News from June 2018
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Omaha - National Park Service Midwest Regional Director Cam Sholly announced the selection of Eric Gabriel as superintendent of Ice Age National Scenic Trail. Gabriel is currently the Chief Ranger of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex. The complex manages three contiguous park units: North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. He will assume his new role early this fall.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Zeb Zachariah Wilson, age 29, of Mount Jackson, Virginia, on June 25, 2018 to 76 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Producing Images of Himself Sexually Abusing a Child.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - A resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of 60 months to be followed by five years of supervised release on his conviction of receipt of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Workers have completed a significant risk reduction activity at the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) worksite at the Hanford Site to prepare to eventually resume demolition.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Wednesday, July 4, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will conduct artillery demonstrations at Point Park on Lookout Mountain. Programs will take place at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, and 3:30 pm. Admission to Point Park is $7 per adult, ages 16 and over. Ages 15 and under are free.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the arrests of SEBASTIAN PINTO-THOMAZ, ABELL OUJADDOU, and JEREMY...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) recently conducted first responder training on lifesaving interventions in the event of emergencies such as active shooter situations.
By State Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA), a bipartisan agreement to protect both our national security and economic prosperity. Specifically, this bill significantly strengthens national security reviews of certain proposed...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the arrest of JOEL DAVIS on charges of enticement of a minor...

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s 5 to 4 decision upholding President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban...

By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - In support of the Department’s goal of energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management Rock Springs Field Office released the final environmental assessment, finding of no significant impact and decision record for the Sweetwater Solar Energy Facility today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that the United States filed a civil complaint against John Paul Ryan and Mary Motz Ryan, a married couple in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and a telemarketing company that they operate together, Scholars in Print. The civil complaint alleges...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - A resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of 60 months to be followed by five years of supervised release on his conviction of receipt of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on June 21, 2018, United States District Court Judge James M. Munley sentenced Christian Rosado to 262 months’ imprisonment on the federal charge of unlawfully possessing and discharging a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - A resident of North Versailles, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 51 months’ imprisonment, followed by six years’ supervised release, on his conviction of conspiring to distribute narcotics, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROGER TUSCANO, 48, of Bristol, pleaded guilty today before Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Defendant and Co-conspirator Used the Proceeds from the Robberies to Gamble in Atlantic City Casinos.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced today that Owen J. Drew, 33, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced to 70 months’ imprisonment by the Hon. Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. After release from the Bureau of Prisons, Drew will serve eight years of supervised release. He will be required to register as a sex offender, also.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2083, the Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act, with a bipartisan vote of 288 Members, including 68 Democrats. Introduced by Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.), this bipartisan bill provides states and tribes...