News from August 2018
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Learn why the Winchester rifle is “The Gun that Won the West" and the legacy of women in the American west, at the California Trail Interpretive Center during September.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced WARREN L. BAKER, 32, of Goldsboro, North Carolina to 408 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By State Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: Tomorrow marks one year since the Burmese military and security forces began a campaign of terror in Rakhine State, Burma which has driven more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees from Burma into Bangladesh. The Trump Administration has called this campaign ethnic cleansing. Unfortunately,...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Christopher Michael Picher (26, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to receiving over the internet videos and images depicting child sexual abuse. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, and up to 20 years, in federal prison, and a potential life term of supervised release. A sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled. Picher has been detained since his arrest on March 22, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: For Firearms Offenses. SOUTH BEND - Ricky R. Wadsworth and Shannon Brown were sentenced on August 23 and 24, respectively, by United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for transferring a firearm to a felon and illegal possession of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. Wadsworth, age 47...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - Quinn Alexander Haworth, 23 years old, of Monticello, Indiana, was sentenced by District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen on his plea of guilty to possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Lake Havasu, Ariz. - As temperatures cool and Labor Day weekend approaches, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado River District wants to remind the public of the many outdoor recreational opportunities your public lands offer in Lake Havasu, Kingman and Yuma areas.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: In honor of the National Park Service's 102nd birthday, the National Historic Landmarks Program would like to highlight the special relationship between National Historic Landmarks and our national parks.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Pecos, NM: Who loves bugs?! If you don’t already, the Harrell House Bug Museum’s presentation of “Creepy Crawlies of New Mexico and the World" will surely instill in you a brand new appreciation for them. Join Pecos National Historical Park and the Harrell House Bug Museum for a hands-on, family-friendly...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Roland Kyzer Sentenced to Serve 32 Years in Prison for Possessing Child Pornography A Second Time.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Six Ohio men who met on Craigslist have been charged with crimes related to producing child pornography and the repeated sexual abuse of at least two 10-year-old girls.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Darnell D. Devaughn, age 33, of Long Island City, New York, was sentenced today to a year and a day in jail for distributing heroin and crack cocaine in Albany County.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - Steven Ruschak, 31 years old, of Merrillville, Indiana, was sentenced by District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen on his plea of guilty to possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid today sentenced a rural Mercer County, Ill., man, Steven Austin Adams, 27, to seven years in prison for illegal possession of a firearm by a felon. Adams was ordered to remain on supervised release for three years following his release from prison. Adams has remained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service since he was arrested in July 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Ryan Bird Andersen, age 45, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty to a one-count misdemeanor information Thursday charging him with defacing a natural feature - the Corona Arch - by scratching graffiti into the rock. U.S. Magistrate Judge Dustin Pead presided at the hearing in U.S. District Court.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Washington - On July 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) Fair Trade Practice Program (FTPP) issued a complaint against John Cathey (Cathey), Pomona, Missouri, alleging violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) announced today that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will testify before the committee the afternoon of Wednesday, September 5, 2018, regarding Twitter’s algorithms and content monitoring.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - A federal jury has found Carlos Arturo Cuerro Borja (51), a Colombian national, guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine while onboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and one count...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former inmate of the McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Bradford, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 12 months and 1 day on his conviction of escape from federal custody, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - A federal jury has found Carlos Arturo Cuerro Borja (51), a Colombian national, guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine while onboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and one count...
