News published on Federal Newswire in May 2018

News from May 2018


Former Construction Manager Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More than $3.4 Million

News Release: HOUSTON - A 42-year-old Houston man has admitted to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering to steal millions from Dallas company The Beck Group, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


Berkeley County man sentenced for firearms charge

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jarius Jovanghn Styles, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 36 months incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: MARINA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Central Coast Field Office is implementing Stage 1 fire restrictions on BLM-managed public lands in Fresno, Monterey and San Benito counties. Target shooting will also be temporarily limited to 30 minutes before sunrise until noon only starting May 25, due to potential fire danger.


Grijalva Presses Zinke to Explain Why DOI Now Considers Uranium a “Critical Mineral” That Demands Loose Permitting Standards

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke today asking him to clarify the process by which the Department of the Interior (DOI) determined uranium to be a “critical mineral" pursuant to Executive Order 13817, which directs DOI to assess which “non-fuel minerals" are essential to economic and national security and will therefore be eligible for looser permitting standards, among other benefits.


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A former investment adviser in Chesapeake was sentenced today to 12 1/2 years in prison for orchestrating an investment scheme that caused his clients to lose over $6 million.


Ohio County man sentenced for drug distribution and firearms possession

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Dorian Devon Banks, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to six months incarceration for cocaine distribution and illegal firearms possession, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: * Wildland fire staff will burn piles of woody debris at the Northeast Entrance Monday, May 21.


News Release: A Longview, Washington woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to one year in prison and three years of supervised release for abetting a felon in possession of a firearm and making a false statement during the purchase of firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. ANDREA SIBLEY...


Federal Jury Convicts Two Former Allegheny County Men on All Charges Related to Armed Robbery Spree and Shooting

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - After deliberating less than one-half hour, a federal jury found Kahlil Shelton guilty of five counts of violating federal narcotics, robbery, and firearm laws and Deron Howell guilty of eight counts of violating federal narcotics, robbery, and firearm laws.


Flood Risk Management Operations on the Boise River Continue

News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation increased flows from Lucky Peak Dam by 500 cubic feet per second (cfs) on Monday, May 21, at 11 am. An additional increase of 500 cfs will occur on Tuesday, May 22, at 11 am. Flows through the city of Boise, as measured at...


Loudoun County, VA, man cited after bringing loaded gun to Dulles Airport

Release: DULLES, Va. - A Loudoun County, Virginia, man was cited by airport police at Washington Dulles International Airport after a Transportation Security Administration officer spotted a loaded gun in the man’s carry-on bag at one of the airport checkpoints yesterday, May 20.


News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: On Thursday, May 17, 2018, following a four-day trial before U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood, a federal jury convicted Savannah residents Joshua Scott, 22, and Victor Natson, 27, of conspiring to interfere with interstate commerce by robbing armored trucks. Natson was also convicted...


News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is advising the public that road construction, including closures, on Chickamauga Battlefield’s Reeds Bridge Road, will begin Monday, June 4, 2018, and will continue through September 2018. Once complete, construction on McFarland Gap Road will begin.


Southeast Texas man convicted of firearms charge related to cocaine trafficking

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Southeast Texas man was convicted Monday of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.


NPS Proposes To Amend Regulations for Hunting and Trapping on National Preserves in Alaska (Fairbanks)

News Release: Proposed rule will establish consistency with State of Alaska regulations.


Former Hamden Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Steroid Distribution Charge

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRYAN KELLY, 46, of East Haven, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids.


Vista Man Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Prison for Child Pornography Offenses

News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Janet Cabral (619) 546-8715 or Amanda Griffith (619)546-8970.


Three Indicted in Bath Salt Conspiracy

News Release: Three people have been indicted on charges related to Alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone (Alpha-PVP), also known as "bath salts," Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.


Former Construction Manager Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $3.4 Million

News Release: HOUSTON - A 42-year-old Houston man has admitted to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering to steal millions from Dallas company The Beck Group, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


News Release: SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant Arlene Hart was sentenced on by Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona for two counts of Mail Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1341. The convictions were...