News from October 2018
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced today that Reclamation has selected three submissions for its prize competition seeking ideas to eradicate mussels in open water. Steven Suhr and Marie-Claude Senut will receive a full award of $80,000 for their idea while Wen Chen and Absar Alum with Stephanie Bone will each receive $10,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Guatemalan man was sentenced today to over 23 years in prison for his leadership role in operating a large-scale Guatemalan drug trafficking organization (DTO) that moved 3,739 kilograms of cocaine throughout Central America, as part of a coordinated international law enforcement investigation codenamed Operation Go Explorers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The Drug Enforcement Administration invites the community to take a visible stand against drugs by celebrating Red Ribbon Week from October 23-31. Red Ribbon Week raises awareness of drug use and the problems related to drugs facing our community, and encourages parents, educators, business owners, and other community organizations to promote drug-free lifestyles.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Tennessee man was sentenced to an additional ten years in prison in connection with a child pornography ring at Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix that was operated by inmates who were imprisoned for related offenses, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Ladaireus Jones, 25, of Bakersfield, was sentenced by United States District Dale A. Drozd today to more than four and a half years in prison and three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Eric J.D. Contreras, 33, of Roswell, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 60 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-TN) sent a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Guest Services, Inc. to provide equestrian and related services at the Rock Creek Park Horse Center in Washington, D.C., for the next 10 years.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.– Building on the Administration’s commitment to improving the resiliency, reliability, and security of the nation’s electricity delivery system, the Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the upcoming publication of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) introducing administrative ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The 13-mile Scenic Drive at Red Rock Canyon will be open 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting November 1. This change happens yearly and is necessary as days become shorter and the sunset is earlier after the end of Daylight Saving Time. The Visitors’ Center will continue to be open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Douglas Mills, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to probation for cocaine distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Honduran national on illegal re-entry charges, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and ICE Homeland Security Investigations Assistant Special Agent in Charge for Alabama James G. Hernandez.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced it will hold a teleconference meeting of the Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council. The public is welcome to listen in on the meeting, which will occur Friday, Nov. 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - Six men who are alleged to be associated with a criminal enterprise generally known as Chad, Chad Brown, Chad Brown Posse, Chad Brown Cut Throats, Cut Throat Committee, Chad Brown Killers, CBK, The Bricks, and Hova Gang, among others (collectively, “the Chad Brown Gang") have been charged ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JARED CASTELLAW (“CASTELLAW"), and PATRICK HEALY (“HEALY"), employees of an undisclosed entity, ABC Homes, LLC, located in St. Bernard Parish, and VALERIE SCHONES (“SCHONES"), a loan officer from an undisclosed mortgage lending institution, XYZ Financial, based in Tuscon, Arizona, were charged on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018 in a one-count Bill of Information for Making False Statements to a Financial Institution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: FBI Warns Public of Scams and Fraud in Wake of Super Typhoon Yutu.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former CEO of First State Bank, a financier, and a New Jersey business owner were indicted today by a federal grand jury for their roles in an elaborate scheme to deceive the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and to deceive and defraud the now defunct First State Bank (FSB), formerly located in Cranford, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: DENVER - Stuart M. Jameson, of Colorado Springs, Colorado pled guilty earlier in the month before U.S. District Court Judge Raymond P. Moore to filing a false tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Jason R. Dunn, Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Steven Osborne, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRANDON SPENCE, also known as “Spun," 30, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
