News published on Federal Newswire in July 2018

News from July 2018


News Release: TONOPAH, Nev. - In accordance with 43 CFR 3809.590(c), the public is invited to comment on the pending final bond release of the Silver Peak Sixteen-to-One (16 to 1) Project, case file NVN073158, by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tonopah Field Office. A Plan of Operations (Operations) for exploration...


Four Foreign Nationals Indicted for International Cocaine Smuggling Conspiracy

News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Jorge Lucas Murillo (28, Ecuador), Carlos Patron Marchan (20, Ecuador), Weimar Valencia Campaz (28, Colombia), and Abraham Lopez Mendoza (47, Mexico) with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. If convicted, each faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison and a $10 million fine for each count.


News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - An alleged member of the Hanover Boyz street gang has been ordered detained in federal custody on federal firearm charges after a Cranston Police motor vehicle stop and Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation resulted in the discovery and seizure of a loaded firearm and a stamp collection reported stolen from a Cranston residence.


Removal of Displaced Vessels

News Release: National Park Service Announces Removal of Displaced Vessels from Hurricane Hole, Leinster Bay, and Hassel Island.


Reclamation signs environmental documents on City of Hayward Recycled Water project

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation signed a Finding of No Significant Impact for the construction of tertiary treatment facilities at the City’s Water Pollution Control Facility to treat a peak flow of 0.5 million gallons per day, the installation of a one-million-gallon storage tank and...


News Release: Many defendants have criminal histories including a conviction for murder and drug charges.


News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community’s national #FlySafe campaign helps educate GA pilots about the best practices to calculate and predict aircraft performance and to operate within established aircraft limitations.


Meriden Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Heroin and Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JUSTIN DOHERTY, 25, of Meriden, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a heroin and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.


News Release: DAYTON - Robert Steven Jones, 30, of Anna, Ohio, was sentenced to life (plus 10 years) in prison for sexually exploiting minors, including an infant, a seven-year-old girl and numerous teenage girls.


News Release: For Distribution of A Controlled Substance.


Delaware County Couple Sentenced for Sexual Exploitation of a 17-Month-Old Child

News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - Justin Crandall, age 30, and Jessica Crandall, age 28, both of Sidney, New York, were sentenced yesterday to serve 50 years (Justin) and 25 years (Jessica) in prison and lifetime terms of supervised release in connection with their previously entered guilty pleas to Sexual Exploitation...


FBI Cincinnati Marks the FBI’s 110th Birthday

News Release: FBI Cincinnati Marks the FBI’s 110th Birthday.


DOE Releases Draft Request for Proposal for Environmental Management (EM) Nevada Environmental Program Services (EPS) Contract

News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC) today issued a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Environmental Management (EM) Nevada Environmental Program Services (EPS) contract. An Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ)...


News Release: On July 21, Cape Hatteras National Seashore received the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Above and Beyond Award at a ceremony in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - A Liberian national was sentenced to time served and one year unsupervised release July 26, following an extensive investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and ICE’s Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC).


Wyden Statement on Treasury and IRS Nominees, Administration Stonewalling, and Dark Money

News Release: The Finance Committee meets this morning to consider the nominations of Justin Muzinich to be deputy secretary of the Treasury and Michael Desmond to be chief counsel at IRS. I’ll begin my remarks with this...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Raul Rodriguez, also known as Ricardo Vidaurre Chicas, 45, has been extradited from El Salvador on a charge of first-degree murder while armed (premeditated) for allegedly killing a man in a drive-by shooting in May 1995 in Southeast Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), and Michael Hughes, U.S. Marshal for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.


Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) checkpoint July 26.


Hatch Opening Statement at Treasury Nomination Hearing

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today offered the following opening statement at a Treasury nominations hearing...


Six Members Of Saint Paul Street Gang “HAM Crazy” Sentenced For Federal Firearms Conspiracy

News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced the sentencing of six members of a Saint Paul street gang, known as the HAM Crazy, for conspiring to illegally possess firearms. MARVELL VOSHON JEFFERSON, 24, SHELBY DELANE ASHFORD, JR., 24, CASEY JEMAR DAVIS, 24, PHILLIP DWAYNE JACKSON, 23, NAKIA MARQUIRE...