News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the appointment of Geoffrey S. Berman as Interim United States Attorney pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546, which provides that “the Attorney General may appoint a United States Attorney for the district in which the office of United States Attorney is vacant." This appointment will take effect on January 5, 2018.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: EAU CLAIRE, WI - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Miron Construction Company Inc. have signed a strategic partnership to promote worker safety and health on the dormitory renovation project at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Paul Hursey, age 49, of Dover, Delaware, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark to 30 months incarceration. Hursey previously had pled guilty to conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: National Park Service aviation branch chief, Jon Rollens, retired at the end of 2017, after nearly seven years as the national aviation program leader and thirty-seven years of government service. He had served as the face for NPS aviation management, leading one of the most complex aviation programs in the federal government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the appointment of Dayle Elieson as Interim United States Attorney pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546, which provides that “the Attorney General may appoint a United States Attorney for the district in which the office of United States Attorney is vacant." This appointment will take effect on January 5, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States District Court Judge William H. Steele sentenced Willie Howard Ferguson on Dec. 28, 2017 to 33 months in prison, for violation of 18 USC § 922(g)(1), Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BRANDON SMITH, age 36, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an 11-count indictment Wednesday afternoon charging Travis Luke Dominguez, age 33, of Midvale, Utah, with threats against the President, threats to injure others, and conveying false information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SIDNEY RAY COTTON, age 32, of Franklinton, Louisiana, pled guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Evan Matthew Lawbaugh, age 34, of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 40 years’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Sylvia H. Rambo for two counts of production of images depicting the sexual exploitation of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to failure to register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Arizona Strip Field Office (ASFO) is inviting the public to comment on an application from Mohave County to amend a right-of-way in an effort to widen Front Street, a road along the Virgin Acres subdivision in unincorporated Beaver Dam, Arizona.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - Cape Cod National Seashore and Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore are partnering with Goose Hummock and L.L. Bean for a winter activities workshop on Saturday, January 13 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm at the Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham. Learn tips and tricks from the experts on beating cabin fever and safely enjoying Cape Cod’s outdoor activities, even in the depths of winter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Wellington, Nevada resident was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for distribution of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steve W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - A Buckhannon, West Virginia woman has admitted today to distributing methamphetamines, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division, and Chief of Police Michael Geier of the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) announced today that Christopher James Baum, 37, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his conviction on federal bank robbery charges. Baum will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of six projects to receive approximately $30 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development in unconventional oil and natural gas recovery.
By State Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement on the human rights situation in Ethiopia...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Glen Allen man was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for a tax fraud conspiracy that caused a loss to the IRS of over $3 million.
