News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A New York man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield to failure to register as a sex offender.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is planning prescribed burning projects starting this fall and continuing into spring, on public lands in Shasta, Butte, Tehama and Trinity counties. Crews will ignite the pile burns and broadcast burns only when weather conditions allow for safe and successful burning and smoke dispersion.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Carlos Del Villar, of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former deputy with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day in federal prison for lying to investigators about a missing machinegun, U.S. Attorney Stephan McAllister said.

By US DOT Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after voting against the confirmation of Jeffrey Bossert Clark to be Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: DURANGO -Anthony Ryan Lopez, age 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn yesterday to serve 24 months incarceration followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution of $98,902.76. Lopez pled guilty on June 28, 2018. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Steven Osborne.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Jason Leslie Juliano, age 46, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty to being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and for possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jason E. Mininger, 50, of Folsom, CA, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay $917,714 in restitution to the victims of the fraud, United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A retired city clerk of Caney, Kan., was indicted today on charges of stealing more than $36,500 from the city, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Kissimmee, Florida, man was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for tax fraud, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

By DOE Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced measures to prevent China’s illegal diversion of U.S. civil nuclear technology for military or other unauthorized purposes.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Seth Allen, 29 years old, of Claypool, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio, after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Matthew A. Urquhart, 32, of Seneca Falls, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with receipt and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, lifetime supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has opened a 15-day public scoping period for nominated oil and gas lease parcels located in Montana and South Dakota. The scoping period runs through Oct. 25, 2018, and is intended to solicit public input on nominated lease parcels, including the preliminary recommendations and stipulations.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Scott man was sentenced Tuesday to five years and seven months in prison for possessing child pornography on a Dropbox account.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Illinois Drug User Unlawfully Possessed a Gun He Used to Shoot at a Club in Dubuque.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: A Toledo man was indicted for attempting to coerce what he believed to be a 17-year-old to travel interstate to engage in sex.

By US DOT Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, submitted a statement for the record for Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control's (DNREC) meeting to solicit public comment on the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: * Uncle Tom’s Point, Uncle Tom’s Trail, and most of the South Rim Trail are open.