News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Suzette Kenney, 41, of Barre, and Kim Kuncz, 49, of Montpelier, were charged on Aug. 30, 2018 in separate indictments of multiple counts of cocaine base distribution (a.k.a. “crack cocaine"). Both women recently appeared...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and the House Natural Resources Committee Democrats launched an online #SaveLWCF initiative today highlighting successful Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) projects implemented across the country in the more than 50 years since the program was established in 1965.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: Weather:. Yesterday the fires received between a quarter and a half inch of rain with light snowfall on the mountain peaks. Cold temperatures overnight dipped to near freezing temperatures. Today will start with some early morning clouds, followed by a mostly sunny afternoon. Temperature highs will range...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that PETER B. JOHNSON was sentenced to 30 months in prison for leading a scheme to defraud a group of lenders (the “Banks") by submitting false “borrowing base" reports designed to secure and maintain a $400...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Johnny Ray Webb, age 51, of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Felon In Possession Of Firearm And Ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine, or both.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: UTICA, MS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Midway Tower Service Inc. and Bracken Equipment Holdings LLC for exposing employees to fall and struck-by hazards after an employee suffered fatal injuries at a Utica, Mississippi, worksite.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) has named U.S. Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) to serve as Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation for the remainder of the 115th Congress. The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation is one of six subcommittees of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Frank Weir, 56, of Shrewsbury, appeared in federal court today for an arraignment on a two-count indictment charging him with possessing a machine gun without a permit in February 2016. According to the government’s allegation...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A comic book artist from Essex County, New Jersey, today admitted distributing thousands of images and videos of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: Updated: Sept. 17, 2018. Originally posted: Sept. 13, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Lawrence Jamieson, 59, of Malvern, Pennsylvania was sentenced today to 100 years in federal prison for sexual abuse of a minor girl, manufacture of hundreds of sexually explicit videos and images of his abuse, and the collection of more than 14.4 million images of child pornography that he downloaded from the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Louisville Field Division recently conducted seminars attended by more than 75 federal firearms license (FFL) dealers and Special Occupational Taxpayers that deal in firearms regulated by the National Firearms Act (NFA) from Jefferson, Daviess, Fayette and several Northern Kentucky counties.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: Lasers play roles in many manufacturing processes, from welding car parts to crafting engine components with 3D printers.* To control these tasks, manufacturers must ensure that their lasers fire at the correct power.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jarod Arthur Blakney, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to cocaine distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: On Sept. 14, a federal jury in North Dakota convicted a Providence, Rhode Island woman after a week-long trial, on all 15 counts for her participation in a Jamaican lottery fraud scheme, which has affected about 100 identified victims with reported losses totaling more than $6.7 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A corrections officer at the Massachusetts Correctional Institute facility in Norfolk (MCI-Norfolk) was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for a conspiracy to smuggle Suboxone strips into the facility for an inmate.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 16, 2018
News Release: National Protection and Programs Directorate The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is warning drone owners and operators they may face significant fines if they interfere with emergency response operations in the areas affected by Hurricane Florence. Many aircraft that are conducting life-saving ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2018
News Release: Updated Status Of Park Facilities. Great Smoky Mountains National Park will continue to see impacts from the remnants of Tropical Storm Florence throughout tonight and into Monday. A steady rain has been falling over the park most of the day and although winds have been relatively light at lower elevations...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2018
News Release: Teton Interagency Firefighters are actively monitoring a fire in Grand Teton National Park, located about one mile above Leigh Canyon from the west side of Leigh Lake at about 7,600 feet in elevation. The Leigh Canyon Fire was detected Saturday, Sept. 16, 2018, burning in downed trees and avalanche...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2018
News Release: WELLFLEET, MA - This is a sad day for the family of Arthur Medici of Revere, MA, the national seashore, and the Cape Cod community. On Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018 at approximately 12:30 pm at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, a suspected white shark attacked the 26-year old Medici. Mr. Medici died as a result of the injuries sustained in the attack. He was removed from the water and transported to Cape Cod Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
