News from October 2018
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON- On Monday, Oct. 29, the National Park Service will begin the second phase of work to rehabilitate roads in Fort Dupont Park. The work will involve closing one lane on Fort Davis Drive. A flagger will direct one-way traffic while work is happening. All lanes of Fort Davis Drive will remain open during rush hour.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OR - On November 1st, the park will begin charging its winter entrance fee. The fee is $15 per car or motorcycle and $10 per person. It is good for 7 days, and will be collected at the Annie Creek Entrance Station or the backcountry office at park headquarters. It is also possible to purchase...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A father and son who stole nearly $10,000 during eight armed robberies, including two credit unions, in 2017, were sentenced today to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorneys Scott C. Blader of the Western District of Wisconsin and Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that they have appointed Assistant United States Attorneys to lead the efforts of their respective offices in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the November 6, 2018, general election.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Ryan Smith Hagel, 31, of San Luis Obispo, Calif., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 10 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Hagel had previously pleaded guilty to one count of fugitive from justice in possession of a firearm.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today urging the agency to commence a rulemaking before the end of the year to expand and make enforceable the Wireless Network Resiliency Cooperative Framework. The rulemaking would make FCC resiliency standards enforceable and expand those standards beyond wireless networks.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Investigation Placed Him Near Scene of Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Prohibiting Ohio Doctor From Prescribing Opioids.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - GABRIEL ORTIZ, 36, of Oklahoma City, pleaded guilty yesterday to accepting bribes in return for smuggling contraband into the Federal Transfer Center, announced Robert J. Troester of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: A man who is alleged to have kidnapped his 21-month old son in Canada in 1987 was arrested this morning in Vernon, Connecticut.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - Raymond P. Donovan, the Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Special Operations Division and Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that Baktash Akasha Abdalla, aka “Baktash Akasha," and Ibrahim Akasha Abdalla, aka “Ibrahim Akasha," pled...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Rasheed Stukes, age 27, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Theresa Springmann after pleading guilty to bank robbery along with using a dangerous weapon during such act, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Thirty four year-old Lonta Hobbs, the final defendant associated with a July 2018 drug bust that netted 25 defendants in Wichita Falls, has pleaded guilty, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, NV - An Indian Springs, Nevada, felon who fired a shotgun at the Devils Hole gate padlock, destroyed a surveillance camera and equipment, and harmed endangered pupfish will be serving time behind bars.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: OAKLAND - Currently 20 members of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ or ATF’s National Response Team (NRT) arrived on scene today at 950 West Grand Ave in Oakland, California, to provide their expertise in the determination of the cause and origin of a five-alarm fire that occurred at the location the morning of October 23.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Join the staff of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military as we commemorate the 155th Anniversary of the Battles for Chattanooga with a series of special programs taking place in and around the city from November 23-25, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jason Solomon, 43, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: PLEA - Larry Duncan, 72. On Oct. 22, four-term Dallas City Councilman Larry Duncan, a former president of Dallas County Schools’ Board of Trustees, pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion. The charge stems from the federal investigation into the Dallas County Schools bribery scandal, which claimed...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BARTON STUCK, 72, of Westport, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to multiple offenses stemming from an investment fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, announced an opinion filed today in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit related to the District’s criminal case involving Samuel Whitt.
