News from November 2018
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management offices in Albuquerque, Socorro, Taos, Farmington and Santa Fe are now selling Christmas tree permits. The permits will be sold until December 23 and cost $5. For a list of BLM office locations and contact information, please visit.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Today, NOAA Fisheries issued final authorizations under the Marine Mammal Protection Act to incidentally, but not intentionally, harass marine mammals to companies proposing to conduct geophysical surveys in support of hydrocarbon exploration in the Atlantic Ocean.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Christopher Michael Picher (age 26, Jacksonville) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for using the internet to download videos and images depicting child sexual abuse. Picher was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release and was ordered to register as a sex offender. Picher has been in custody since his arrest on March 22, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: The first two defendants in a five-month operation focused on gun violence in the East Hill area of Kent, Washington were sentenced this week to significant prison terms, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. ANTHONY RIPLEY, 46, of Tacoma, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: FILLMORE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Fillmore Field Office is initiating a 45-day public comment period for the Sevier Playa Potash Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) ending on Jan. 14, 2019. This project helps to meet Administration priorities by increasing the availability...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - An indictment charging Robert Lee Ward 40, Fort Myers with conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and tampering with an informant by killing him/her was unsealed today. The indictment also charges Dalton Kelvin McGriff 49, Fort Myers with conspiracy to distribute five...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that two northwest Louisiana felons were sentenced and one pled guilty to firearms charges.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Pipestone National Monument Visitor Center Closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned this week before U.S. Magistrate judges and indictments handed down by the Grand Jury were unsealed. Indictments are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Christopher Michael Picher (age 26, Jacksonville) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for using the internet to download videos and images depicting child sexual abuse. Picher was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release and was ordered to register as a sex offender. Picher has been in custody since his arrest on March 22, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DANIEL TANASE, age 39, and GABRIELLA TEKSE, age 31, both Hungarian nationals, each pleaded guilty yesterday and were sentenced to two years in prison for aggravated identity theft by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: OMAHA, Neb., - As the nation recognizes National Methamphetamine Awareness Day today, the Drug Enforcement Administration's Omaha Division announces that it has seen a three percent increase in methamphetamine seizures in one year. The division, which includes Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota, registered 817 pounds of seized methamphetamine in 2017 and collected 842.6 pounds in conjunction with state and local law enforcement investigations in 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FL --- The 19th season of Biscayne National Park’s award-winning Family Fun Fest kicks off on December 9 at the park’s Dante Fascell Visitor Center. This year’s theme is Holidays! Each of the five events will tie into the theme with holidays appropriate to that month. The events, held from...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: An Akron man was indicted for robbing a Mantua bank this summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Sentencing happened immediately after defendant tendered a guilty plea.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Criminal Used Gun, Drugs, Violence to Force Minors to Have Sex in Exchange for Money.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue Team members continued today to search the Longs Peak area for Micah Tice. Most of today’s efforts were focused below the Granite Pass area and the Boulder Brook drainage. Over the last week the overall search area has encompassed approximately 10 square...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Osage Trust Land Murder Investigation.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who will seek to chair the Natural Resources Committee in the next Congress, released the following statement on Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s recent tweet. Grijalva called on Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to resign this morning in a USA Today op-ed available at.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) has partnered with and donated $10,000 to the Florida National Parks Association, Inc., to support Keep Biscayne Beautiful, a new campaign to unite individuals and organizations to raise awareness and take action to promote the health and enjoyment of Biscayne Bay and its surrounding areas.
