News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Brian R. Sanborn, 53, of Franklin, was sentenced to serve 102 months in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking, said United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) sent a letter to World Resources Institute (WRI) President Andrew Steer, requesting information regarding the WRI’s work with the Chinese government and WRI’s advocacy within the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Ely, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Ely District, Bristlecone Field Office has concluded an emergency wild horse gather within the Pancake HMA focused on the Big Sand Spring Valley. The BLM gathered and removed 89 excess wild horses.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: On the weekend of October 6-7, 2018, the National Park Service is hosting a unique living history event on the Chancellorsville battlefield. Visitors will have the opportunity to engage with reenactors by receiving an identity card containing information about an actual soldier or civilian who fought or witnessed the battle. Attendees can immerse themselves into the battlefield’s history while learning about what happened to the person they were assigned.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Clint Walker, age 27, of Columbus, Georgia, pled guilty to Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon and Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute in an amount over 50 grams before...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Chesapeake man was sentenced today to eight years in prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An Adams, Mass. man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield in connection with a plot to engage in terrorist activity inspired by and in the name of ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas felon was sentenced today to a total of 216 months in prison for his involvement in two violent armed carjackings that resulted in bodily injury to the victims, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Man involved in Louisville, Kentucky health care fraud ring found guilty on all counts.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 15-count indictment charging Benjamin Handley, 25, of Homer, Alaska, with five counts each of unlawful shipment of defaced firearm, unlawful transfer of machinegun, and unlawful transport of firearm. The charges carry maximum penalties of 10 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Tried to Escape from Jail While Awaiting Trial on Federal Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Distributed an Assault Rifle, High-Caliber Handguns and Several Other Firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging John Craig Myrick (67, Groveland) with forcible assault of a federal officer. Myrick faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.
By State Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following remarks during a hearing on the value of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The hearing was the third in a series examining U.S. policy toward Russia. The committee ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha County man pled guilty today to a federal methamphetamine crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Shane Steven Thaxton, 41, of Sissonville, entered his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney Stuart...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - Volunteers are welcome to help clean up public lands along the Clear Creek Greenway south of Redding, when the Bureau of Land Management and its partners celebrate National Public Lands Day, Saturday, Sept. 29.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal indictment unsealed Thursday charges Robert Glen Mouritsen, age 71, of Kaysville, with using a position of prominence to induce friends and fellow church members to give him money to further a financial fraud scheme he called “The Project." The fraud scheme started in 2006 and continued through Aug. 29, 2018, the indictment alleges.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has scheduled a meeting Oct. 16, 2018, in Washington, DC, to solicit public comments and suggestions from stakeholders on whistleblower issues in the finance industry within OSHA’s jurisdiction.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 101,736 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Washington - On Aug. 16, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Fair Trade Practices Program (FTPP) issued a complaint against Southeast Mississippi Livestock (A.A.L.) (SE Mississippi), Hattiesburg, Miss., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act (Act).
