News from July 2018
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Step back into time at Fort Union with the annual Candlelight Tour program on Saturday, August 11. Guided tours, conducted by lanterns, will take visitors to a series of candlelit vignettes. This year, the scenarios will highlight the story of the Buffalo Soldiers, the first African-Americans enrolled as regular soldiers in the U.S. Army.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Failed to Pay Approximately $650,000 in Federal Taxes.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: As economic sovereignty and community resilience emerge as top priorities for many tribal leaders, tapping the significant energy resource potential that exists on tribal lands presents a prime opportunity to address these objectives. As a result, a growing number of tribes are actively pursuing ambitious energy development goals and creating detailed strategic energy plans to achieve them.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the arrest and unsealing of a complaint charging JOHN GERACI with investment adviser fraud, securities fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy in connection with a scheme to defraud clients of his company, Meridian...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: CEDAR CITY, Utah.- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cedar City Field Office and and Dixie National Forest Service Pine Valley Ranger District (USFS) are seeking public comment on an environmental assessment (EA) analyzing a proposed Herd Management Area Plan (HMAP) including wild horse gathers and removals in the North Hills Joint Management Area (JMA).
By State Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House today passed the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 (H.R. 3030), which honors the legacy of Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel by strengthening the U.S. Government’s coordination on efforts to prevent, mitigate and respond to genocide and other mass atrocities - thereby furthering U.S. commitments to his call for “Never Again.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The leader of a violent MS-13 clique was sentenced today to life in prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today said Rep. Paul Gosar’s (R-Ariz.) amendment to the Department of the Interior funding bill prohibiting the use of funds to manage Ironwood Forest National Monument - which is entirely within Rep. Grijalva’s district - shows no respect...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Francisco Javier Gonzalez, a/k/a “Javier Gonzalez,", 46, of Duncanville, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 60 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $611,740.55 in restitution for his role in a scheme to defraud numerous homeowners, banks and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, (HUD), announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - A team of federal and contractor employees at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently grouted four 30,000-gallon underground solvent storage tanks about five weeks ahead of schedule.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation invites you to attend a free viewing of its new feature film Shasta Dam - California’s Empire Builder, at the historic Cascade Theatre in Redding on Saturday, July 21. Doors will open at noon with a short introduction starting at 1 p.m. with the film’s director and producer Gary Warriner.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Yesterday, a U.S. Magistrate Judge sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., found probable cause to support a criminal complaint charging Johnny C. Black with committing an assault with a dangerous weapon by allegedly firing shots at a New Mexico State Police officer on Santa Clara Pueblo land. Black...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Schuele Boys Gang member Antwon Steward, a/k/a Stacks, 35, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Yesterday, Robert Lad Solfisburg, 34, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson to 150 months’ prison. Solfisburg had previously pleaded guilty to four counts of bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Louisville, Kentucky, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiring to commit an offense against the United States, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House passed H.R. 4645 (U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont.), H.R. 3777 (U.S. Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah), H.R. 4032 (U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran, D-Ariz.), and H.R. 1037 (U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass.). Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced former Maryland State Senator Nathaniel Thomas Oaks, age 71, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 42 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for one count of wire fraud and one count of honest services wire fraud. Judge Bennett also ordered that Oaks pay a fine of $30,000 and perform 80 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Woman Took Her Own Life upon Learning She Was Victim of Romance Scam.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Salvadoran national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
