News from October 2018
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: The BLM Alaska Fire Service, in partnership with the Department of Interior Medical Standards Program (DOI MSP), will soon deliver medical exams to federal emergency firefighters. The goal of the exams is to increase safety by identifying pre-existing conditions that could be aggravated by the arduous duty of wildland firefighting.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
Release: PITTSBURGH - An Ohio woman was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) when they detected a loaded handgun in the woman’s carry-on bag, Oct. 18.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Defendant Got Access to Checks Written to Companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: A Broward county teacher pled guilty yesterday to possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, TX-The Federal Bureau of Investigation San Antonio Division, Laredo Resident Agency Office, is seeking information from the public about a missing Laredo teenager and two individuals who may have information about the teenager’s disappearance.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Devon Deshaun Lawson a resident of Mobile, Alabama was sentenced to 188 months incarceration for possession of a firearm after being convicted of a felony of Distribution of a Controlled Substance in January 2008.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Bureau of Land Management Elko District seasonal fire restrictions which have been in effect since Aug. 2, 2018 have been lifted.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Jessie L. Wofford, 41, of Washington Park, Illinois, was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Wofford has a 1994 conviction for first degree murder and is legally prohibited from possessing a gun. He was on parole for that conviction when a 9mm handgun and a loaded extended magazine were found in his residence earlier this year. Wofford pleaded guilty to the federal gun charge back on June 15.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement in response to Saudi Arabia’s claims regarding the death of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and columnist for The Washington Post.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: DENVER, CO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the North American Excavation Shoring Association (NAXSA) hosted a Colorado Trench Safety Summit.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) today formed an alliance to provide information and training on preventing worker exposure to safety and health hazards in the maintenance, reliability, and physical asset management profession.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Calling all ghosts and goblins, witches and wizards, pirates and princesses! On Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, Steamtown National Historic Site will host “Spooky Spectacular" special Halloween events at the park! A variety of free, not-so-scary family friendly activities are planned for children of all ages. Come in costume to make for an even more spooky good time!.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Jose Osvaldo Melendez-Rojas and Rosalio Melendez-Rojas were extradited to the United States yesterday and arraigned today before United States Magistrate Judge Cheryl L. Pollak at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on an 18-count indictment charging them variously with sex trafficking conspiracy, sex...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault on a Federal Officer was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Pacheco, aka Michael Dominguez, 27, of Dunkirk, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, 500 grams or more cocaine, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge James Hunt and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that Jay Neal, 40, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of eight counts including conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more heroin; possession with...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Marguin Sanchez, 23, of California, who was convicted of conspiracy to employ unlawful aliens, was sentenced to time served by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. In addition, the defendant forfeited two properties that were used to house the illegal aliens.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a Palau national has been sentenced in federal court for carjacking a woman’s vehicle in Anchorage, which led to a vehicle chase during which he caused a collision with another driver.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Oct. 16, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NICHOLAS JOSEPH GENOVESE pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to securities fraud for inducing investments in a hedge fund that he founded, Willow Creek Investments LP (“Willow Creek"), by misrepresenting...
