News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On September 7, 2018, Corrie Gillispie, 42, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Travis R. McDonough, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 396 months in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Due to Hurricane Florence’s projected path toward the North Carolina coast, and due to Dare County’s mandatory evacuation order for visitors and residents, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial will suspend visitor services and temporarily close all visitor facilities at 12:00 pm today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jose Wil Castro, of El Salvador, was sentenced today to 10 months incarceration for his role in a cocaine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Rift Valley Fever (RVF), an infectious viral disease, poses a significant threat to livestock and human health in Africa and the Middle East. Although the disease has not reached the United States, a recent study by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Kansas State University (KSU ) shows that U.S. white-tailed deer are highly susceptible to the RVF virus (RVFV).
By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Washington - Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is partnering with rural communities in 22 states to support opportunities for opioid prevention, treatment and recovery (PDF, 162 KB).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today the results of the September 2018 Federal Grand Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Horace M. Rutledge, Jr., 44, of New York City, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to the maximum 120 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. He was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: One of the largest software libraries in the world just grew larger. The National Software Reference Library (NSRL), which archives copies of the world’s most widely installed software titles, has expanded to include computer game software from three popular PC gaming distribution platforms-Steam, Origin and Blizzard.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two Mexican nationals have pleaded guilty for their roles in an alien transporting event which resulted in death, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: GREENVILLE, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Harrison Industries LLC - operating as Structural Wood Systems Inc. - for exposing employees to multiple hazards at its Greenville, Alabama, worksite. The company faces $85,362 in proposed penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Orlando, FL - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Thomas Dean Peron (30, Sanford) to 17 years and 5 months in federal prison. Peron pleaded guilty on June 25, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Used the Social Security Number of a United States Citizen to Get Work.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Serving demand for resources that support economic activity around the nation and the world, and fulfilling the Trump Administration's commitment to an all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Bureau of Land Management auctioned 210 million cubic feet (MMcf) of crude helium from the Federal Helium Reserve for a total of $58,700,000 in revenue, which will be deposited in the Treasury for use in funding for national programs and projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Barbara “Basia" Skudrzyk, a/k/a Barbara “Basia" Najarro, of St. Louis, was indicted last Thursday on six counts of mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -Jacob Renard White, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months incarceration for methamphetamine distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: SEATTLE - A Portland man was sentenced to seven years in prison for burglarizing the All That Glitters pawnshop in Tigard, Ore., on March 15, 2017, in which a trio of burglars took nine handguns.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: ERIE, PA - A resident of St. Marys, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: * With continued warm and dry weather across the park and no significant cooling in sight, Yellowstone’s fire danger is now VERY HIGH.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Martinsburg man and a Kearneysville woman were sentenced today for drug distribution and firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Subcommittee Ranking Member Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) released the following statement on funding for the VA MISSION Act in the fiscal year 2019 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs-Energy and Water-Legislative Branch minibus.
