News from October 2018
By DOT News Wire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: USDOT Statement on the FAA Reauthorization Bill Passage
By DOT News Wire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Allegiant Air $225,000 for violating federal law and the Department’s airline consumer protections rules concerning tarmac delays and ordered it to cease and desist from future similar violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: BOISE - One year ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which Attorney General Sessions has made the centerpiece of the Department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN focuses federal, state and local enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Oct. 3, 2018, Oscar Chaves (55 years old) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sentenced in Federal Court to 40 months in prison after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography contrary to Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252A(a)(5). After his release from prison, Chaves will spend 5 years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia has identified approximately 30 medical professionals who are prescribing opioids in significantly higher quantities or doses than their peers or to patients who may pose a high risk of abuse or diversion. The U.S. Attorney will...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Fairfax man surrendered to the FBI on an outstanding arrest warrant today in connection with being charged with having committed securities fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Torrey, UT -National Park Service Acting Intermountain Regional Director Kate Hammond approved the Capitol Reef National Park Livestock Grazing and Trailing Management Plan, which incorporates substantial public and stakeholder input.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: ALBANY: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that on Thursday, October 4, 2018, United States District Court Judge Leslie Abrams sentenced 33-year-old Joshua Griffin of Pelham, Georgia, to a total of 120 months imprisonment for the offenses of Possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: ALBANY: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that 28-year-old Corey Jackie Smith of Cairo, Georgia was sentenced for Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine before Senior U.S. District Court Judge W. Louis Sands in Albany, Georgia on Thursday, October 4, 2018. Mr. Smith was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: HOHENWALD, TN - The Natchez Trace Parkway will close the Meriwether Lewis Visitor Information Center for the season on Oct. 21, 2018. This season, the Meriwether Lewis Visitor Information Center welcomed over 6,500 visitors to the site. The burial monument, restrooms, campground, and hiking trails are open seven days a week and are not affected by this closure.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: One year ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made the centerpiece of the Department’s nationwide violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) will be joined by his father and former Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bud Shuster in the Oval Office today as President Trump signs into law a bill that includes a major five-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and a package of life- and cost-saving disaster program reforms.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact on a proposal to purchase up to 6,000 acre-feet of recycled water for the East Bear Creek Unit of the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Peter Breitnauer, of Kenmore, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of hydrocodone. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - Due to subsiding fire danger, the Bureau of Land Management High Desert District is rescinding the Stage 1 fire restrictions for public lands within the boundaries of Sublette and Lincoln Counties that went into effect Sept. 21, 2018. This decision was reached in coordination with our county partners. Partnerships and inclusion are vital to managing sustainable, working public lands managed by the BLM.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- One year ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which Attorney General Sessions has made the centerpiece of the Department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Arturo Gray, 23, of Capitol Heights, Md., and Twon Brown, 24, of Washington D.C., have pled guilty to charges stemming from an armed robbery of a pharmacy last year on Capitol Hill, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former senior vice president of a national demolition company today admitted accepting $341,052 from the chief executive officer and from the president of a scrap metal company to steer business to them, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: HOUGHTON, MICH- The National Park Service and partners transported two more wolves to Isle Royale this week. On Tuesday, Oct. 2, a female wolf was transported by the NPS boat BEAVER from Grand Portage, Minnesota, and released in the park. On Thursday, Oct. 4, another female wolf was flown on the US Fish...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Jamestown, New York, has been sentenced in federal court to four years and nine months imprisonment, 25 months supervised release and a $5,000 special assessment under the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (18 U.S.C. § 3014(a)) on his conviction of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
