News from November 2018
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: Pipestone National Monument News Release. Nov. 1, 2018. Contact: Anne Dowd, 507-825-5464 x216, anne_dowd@nps.gov. Pipestone National Monument Museum Exhibit Replacement Project Available for Public Review. The National Park Service (NPS) welcomes public review and comment on the museum exhibit replacement...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced that Nicole Halliett Holland, 49, former Director of Communications for the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office and a resident of Columbia, pled guilty in federal court today to two fraud counts, one Wire Fraud and the other Mail Fraud. Senior United States District Court Judge Cameron McGowan Currie presided. Sentencing has been set for Feb. 26, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a draft environmental document for public review to issue two-year Central Valley Project Interim Renewal Contracts for the City of Roseville, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, and Sacramento County Water Agency for contract years 2019-2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - Etcher Family Farms, LLC; owner Scott Allen Etcher; and Etcher Farms’ employee Benjamin Allen McFarland, pleaded guilty on Oct. 25, 2018, to criminal violations of the Clean Water Act, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Two Rhode Island men appeared in federal court in Boston yesterday to face charges in connection with two bank robberies, one in Brockton and one in Abington, that resulted in high-speed chases.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - U.S. Attorney John C. Milhiser announced today the appointment of District Election Officers in the Central District of Illinois in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election. Assistant U.S. Attorneys...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Washington County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating the federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - United States Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney James P. Gillis will lead the efforts here in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming midterm elections on November 6.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Harry Wallace will lead the efforts of U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RISHI MALIK, 46, of Fairfield, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to charges related to role in a conspiracy to defraud the State of Connecticut of millions of dollars in taxes due on tobacco products imported into the state.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - United States Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney Randy C. Stoker will lead the efforts here in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming midterm elections on November 6.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: Four alleged members or associates of the Aryan Circle (AC) have been indicted and three arrested for their alleged roles in a Nov. 9, 2013 aggravated assault in Jefferson County, Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury indicted a state-owned enterprise of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), a Taiwan company, and three individuals, charging them with crimes related to a conspiracy to steal, convey, and possess stolen trade secrets of an American semiconductor company for the benefit of a company...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD")...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: Orick, Calif. - On the morning of Oct. 3, 2018, a park ranger with Redwood National and State Parks discovered a deceased bull elk in Elk Meadow near the intersection of Hwy. 101 and Davison Road. Elk Meadow is located within Redwood National and State Parks, where hunting of any kind is prohibited by federal and state law.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Perry Piper will lead the efforts of his office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general elections. AUSA Piper has been...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: Harrisburg - United States Attorney David J. Freed announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Eric Pfisterer will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election. AUSA Pfisterer...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: Due to undercutting action of Hawk Creek on the access road between the Hawk Creek campground and boat launch, the road will be reduced to one lane until further notice. Barriers will be put in place by November 9, 2018 and will remain in place until the road has been repaired. The National Park Service is working with the Federal Highway Administration to develop and implement a long-term solution to stabilize the affected portion of the access road.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: A federal jury today convicted eight Baltimore, Maryland men for conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG), a subset of the Black Guerrilla Family (BGF) gang, including nine murders, drug trafficking, and witness intimidation, as well as on conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, marijuana, and cocaine. Several of the defendants were also convicted of related drug and firearms charges.
