News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Texarkana, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Nathan Karl Thomas, age 25, of Lockesburg, Arkansas was sentenced today to 360 months in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release on two counts of Receipt of Child Pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the U.S. Senate Floor today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) marked the six-month anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act becoming law by emphasizing the benefits of the largest tax overhaul in more than 30 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND- Jose “Zay" Santiago, 40, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced before District Court Judge Joseph Van Bokkelen on his plea of guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: HUNTSVILLE - A Madison County man pleaded guilty today in federal court to being a convicted felon and trying to buy a pistol with counterfeit money, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Michael Williams and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jesse Tucker, 36, of Tijeras, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to fraud, identity theft and theft of mail charges, announced U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson and Inspector in Charge Melisa Llosa of the Phoenix Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY) released the following statement after the Senate defeated the Trump-GOP rescissions bill.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: CASPER Wyo.- The 38th annual re-ride of the Pony Express National Historic Trail will pass through Casper on Tuesday, June 26, at approximately 6:30 p.m. at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center. This program aims to connect participants with public lands, and in turn with America’s natural and cultural heritage.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Joshua Randall, age 30, Brandon Randall, age 29, and Lee Tracy Riggins, Jr., age 27, pled guilty to participating in a drug conspiracy that operated in the Florence, Charleston, and Myrtle Beach areas of South Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management is asking for public comment on the proposed activities related to a 10-year Special Recreation Permit (SRP) for the Burning Man Event. The BLM Winnemucca District, Black Rock Field Office, published a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzing the potential environmental effects of approving the 10-year SRP in the Federal Register on June, 20 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been charged in federal court with stealing federal drug evidence from the Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner (ACOME), United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: (LEWISTOWN, Mont.) - Help from the public is being sought for the development of the draft Crooked Creek/Musselshell Breaks Travel Management Plan and Environmental Assessment.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity today released the report. This report contains recommendations for the Government of Puerto Rico to consider for incorporation into its recovery plans including the plan that Congress required from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management announced today that it is seeking proposals for new public off-range pastures that provide a free-roaming environment for wild horses removed from Western public lands while also allowing for regular public visitation.
By State Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement during a hearing on resources and redesign of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID Administrator Mark Green testified on the agency’s transformation plan to better focus foreign assistance on helping countries become self-reliant.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Isaiah Lee Holt, 30, and Marjorie Livingston, 37, residents of Portland, were charged today in a five-count indictment alleging the couple engaged in a conspiracy to distribute marijuana and illegally purchased and possessed firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Pearl River, New York, man today admitted photographing and filming a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct and sharing those images online, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Kevin Safford, age 33, of Amsterdam, New York, pled guilty today to possessing child pornography and to accessing a child pornography web site available only through an anonymous Internet network.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Supreme Court Justice Charged with Obstruction of Justice and other federal Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Pawtucket man previously convicted on drug trafficking and firearm charges, and who became the focus of a joint Pawtucket Police Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and ATF Task Force drug trafficking investigation, has been sentenced to more than 6 years in federal prison for being in possession of significant quantities of crack cocaine, marijuana, and Oxycodone, and a loaded firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released an Environmental Assessment for the Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel Nutrient Enrichment Project. The project’s purpose is to determine if the addition of nitrogen can stimulate plankton (fish food organisms) production in a section of the ship channel, which is isolated from the Delta in terms of water flow.
