News published on Federal Newswire in September 2018

News from September 2018


News Release: Grand Teton National Park will host a public open house on Wednesday, Sept. 19, from 5:30 - 7 p.m. at the Teton County Library in Jackson, Wyoming to gather public comment on the park’s draft Accessibility Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan.


News Release: FBI Requests Public Assistance to Identify Bank Robber.


Six Illegal Aliens Guilty in Federal Court of Social Security Number Fraud

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -------- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that six individuals, illegally in the United States, entered pleas of guilty before District Judge Donald C. Coggins, Jr., in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The names of the Defendants are as follows.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jordan Sandoval, 34, an enrolled member and resident of San Felipe Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an assault charge. Sandoval entered his guilty plea without the benefit of a plea agreement.


Essex County Man Admits Role in Armed Robbery of Passaic, New Jersey, Club

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County man today admitted that he participated in a September 2015 gunpoint robbery of a club in Passaic, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: FARGO - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on Sept. 10, 2018, Roberto A. Lang, United States District Judge, South Dakota, sitting by designation, sentenced Damian Scott Olvera, age 26, Fargo, ND, on charges of Possession of Materials Containing Child Pornography and Receipt...


Hartford Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug and Gun Charges

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAQUAN PATTERSON-GREENE, 22, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to drug and firearm charges.


Wirt County Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Child Pornography and Firearm Offenses

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Wirt County man was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison today for a child pornography crime and a firearms offense, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Dusten Shawn Cottrell, 40, of Palestine, previously pled guilty to possessing child pornography and being a prohibited ...


‘Secret Cities’ are Focus of House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus Event

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The managers of EM sites home to Manhattan Project “secret cities" will participate in a panel discussion for the House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus this Wednesday, Sept. 12.


Exhibit of Student Art and Poetry at Channel Islands National Park

News Release: The winning entries from this year’s California Coastal Art & Poetry Contest will be on display at the Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center from Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018 through Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to his role in a conspiracy to kidnap and torture an Independence, Mo., man.


News Release: DALLAS -- The final defendant in a high-profile north Texas “foreclosure rescue" case has been sentenced for his role in the scheme, which swindled nearly a quarter of a million dollars from at least 70 homeowners facing foreclosure, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Atif Babar Malik, age 48, of Germantown, Maryland, today to eight years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. The sentence was imposed for his trial conviction on 26 counts arising from two criminal schemes...


Broken Arrow Woman Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $2.75 Million

News Release: TULSA, Okla.- United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that Cristyne Denise Gilleland, 41, of Broken Arrow, pleaded guilty Tuesday to wire fraud involving the embezzlement of more than $2.75 million from an Inola business and to signing a false tax return.


Baltimore Sun: Op-Ed by Rep. Cummings: Trump administration turns back the clock on health care reform

News Release: Last week, a federal court in Texas heard oral arguments in yet another lawsuit attacking the Affordable Care Act.


News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal district court judge convicted a Chesterfield County man following a bench trial today on a charge of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.


BLM reminds hunters about safety, fire restrictions during hunting seasons

News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - Hunting seasons are getting underway on public lands, and the Bureau of Land Management is reminding hunters in California to use caution and observe seasonal fire restrictions.


National Park Service Seeks Public Comment on the Expanded Non-native Aquatic Species Management Plan (Grand Canyon)

News Release: Page, AZ - The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comment on an Expanded Non-native Aquatic Species Management Plan and Environmental Assessment in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Glen Canyon NRA) and Grand Canyon National Park below the Glen Canyon Dam. Public comments will be accepted for a 30-day period from Sept. 11 to Oct. 11, 2018.


News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney R. Andrew Murray announced that, late yesterday, Johnny Obrian Leach, 31, of Gastonia, N.C. was sentenced to 180 months in prison and three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. presided over the sentencing.


News Release: BOSTON - The owner of George H. Richard & Son Roofing in Milton, Mass., was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for filing a false tax return which failed to disclose substantial business receipts.