News from October 2018
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Highway 89 has been closed due to flooding and road wash out between Cameron and the junction with Highway 160, southwest of Tuba City. Grand Canyon National Park remains open to the public. However, detours are in place, extending travel times to the park. Heavy rains are forecasted to continue into next week.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: CALIENTE, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Ely District, Caliente Field Office is offering through a competitive sale nine parcels of public land totaling 296.09 acres located in Lincoln County, Nev.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: 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 at reducing...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Alexander Davis, 32, of Monsey, New York, was found guilty after a jury trial for attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity and for travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. The trial took place in Easton, Pennsylvania before United States District Judge Edward G. Smith.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to the CEOs of Alphabet, Facebook and Twitter today following concerning reports of Russia-linked efforts to influence the national debate over the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. In his letters, Pallone requests answers on the companies’ efforts to safeguard the American political system and to combat foreign interference campaigns on their platforms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Anthony Allen Bernal, 28, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced today to 76 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. A federal grand jury indicted Bernal on Sept. 14, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Chansen R. Diaz, 30, Cordell L. James, 28, and Michael R. Harris, 31, all of Rochester, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy and theft of mail. The charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Mark Bieniek, 45, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to cyberstalking. The charge carries a minimum penalty of one year in prison, a maximum of five years, and a $250,000 fine.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: Washington - Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched an interactive data tool to help community leaders build grassroots strategies to address the opioid epidemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “Preparing for the Future of Transportation, Automated Vehicles 3.0 (AV 3.0):"
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: More than 200 law enforcement officers died by suicide in 2019. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline may be reached at 1-800-273-8255 and provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress. We are HERE for law enforcement, HELP is a phone call away, and above all there is always HOPE.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: Washington - On July 31, 2018, Jerry & Carla Hixon, doing business as Dairyman's & Cattleman's Beef Auction (Dairyman’s Auction) Bakersfield, Calif., waived its right to a hearing, entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and paid a penalty of $1,000 for an alleged violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A Marshfield, Wisconsin man was sentenced today to 50 years in federal prison for producing child pornography involving an infant and toddler during the summer of 2017.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Mike Enzi (R-WY), and Steve Daines (R-MT), sent a letter to Andrew Wheeler, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator, regarding implementation of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: Following a two-week jury trial, on Oct. 1, 2018, Nieves Suarez, 48, of Miami, Florida, was convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and four substantive counts of health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Van Nuys man has been arrested on federal charges that he sold the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl to a 23-year-old victim, who then suffered a fatal overdose.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) co-chaired the last meeting of 2018 for the Oil and Natural Gas Subsector Coordinating Council (ONG SCC) and the Energy Government Coordinating Council (EGCC) at DOE Headquarters in Washington...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Anthony D. Jones, 30, Fitchburg, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to eight years in federal prison for robbing a BP gas station and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of that robbery. Jones pleaded guilty to these charges on July 11, 2018. His prison term will be followed by a five-year period of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: Kemper County Sheriff Commended for Working Undercover with Federal Authorities.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) co-chaired the last meeting of 2018 for the Oil and Natural Gas Subsector Coordinating Council (ONG SCC) and the Energy Government Coordinating Council (EGCC) at DOE Headquarters in Washington, ...
