News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A Clearfield County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months in prison and 10 years’ supervised release on his conviction of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GEORGE J. CONNELLY, JR., 48, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a large-scale fencing operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: Defendant Forced Suspicious Driver to Return Him to Washington After 72-Mile Trip to Aberdeen, Md.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - On the first day of National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, the Department of Justice announced it is awarding almost $320 million to combat the opioid crisis in America. The unprecedented funding will directly help those most impacted by the deadliest drug crisis in American history, including crime victims, children, families, and first responders.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: Harkers Island, N.C. - The National Park Service Incident Management Team (IMT) is demobilizing on October 1 and 2. The team began their response to Hurricane Florence on Sept. 12, two days before the Category 1 storm made landfall, and has been planning for and working on stabilization efforts at Cape Lookout National Seashore and Moores Creek National Battlefield since that day. At demobilization, park conditions include.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: Harkers Island, N.C. - Cape Lookout National Seashore will open the Cape Lookout Lighthouse to the public for climbing Friday, October 5 through Monday, October 8. The national seashore will waive lighthouse ticket fees this weekend to celebrate the progress towards recovery from Hurricane Florence.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: Harkers Island, N.C. - The National Park Service Incident Management Team (IMT) is demobilizing on October 1 and 2. The team began their response to Hurricane Florence on Sept. 12, two days before the Category 1 storm made landfall, and has been planning for and working on stabilization efforts at Cape Lookout National Seashore and Moores Creek National Battlefield since that day. At demobilization, park conditions include.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: Defendant Stabbed Victim With a Screwdriver.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is in the early stages of developing a Visitor Use Site Management Plan and is seeking public input on some concepts and ideas that are being formulated for Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is proposing to improve recreation...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: On Sept. 28, 2018, U.S. District Court Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks sentenced Matthew Geoffrey Larson, 26, of West Palm Beach, to over 7.5 years in prison following his bank robbery and Hobbs Act robbery convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Tyler Barriss, 25, Los Angeles, Calif., was arraigned in federal court in Wichita today on a superseding indictment charging him in connection with a Dec. 28, 2017, swatting incident in Wichita, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida - Join Ranger Bob Showler for a Global Big Day Birding Adventure on Oct. 6 from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. in Everglades National Park. The ranger-led group will look for birds at various points of interest along the Main Park Road between the Royal Palm Visitor Center and Flamingo.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing awards of up to $28 million to support the research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) of next-generation tools and technologies to improve the cybersecurity and resilience of the Nation's critical energy infrastructure...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: Katmai National Park & Preserve, King Salmon, AK - Katmai has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to analyze the relocation of the Brooks Campground Trail within the Brooks Camp area of Katmai National Park and Preserve. The project includes the following objectives.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public scoping comments on offering 23 parcels totaling approximately 13,792 acres of federal oil and gas leases on public lands managed by the Colorado River Valley, Grand Junction, Kremmling, Little Snake, Royal Gorge and White River field offices in the upcoming March 2019 competitive oil and gas lease sale.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - On the first day of National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, the Department of Justice announced it is awarding almost $320 million to combat the opioid crisis in America. The unprecedented funding will directly help those most impacted by the deadliest drug crisis in American history, including crime victims, children, families, and first responders.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - With the arrival of cooler fall weather, Bureau of Land Management fire crews will begin burning projects designed to improve habitat at the Lacks Creek area northeast of Arcata. Projects could begin the week of Oct. 10 and will continue on days when weather conditions allow for safe and successful burning.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Troy Graham, 35, of Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 229 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for extortion, brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a robbery, and possession of a firearm by a felon, announced U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kevin D. Waczkowski, 34, of Elma, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 1, 2018
News Release: Last week, the Senate passed S. 1768, the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act , a bipartisan bill to improve the nation’s earthquake preparedness. The legislation, introduced by Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., modernizes earthquake-safety programs that help states like Alaska and California prepare for and respond to earthquakes.
