News from February 2018
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, invites the public to participate in several events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, along with the recent wild and scenic designation of Palm Canyon Creek, Palm Canyon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Three prior felonies result in an Evansville man sentenced for illegal possession of ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, invites the public to participate in several events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, along with the recent wild and scenic designation of Palm Canyon Creek, Palm Canyon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: • 144 cases filed involving members/associates of gangs in Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, Sonny Donnie Smith, 38, of Clackamas, Oregon, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to making anonymous harassing telephone calls to two airports, in violation of 47 U.S.C. § 223(a)(1)(C). Smith waived indictment by a federal grand jury and pleaded guilty to an information filed by the United States Attorney’s Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: GUNNISON, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Ute-Ulay Mine and Mill Stabilization project in Hinsdale County was recently named one of the recipients for the 2018 Stephen H. Hart Award for historic preservation. The BLM was selected for their commitment to archaeology and historic preservation, as well as their efforts to have this site included in the National Register of Historic Places.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that a Benton, Illinois man received a 20-year sentence in Federal Court for methamphetamine-related offenses. Kyle D. Osburn, 35, received the sentence after a sentencing hearing conducted earlier today.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration today announced the expansion of its TSA Pre✓® expedited screening program to five additional domestic and international carriers. The five new partnering airlines are Air France, Brussels Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Philippine Airlines and World Atlantic. Today’s announcement brings the number of airlines participating in TSA Pre✓® to 47 domestic and international carriers.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON- The National Park Service invites you to join us during Black History Month at Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in historic Anacostia, Washington, D.C., to honor 200 years of the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass. On Saturday, February 17 and Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018, join us as we kickoff a yearlong bicentennial birthday commemoration.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Steven Baxter, 31, of South Carolina, was arraigned Wednesday in District Court on the charge of sending firearms through the mail, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Baxter, who was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 7, 2017, was extradited from South Carolina based on an arrest warrant issued by the District Court the same day. U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller ordered Baxter detained pending further proceedings.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Joseph Barry Foy, 27, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 65 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Robby David Haley, 28, of Weiser, Idaho, and, Shawn Michael Hart, 28, of Payette, Idaho, were sentenced in federal court on Tuesday for unlawful possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. U.S. District Judge David C. Nye ordered Haley to serve 30 months in prison followed...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Sage Andrew Yazzie, 21, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Farmington, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to 144 months in prison for his conviction on voluntary manslaughter and firearms charges. Yazzie will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) representatives announced today that enforcement actions led by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection resulted in the seizure of over 171,926 counterfeit sports- and entertainment-related items worth an estimated $15.69 million, and joint investigative efforts led to 65 arrests with 24 convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), sent a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), to request an emergency briefing with Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray, on his concerns regarding the “Nunes memo ," a set of misleading talking points ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Orlando Dones-Vargas, a/k/a “Landy," age 32, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was found guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine as a result of a federal jury trial in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The jury returned the verdict on Jan. 30, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Sex Offender Portrayed a Woman Online to Solicit Explicit Photos from Teen Boy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that a federal jury found Floyd Calhoun “Cal" Dent, III, of Lexington, South Carolina, and his two co-conspirators liable for defrauding the federal healthcare programs Medicare and Tricare of over $51 million. The unanimous verdict was handed down on Jan. 31, 2018, by a federal jury in Charleston, South Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ANNOUNCES MAHO BEACH PARKING LOT TEMPORARY CLOSURE AS PART OF A CONTINUED EFFORT TO PROTECT THE BAY.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Seven upstate men were arrested today on federal drug conspiracy charges alleging that they arranged to transport, store, and distribute hundreds of pounds of marijuana between Franklin County in Northern New York and Onondaga and Oswego Counties, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, Oswego County District Attorney Gregory S. Oakes, and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)-Buffalo Field Office, Special Agent in Charge Kevin Kelly.
