eradication and Reclamation Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: CELINA, Tenn. -- DEA investigators this week conducted inspections at several pharmacy locations in the Clay County, Tennessee town of Celina, following an inquiry into irregular patterns of pill purchases from drug distribution companies. DEA is now investigating possible criminal activity involving...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. District Judge Judith C. Herrera of the District of New Mexico today sentenced Nael Ali, 54, of Albuquerque, N.M., for violating the Indian Arts and Craft Act (IACA) by fraudulently selling counterfeit Native American jewelry as Indian-Made. Judge Herrera sentenced Ali, who previously pled guilty to two felony IACA charges, to six months of imprisonment followed by a year of supervised release. Ali also was ordered to pay $9,048.78 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - An architect who worked for Payless ShoeSource was sentenced today to 21 months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $425,000 in restitution for defrauding the company, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Antonio Ulises Mireles, 24, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 142 months of imprisonment for his conviction on a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Mireles will be on supervised release for five years after completing his prison sentence. Mireles also was ordered to pay a $7,000 money judgment and $500 in community restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The BLM Las Cruces District today approved the El Paso Electric Project, which will upgrade and improve energy transmission in an area east of Interstate 25. The approved decision amends existing rights-of-way (ROWs) to allow El Paso Electric to add an additional permanent substation...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 41-year-old resident of Corpus Christi has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of conspiracy and possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. A federal jury convicted Ramiro Cordova Jr. Oct. 18, 2016, following less than two days of trial and approximately an hour of deliberation.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: EASTHAM, Mass. - Cape Cod National Seashore’s Atlantic Research and Learning Center will host the seventh annual Science in the Seashore Symposium at the Salt Pond Visitor Center on Thursday, Sept. 13, from 1 to 4:30 pm. This popular program features a diverse group of scientists and scholars sharing with the public the natural and cultural research projects they are conducting within the seashore.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A federal grand jury returned an indictment against convicted felon Everette Alexander, 47, for making a false statement on ATF Background Check Form 4473 when attempting to purchase a firearm. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the indictment in this "lie-and-try" case today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: The Howe Ridge Fire: Monday’s cool, wet and cloudy weather slowed fire activity on the Howe Ridge Fire. Scattered showers are expected in the area today, followed by a warming trend over the next several days. The fire is expected to smolder and creep, with the possibility of wind-driven fire activity...
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: 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.
