News from November 2018
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Yuma, AZ - On Thursday, December 6, 2018, the Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma Desalting Plant (YDP), located at 7301 Calle Agua Salada, will conduct a test of its emergency chemical alarm system. The test will be conducted to verify that the plant’s emergency readiness system is fully operational to support evacuation and safety procedures in the event the facility experiences an incidental chemical release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Devonte Mitchell, 21, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $1,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: An Atlanta man with an extensive felony record will spend more than six years in federal prison for his role as a “mule" in a cross-country drug-trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Maryland man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for leading a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in the Washington, DC area.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: BAKER CITY, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management’s National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center is connecting visitors to public lands and America’s natural and cultural heritage with a variety of programs this winter.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Arthur L. Gurbey, age 46, of Green Island, New York, appeared today on a criminal complaint charging him with receiving and possessing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: SODA SPRINGS, Idaho - Today the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Falls District released a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) analyzing a mine and reclamation plan (M&RP) that P4 Productions, LLC submitted for the proposed Caldwell Canyon Mine. P4, a subsidiary of Bayer, has proposed a plan to...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
Release: Washington, DC, Nov. 20, 2018 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that households in three California counties have been approved to receive Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) benefits. D-SNAP will be offered in parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Beginning Thursday, December 6, 2018, Wright Brothers National Memorial will host a free Know Your Park: Aviation Speaker Series. The series will be held inside the newly renovated visitor center.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: HUNGRY HORSE, Montana - The Bureau of Reclamation issued the final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the proposed Hungry Horse Powerplant (HHPP) Modernization and Overhaul Project. The powerplant is located at Hungry Horse Dam in Hungry Horse, Montana.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to four and a half years in prison for his involvement in a scheme that resulted in 19,000 stolen credit and debit cards that were used to obtain over $490,000 in unauthorized ATM cash withdrawals and money order purchases.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: FBI and Lumberton Police Department Continue Investigation into Kidnapping and Death of Hania Aguilar.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Washington D.C. - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has posted topics for the DHS Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 19.1 Pre-Solicitation. The Pre-Solicitation contains 10 topic descriptions, eight from the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and two from the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Michael Fanelli, 36, of Woodbury, NJ, was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with one count of armed bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Raleigh - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced WILLIAM SHAWN ELLIOT, 55, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, to serve 20 years in federal prison on charges of Arson and Making False Statements to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: A 36-year old convicted sex offender has entered a guilty plea for failing to notify authorities of international travel, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: MOAB, UT-The Southeast Utah Group of national parks (Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments) is joining national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees on five days in 2019 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and spend time with their friends and family in their national parks this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: MISSOULA-Flathead County resident Allen Duane Turman, 43, pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court to sexual exploitation of a child, said U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: An Atlanta man with an extensive felony record will spend more than six years in federal prison for his role as a “mule" in a cross-country drug-trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Russell Eugene Wolf, 42, of Kahoka, Missouri, was sentenced today to 198 months’ imprisonment for Producing Child Pornography. The investigation showed that Wolf hid a camera in a bathroom to record an underage child while the child showered. The camera was disguised to look like a coat hook.
