News from September 2018
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: MONTICELLO, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service will host three public meetings as part of the ongoing land use planning for the Bears Ears National Monument. The draft management plans for the Shash Jáa Unit and the Indian Creek Units as well as the associated environmental...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in the murder of a 16-year-old boy in East Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury in Fresno returned a five-count indictment Thursday against 16 members and associates of La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott for the Eastern District of California announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: SPOKANE, Wash. - Due to cooler temperatures and increased moisture in the area, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Spokane District will lift fire restrictions on lands administered by the district, including the temporary ban on target shooting, in eastern Washington. The termination of the regulated...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: With a strong and united position in favor of important priorities and against poison pill riders, House Democrats secured increased funding for biomedical research, opioid abuse prevention and treatment, child care, and career and technical education.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: Jay S. Tabb, Jr. Named Executive Assistant Director of the National Security Branch.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted negotiating the sale of 17 firearms over a five-month period while he was a previously convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: Rossi Lorathio Adams II, also known as “Rossi Adams" and “Polo," from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been charged with one count of Conspiracy to Interfere with Commerce by Threats and Violence. The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed today in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: Yesterday, a Tamarac resident was sentenced to over 12 years in prison by United States District Senior Judge James I. Cohn, for being a felon unlawfully in possession of a loaded firearm while being the subject of a Domestic Violence Protection Order.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven Merrday has sentenced Dr. John Janick (73, Port Charlotte) to five months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for obstructing a Medicare audit. As part of his sentence, Janick is required to pay $118,831.62 in restitution to the Medicare program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in the murder of a 16-year-old boy in East Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston gang member was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for distributing crack cocaine in a Jamaica Plain housing development.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: SENTENCING - Nemelee Jiao, 48. On September 6, Nemelee Jiao of Irving, TX was sentenced to more than 8 years in federal prison for her role in operating a $3.4 million Ponzi-scheme investment fraud. In December 2017, Jiao pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud after FBI agents identified 41 victims...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that local efforts to increase violent crime prosecutions in the Acadiana area are having a substantial impact.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: Federal inmate Detrick L. Layfield, 40, has been found guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon intending bodily harm after attacking a fellow inmate at the Federal Correctional Institute in Greenville, Illinois. The conviction comes after a two-day federal jury trial in East St. Louis, Illinois, where...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) National Firearms Examiner Academy (NFEA) graduated its 2017-2018 class of 11 men and women today with apprentice/entry-level firearms and toolmark examiner skills after a year-long training program conducted by ATF’s National ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A resident of Puerto Rico was charged today with attempting to smuggle more than 10 kilograms of cocaine into the United States through Newark Liberty International Airport, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Grand Canyon National Park has received confirmation that a bat collected at Phantom Ranch on Aug. 31, 2018 tested positive for rabies. The rabies positive bat did not come in contact with any visitors. Recently, park users have reported an increase in human-bat interactions, including...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 14, 2018
Release: MOSCOW, RUSSIA- Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and Ambassador Jon Huntsman met with Dr. Alexey
