News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: Oil Services CEO and Executive Sentenced to Prison for Roles in Foreign Bribery Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: Luray, Virginia: The bridge at the Whiteoak Canyon boundary parking area remains closed. It was severely damaged during heavy rains earlier this summer. Cars are not able to cross the bridge, thus, parking is restricted to the lower lot and is extremely limited. It is reduced to one third of its normal...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment Julian Beavers, a/k/a Ock, a/k/a Marcel Ceasar, a/k/a BJ, 32, of Buffalo, NY, with possession with intent to distribute and distribution of fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl causing serious...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - The president of a staffing company today admitted defrauding a commercial finance lending company out of more than $400,000, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - Jorge Esqueda, 24, of East Chicago, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip Simon after pleading guilty to racketeering conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: Grants, NM - As the summer season ends, National Park Service Superintendent Mitzi Frank will close the El Malpais Information Center located off of Highway 53, 21 miles south and west of Grants, NM beginning October 1 for fall and winter seasons.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: CALIENTE, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Caliente Field Office is making Christmas tree-cutting permits available to the public. Permits cost $4 each with a limit of 10 per purchaser. Purchase permits in-person at the Caliente Field Office or through the mail.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - All lands within the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming High Desert District (Kemmerer, Pinedale, Rock Springs and Rawlins Field Offices) are experiencing extreme fire conditions caused by dry fuels and red flag fire weather. These factors increase the potential for extremely...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Rockland woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to stealing Social Security benefits.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - A 20-year-old community college student was arrested Thursday night at a westside Tucson apartment complex on three felony counts related to illegal drug distribution. This investigation was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Arizona’s HIDTA Counter Narcotics Alliance (CNA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Neal Braden, 61, was sentenced today to serve 97 months in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and James Hendricks, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Albany Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Neal Braden, 61, was sentenced today to serve 97 months in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and James Hendricks, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Albany Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: PRICE, Utah - The Green River District, in partnership with Agents of Discovery, will roll out a new interactive Agents of Discovery app this weekend as part of the second annual archaeological excavation activities in Nine Mile Canyon. Nine Mile Canyon was one of six locations chosen nationally to host this unique learning opportunity.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Michael Devane Overton of Jackson, Alabama was sentenced to one year, and one day imprisonment. Overton’s sentencing followed entry of a May 2018 guilty plea to a charge of prohibited person in possession of a...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Marshall man pleaded guilty yesterday to aiming the beam of a laser pointer at two aircraft in flight.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - To counter the continually growing and changing threat of violent extremism, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has developed a free and publicly accessible research findings dashboard that hosts more than 1,500 catalogued terrorism prevention...
By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; and Edward R. Royce (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; introduced H.Res. 1091...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: SODA SPRINGS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management Idaho Falls District and Caribou-Targhee National Forest today released a draft environmental impact statement analyzing different alternatives for expanding the phosphate mine at Smoky Canyon, east of Soda Springs. The agencies are seeking public input to ensure all aspects of the proposed mining and reclamation plan have been thoroughly analyzed.
