News published on Federal Newswire in September 2018

News from September 2018


Voyageurs National Park Opens Rudder Bay Houseboat Site on Kabetogama Lake

News Release: INTERNATIONAL FALLS: Voyageurs National Park staff have opened Rudder Bay Houseboat site and the bay to visitors.


Vallejo Defendant Pleads Guilty in Multimillion Dollar Mortgage and Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Scheme

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Zalathiel Aguila, 45, of Vallejo, pleaded guilty last Friday to conspiring to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution and bank fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


News Release: West Glacier, MT - There will be a community meeting today, Tuesday, September 4 at 6 pm. The meeting will be held at the Glacier National Park Community Building near Park Headquarters at 64 Grinnell Drive, West Glacier. From Headquarters, follow signs to the Community Building.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Karen S. Evans was sworn in by U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette as the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER). Evans was confirmed as Assistant Secretary for CESER by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018.


Lower Brule Man Sentenced for Domestic Abuse

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender was sentenced on September 4, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


News Release: Hundreds of college students and graduates arrived at sites across the DOE complex this summer for internships to gain hands-on job experience and contribute to EM’s cleanup mission.


Bulgarian National Sentenced to Federal Prison for Defrauding FedEx

News Release: Memphis, TN - A Bulgarian national has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for mail fraud. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The 2017 Hurricane Response Team - comprised of hundreds of DOE employees and contractors, many from EM - was honored with the Secretary of Energy’s Achievement Award last week.


Dover Two-Time Federal Defendant Sentenced to Over 17 Years Imprisonment for Firearms and Drug Dealing Offenses

News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Malik Nasir, age 37, of Dover, Delaware, was sentenced on Aug. 24, 2018 to 17 ½ years in federal prison for illegally possessing five (5) firearms after a prior federal and state drug and gun felony convictions.


News Release: Defendant Misrepresented His Connections to the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Falsified an Escrow Account to Secure a $450,000 Payment.


News Release: FBI Seeking Information of Those Associated with Theft of Stolen Treasure.


News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Employees at Oak Ridge’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center (TWPC) received the DOE Voluntary Protection Program’s (VPP) distinguished Superior Star Award on Aug. 30.


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated today that Alexis Vlachos, 41, of Montreal, Quebec, was sentenced today in United States District Court by Judge William K. Sessions III to 51 months imprisonment for smuggling of over 100 handguns from Vermont to Quebec. Vlachos...


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The former Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Coshocton Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) has pleaded guilty in a federal public corruption case.


News Release: Mesa Verde National Park will lift fire restrictions on Thursday, September 6 at 12:01 a.m. The restrictions have been in effect since May 27, 2018. Recent rain showers and cooler temperatures have reduced the fire danger in the park. There are no active fires in the park.


News Release: Benjamin G. Greenberg, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Larry S. Hortert, Regional Director, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS), announced that Victor H. Gonzalez, 53, of Loxahatchee, Florida, was sentenced on August...


Department of Commerce Launches Collaborative Privacy Framework Effort

News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - Innovative technologies such as the “internet of things" (IoT) and artificial intelligence enhance convenience, efficiency and economic growth. At the same time, these and other technologies increasingly require complex networking environments and use detailed data about individuals that can make protecting their privacy harder.


Jemez Pueblo Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting A Federal Officer

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gerald Toya, 40, an enrolled member and resident of Jemez Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty on Aug. 31, 2018, to assaulting a federal officer.


BLM and partners host student archaeology excavation project in Nine Mile Canyon

News Release: PRICE, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management, Green River District Office and Arizona State University are conducting the second annual archaeological excavation at a historic site in Nine Mile Canyon with students from Utah. The public is invited to visit the excavation site while the work is being done.


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 35-year-old former Corpus Christi resident has been ordered to prison for wire fraud and tax evasion, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Brian Perez pleaded guilty March 1, 2018.