News from October 2018
By State Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding President Trump’s tweet that he would be cutting off or substantially reducing aid to Central America...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Sentencing is scheduled in February 2019 for Ronald T. Walker, 37, of Rock Island, Ill., who pleaded guilty on Oct. 19, 2018, to one count of robbery, in violation of the Hobbs Act, before U.S. District Judge Sara Darrow.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Belizian national was sentenced today to 11 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including nearly two pounds of Fentanyl.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: CALAIS, MAINE - The National Park Service (NPS) invites the public to provide feedback on Saint Croix Island International Historic Site’s Draft Environmental Assessment/Assessment of Effect for Disposing of the McGlashan-Nickerson House (Draft EA). The Draft EA is available for public comment through Nov. 30, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - After collecting a total of more than 9.9 million pounds (nearly 5,000 tons) of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications during 15 previous events over the past eight years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration expects to reach a total of 10 million pounds collected following...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: PROVO, UTAH - The Bureau of Reclamation has extended the comment period on the draft Environmental Assessment for the Green River Block Water Exchange Contract by two weeks. The document considers the possible impacts of the contract on the human and natural environment as required by the National Environmental Policy Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Khoi Nguyen was sentenced to federal prison for aggravated identity theft on Oct. 19, 2018. As a part of his scheme, Nguyen stole the identity of an unwitting victim, then subsequently opened a fraudulent online bank account at Branch Banking and Trust (BB&T) bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that a Sitka man has been indicted on federal charges alleging he illegally constructed and possessed a pipe bomb.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will reset a cattleguard grate that has become uneven along the Main Empire Ranch Road (route #6900) on Oct. 25. The maintenance work will ensure continued safe public access to the popular historic Empire Ranch and other popular recreation areas, located in the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area. The maintenance work is expected to take a half day to complete.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: Rosebud Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe to Participate in TAP Program in District of South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: FBI Milwaukee Seeking Information Regarding Missing 13-Year-Old Jayme Closs.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - Photographs by Kekoa Rosehill and Katie Trudeau will be featured at Cape Cod National Seashore’s Salt Pond Visitor Center in November. The exhibit is part of the seashore’s ongoing series Perspectives: Seeing Cape Cod National Seashore Through Art.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, NV - The Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District, Humboldt River Field Office, continues to assist grazing permittees and other public land users affected by the Martin Fire. In a collaborative and cooperative process, BLM is addressing fencing status and needs, helping coordinate...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: This morning, 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 before Chief Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: ALBANY-- United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Charles E. Peeler, announced Tuesday that eleven of a total of 28 individuals involved in a massive Moultrie-based Methamphetamine distribution ring were sentenced by The Honorable Leslie J. Abrams on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 and Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 in U.S. Federal Court in Albany. More sentencings in this crime ring are expected throughout the week.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: The Gettysburg National Military Park, in cooperation with the non-profit National Parks Arts Foundation (NPAF) and the Gettysburg Foundation announced today that Dawn Waters Baker, a painter from Dallas, TX, will be the park’s November 2018 Artist-in-Residence, and will present her work to the public, on November 3rd at 10 AM at the Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA - A Topeka man was sentenced Monday to 40 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a stolen gun, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that a Wasilla man has been sentenced in federal court for embezzling approximately $80,000, over the course of nearly five years, from the Alaska Chapter of the Association of Civilian Technicians labor union.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man pleaded guilty today to unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today raised alarms about comments by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell calling for harmful changes to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, and protections for pre-existing conditions.
