News from October 2018

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI, Navajo Nation Ask Public for Help Identifying Body Found in Mentmore, New Mexico.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - After a two-day trial, Willard Lee Moss, Jr., of Saint Marys, West Virginia, was found guilty by a jury of a firearms violation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Workshop instructor Lance Keimig is a Hinesburg, Vt.-based photographer who is best known for night photography made at the intersection of the natural and built environments. He is the author of two books, including Night Photography: Finding Your Way in the Dark which has been translated into seven...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Jemez Springs -Valles Caldera National Preserve is looking for opportunities to implement prescribed burning, consisting of broadcast and/or pile burning, starting as early as October 22nd and as late as mid-December.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: During the Investigation, Law Enforcement Recovered $405,156 in Drug Proceeds, Approximately One Kilogram of Heroin, and 49 Cell Phones Used to Facilitate Drug Transactions.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS - In the past six months, law enforcement officers have charged 106 persons in federal and state court, seized 160 pounds of methamphetamine and confiscated 52 firearms from the Yellowstone County community as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a federal program to reduce violent crime through a multi-jurisdictional law enforcement effort.

By USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 16, 2018 - Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has finalized four cooperative agreements to help rural communities create and implement economic development plans.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - Bring “trick-or-treaters" to the Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park on Saturday October 27 from 1-4 pm to have fall science fun with the sixth annual “Eeek" of Ecology Festival. This free event will run rain or shine and is recommended for children ages 0-8 years old, accompanied by an adult.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jason Keiser, age 27, of Lehighton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on October 9, 2018, to 270 months’ imprisonment and 20 years’ supervised release by United States District Court Judge Malachy E.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Brockway, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of conversion of government funds, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Chesterfield man who owned and operated an investment firm in Virginia Beach pleaded guilty today to mail fraud and engaging in monetary transactions in criminally derived property.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A LaSalle County physician was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison for illegally dispensing prescription medications, including opioids, in exchange for cash or sex.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - Opioids kill hundreds of Iowans every year. Opioid abuse remains at an all-time high and these dangerous drugs wreak havoc on lives and communities. Unfortunately, all too often, the use of an opioid ends with death because people do not know what they have or how dangerous it is.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - An Oklahoma man pleaded guilty in federal court today to the armed robbery of a hotel in Columbia, Mo., on May 31, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -Menard Hazelwood, age 29, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to assault of a federal officer and brandishing a firearm in the course of a crime of violence, in connection with the May 26, 2017, assault on two undercover Special Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that a federal jury in Bridgeport has found CHRISTOPHER HAMLETT, also known as “Cadi" and “Cadillac Black," 25, of Hartford, with multiple federal offenses related to the sex trafficking of minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of a Hyde Park auto body shop pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with preparing false tax returns for his company, Automotive Specialties Inc.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: FBI Requests Public Assistance to Identify San Diego Bank Robber.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK & PRESERVE, Alaska - The National Park Service has selected the businesses which will provide exclusive charter vessel and related services in Glacier Bay National Park starting next spring.