News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Former CIA Officer Arrested for Retaining Classified Information.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: In 2017, Big Bend National Park had its busiest year on record. With 442,641 visitors coming to the park, this surpassed even 2016's visitation, which saw 388,290 people coming to the park during the National Park Service centennial year. This accounts for a 14% increase from the previous year.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) issued a statement in response to a r eport from the Inspector General (IG) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) finding the former Transportation Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Former MARTA Senior Director of Operations Joseph J. Erves has been sentenced to two years, nine months in federal prison for orchestrating a false invoicing scheme that resulted in MARTA paying more than $500,000 for maintenance work that was never performed and for then funneling most of that money into his personal bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Ryan Elton Devore (31, Satsuma) has pleaded guilty to receiving child sexual abuse videos over the Internet. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), ranking member of the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, sent a letter to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Deputy Director Brian Steed today raising financial and legal questions about a company called...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Elizabeth, New Jersey, man today admitted robbing four banks in January 2017, including a TD Bank in Bergen County, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Workers at the Idaho Site ’s Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Facility (AMWTP) are using a new tool to more safely and efficiently handle drums containing high fissile gram equivalent (FGE) material.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Chris Anthony Bellamy, age 34, and Andre Matrel Rogers, age 40, both of Myrtle Beach, pled guilty in federal court in Florence to possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base, in violation of Title 21...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Employees of an EM training facility on the Hanford Site have played an important role on a DOE emergency response team, helping areas affected by hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria over the past several months.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Highest visitation since 2000. Visitation to Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (LAMR) surpasses last year’s million plus visitors with a total of 1,329,076 visits in 2017. This is a 29.59% increase from the 1,025,613 visits in 2016 and a 59.86% increase over 2015. “Every time the lake level goes...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for an immigration crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Dunbar felon who possessed a firearm in February 2017 was sentenced today to three years and four months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Amanda Renee Taylor, 40, previously pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. Attorney...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: (Billings, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will conduct a public hearing to discuss the use of motorized vehicles and aircraft in the monitoring and management of wild horses and burros within Montana and the Dakotas. The hearing is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, from 10-11 a.m., at the BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, in Billings, Montana.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Depending on the weather conditions, Everglades National Park will conduct a prescribed burn in the North East District of the park sometime between January 16-19, 2018. The general location of the EE 2 and EE 3 Prescribed Burn is in the north east portion of Everglades National Park, east of Shark Valley, south of US 41 and north of Chekika. The planned burn area is about 10,000 acres in size.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Anchorage - National Park Service compendiums for Alaska are open for public comment through Feb. 15, 2018. A compendium - one for each NPS area in Alaska - is a compilation of designations, closures, and restrictions adopted under the discretionary authority within the regulations covering national parks. This regulatory tool helps manage Alaska's national park areas for the public’s enjoyment, use, and protection.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Moose- Grand Teton National Park’s 2017 visitation set a record for the fourth consecutive year. The park received over 4.9 million total visits, a 3 percent increase from the previous record set in 2016. Visitation reached monthly records in June, August, September, and October. August, which included the total solar eclipse viewable from throughout the park, had 65,000 more visits than the previous record August of 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kelly Ray Potter Jr., age 41, of McAlester, Oklahoma pled guilty to Possessing Contraband In Prison, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1791(a)(2), 1791(b)(3) and 1791(d)(1)(B), punishable by not more than 5 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, Kidiamond Sharagnes Pearson, 25, of Montgomery, Alabama received a sentence of 54 months in prison for her participation in a scheme to steal identities and then file fraudulent tax returns, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jason Leroy Geiser, 36, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to two years and four months in prison for conspiracy to possess stolen U.S. mail and the unlawful possession of credit and debit cards, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Judge Drozd also ordered the forfeiture of $85,000.
