News from May 2018
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: Kimberly, Oregon -The Thomas Condon Paleontology Center, located in the Sheep Rock Unit of John Day Fossil Beds, hours of operation will expand to 9 am-5 pm starting Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day. Hours at the Center will return to 10 am-5 pm on September 4th. The park is open daily from sunrise until sunset.
By Homeland Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed an MS-13 gang member from the United States Friday who is wanted in his home country on felony charges of illicit involvement in a terrorist organization and aggravated homicide.
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, sent a letter to the founders of Black Cube after troubling reports that the firm was engaged in a “dirty ops" campaign against key officials from the Obama Administration who helped negotiate the Iran nuclear deal.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: FBI Director Christopher Wray Announces Five Senior Executives.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: Florence, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated that Michael Jamal Grice, age 35, of Myrtle Beach, plead guilty this week in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2)...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Fayette County woman was sentenced yesterday to federal prison on drug charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Tiffany D. Ramsey, 27, of Boomer, Fayette County, previously entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, a quantity of heroin, and a quantity of oxycodone. Ramsey was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to three months in a halfway house, one year of supervised release, and a $5,000 fine, on his conviction of simple assault on an aircraft, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: There is currently a search operation underway in the Lost Palms Oasis area of Joshua Tree National Park. Claire Nelson, a 36 year old, white female from New Zealand has been reported overdue. On Tuesday she informed a friend that she intended to hike to Lost Palms Oasis and would be back on Wednesday. She has not been in contact with anyone since.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson and Acting Special Agent in Charge Phillip Land of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement of the Southwest Region, announced that Craig Thiessen pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal misdemeanor wildlife violation...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Christopher Brian Cosimano, a/k/a “Durty," (30, Gibsonton), Michael Dominick Mencher, a/k/a “Pumpkin," (51, Tarpon Springs), Allan Burt Guinto, a/k/a “Big Beefy," (27, Brandon), Erick Richard Robinson...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Shawn Alonso, 35, of Corona, New York, was sentenced today for conspiracy to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin. District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Alonso to a 120-month term of incarceration, followed ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty plea of MURRAY HUBERFELD to wire fraud conspiracy in connection with funds used to bribe the former president of the nation’s largest municipal correction officers union. Specifically, HUBERFELD...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: Federal fraud charges were filed this week against owners of two businesses that allegedly conducted an international tech support scam, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today. Michael Austin Seward, 31, of Deerfield Beach, Florida, and Kevin James...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: A Hawaii man was sentenced to more than six years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to ship a ton of marijuana to Ohio from Hawaii, California and Oregon, and then launder the drug profits, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: Assistant United States Attorneys A. Dale Blankenship (619) 546-6705.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: Crater Lake, OR - The North Entrance Road and West Rim Drive in Crater Lake National Park will open for travel Friday afternoon, May 25, 2018 - just in time for the holiday weekend. Superintendent Craig Ackerman announced that visitors will now be able to drive to and from the park via this popular route...
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Sloan Canyon Visitor Contact Station hours of operation will change to Friday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. starting June 1. The Contact Station, located at the end of Nawghaw Poa Road near Henderson, Nevada, will be closed Monday through Thursday. The change in hours is a result of reduced visitation during the hot summer months.
By USDA Newswire | May 25, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: OAKLAND - Kenneth Allen Breslin was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for possessing child pornography and contempt of court, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Spradlin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, U.S. District Judge, following the entry of a guilty plea on March 1, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to charges of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
