News from August 2018
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Effective immediately, Glacier National Park, at the recommendation of the Southwest Area Type 1 Incident Management Team, has lifted the evacuation warning that was in place for the Apgar and Grist Road areas of the park.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
Release: HOUSTON, Texas - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today unveiled a state-of-the-art advanced technology computed tomography (CT) checkpoint scanner for screening passengers and their belongings at the security checkpoint at William P. Hobby Airport (HOU). The unit, which provides 3-D imaging that enhances explosives detection capabilities, is being tested in one lane at the checkpoint.
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 DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that a Taiwanese exchange student pleaded guilty today to being an alien in possession of ammunition. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 11, 2018 before United States District Judge Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: The FBI is Seeking Information Regarding a Bank Robbery in Deerfield Beach.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Tommie Raymond Thomas (50, Sumter County, Florida) today pleaded guilty to one count of stalking. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing hearing has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Heather Lee Kussoff (31, Cape Coral) today pleaded guilty to making a false statement to a federal law enforcement agency. She faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of strengthening America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management will offer 142 parcels, totaling 50,797 acres in New Mexico on Sept. 5 and 6 in its quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The BLM will hold the lease sale online via www.energynet.com.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - When he served as a judge for the 91st annual meeting of the South Carolina Academy of Science (SCAS) this summer, Robin Brigmon, a senior fellow engineer with EM's Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), continued more than a decade of advancing the state’s scientific community.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Savannah resident with more than 20 years of criminal history sentenced to 15 years for possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH GA: Nearly three dozen convicted felons have been removed from the streets of Savannah now that a joint law enforcement operation has resulted in the guilty plea of one of the final defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Justin Bodnar, age 29, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on Aug. 24, 2018, before U.S. District Court Senior Judge James M. Munley to the charge of unauthorized access to a computer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced today that, DONOVAN DAVE DIXON, 51 of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was sentenced to 240 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release by Chief United States District Judge ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: PLANO, Texas - Seven ambulance industry defendants have agreed to pay the government a total of over $21 million to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that they knowingly submitted claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs that violated the Anti‑Kickback Statute, announced Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 48 months on her conviction of conspiring to possess and distribute opiate painkillers, oxycodone and oxymorphone, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Investigation Placed Him Near Scene of Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore and United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank today announced that Maurice Diggins, 34, and Dusty Leo, 27, both of Biddeford, Maine, were indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Maine for conspiracy to violate and for violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, by assaulting an African-American man.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Douglas man was sentenced in federal court in Worcester on Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Three New Martinsville, West Virginia residents and a Columbus, Ohio man have admitted to his involvement in methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin distribution that spanned multiple states, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - Richard Jay Sharp, 55, formerly of Fairfield, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 120 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for possession of child pornography.
