News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: After collecting a total of more than 9.9 million pounds of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications during 15 previous events over the past eight years, the Drug Enforcement Administration expects to reach a total of 10 million pounds collected following the upcoming fall 2018 Take back event. DEA and its national, tribal and community partners will hold the 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day across the country on Saturday, October 27.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: A Stark County man previously convicted of manslaughter was indicted for having a firearm and ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: MOAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on a proposal from Wesco Operating, Inc. to drill an oil and gas well in northern San Juan County, Utah. The proposed well pad is located on public lands approximately 1.7 miles southeast of Looking Glass Rock. The company proposes to access the 5.5 acre well-site via U.S. Route 191 and county-maintained Route 179, which crosses private lands through the Wilson Arch community.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Thomas Owen Haynes II, 47, of Bluefield, West Virginia, formerly of Ladson, South Carolina, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography.
By State Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We commend the U.S. Government team that helped secure the release and return of Andrew Brunson. The State Department-particularly U.S. Embassy Ankara-performed with the professionalism and dedication we expect from American diplomats. We look forward to receiving a debrief from...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Eric Drake, of Weirton, West Virginia, has admitted to illegally distributing controlled substances, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Roman Jose Aguilera Gig, 39, of Venezuela, pled guilty on Oct. 26, 2018, in District Court to one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance on Board a Vessel, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Olympic National Park announces the opportunity for park visitors to purchase park entrance passes electronically prior to their visit through YourPassNow beginning on Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. Once visitors purchase and save their digital pass, it is important that they print and bring the pass to be scanned at the park entrance station.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A joint federal and state investigation has resulted in racketeering and murder charges against five alleged members of a Chicago street gang faction known as the Goonie Boss. The charges allege that Goonie members and their associates terrorized the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side and were responsible for a total of eleven murders.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: DURANGO, COLO. - The Bureau of Reclamation is initiating negotiations on an amended repayment contract with the Mancos Water Conservancy District for the rehabilitation of the Jackson Gulch Canal System and other infrastructure. The first negotiation meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 5, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. at the Mancos Community Center, 117 North Main Street, Mancos, Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Kadeem Quarles, 27, formerly of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in the murder of man during a carjacking in November 2007 at the Anacostia Metro station, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Ernest Gerod Sims, a/k/a “Kojack," 44, of Columbia, South Carolina, was sentenced to over 15 years in federal prison for his role in a crack cocaine distribution conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: The conversion to a 100% reservation system for campsites is still underway at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore), though its start has been delayed just a bit.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, all Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued the following statement in response to multiple pipe bombs targeting government officials, press outlets, and others...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Keniel Thomas, 29, a Jamaican national, pled guilty today to trying to extort money from a couple in Washington D.C., who he tried to trick into believing they won the Mega Millions lottery, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Nancy McNamara, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
Release: On Oct. 26, 2018, APHIS published a notice of intent in the Federal Register to conduct a scoping process and prepare an environmental assessment for a flycatcher conservation program. This notice identifies potential issues, alternatives, and conservation measures that USDA and APHIS propose to review.We ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 260,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations. Of the total 200,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2018/2019 marketing year and 60,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Awards ceremony held today at Fort Jackson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The United States has intervened in three whistleblower cases pending in the Northern District of California against Tetra Tech EC Inc. (Tetra Tech) alleging that Tetra Tech submitted false claims to the United States Navy for radiological remediation and support services provided at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith Kruskall, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Myles Scales, 27, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute butyryl fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
