News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Reginald Shannon Irby of Mobile, Alabama was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment. Irby’s sentencing followed entry of a May 2018 guilty plea to a charge of prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Chief United...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: KEYSTONE, S.D. - The parking facility at Mount Rushmore is about to change lanes. Beginning October 2 visitors will drive up, take a ticket for parking and pay at one of several pay stations located throughout the parking facility, near the Information Center, at Carvers' Marketplace or at the Gift Shop.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: Bridget Lambert, 21, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Sept. 27 in the Eastern District of Louisiana to one count of a forced labor conspiracy for conspiring with members of her family to obtain forced labor from D.P., a woman with cognitive disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: Profited $1.5 Million by Purchasing Illegally Harvested Sea Cucumber.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal inmate formerly residing in Pennsylvania pleaded guilty today to murder, carjacking and kidnapping, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Christina Nolan for the District of Vermont.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: [] - In a historic decision today, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in the District of Columbia ruled in favor of U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and nearly 200 Members of Congress who are seeking to hold President Donald Trump accountable to the Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: The former bass player for the rock band, The Ataris -best known for their 2003 hit cover of Don Henley’s "The Boys of Summer" - pleaded guilty earlier today to a charge of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. Michael S. Davenport, 50, of Santa Barbara, California, appeared at the federal district...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Two Lynn men were arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with drug and firearm charges.
By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today praised passage of legislation reauthorizing The Global Food Security Act, which will now go to the president’s desk to be signed into law. The bill also reauthorizes the U.S. Agency for International ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Effective Oct. 1, 2018, the Bureau of Land Management will begin using an updated fee schedule to recover costs incurred in processing certain actions related to oil, gas, coal, and solid minerals activities on public land. The fee schedule is adjusted regularly based on inflation and follows...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - Former Rhode Island State Senator and businessman James E. Doyle, III, 46, of Pawtucket, today pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence to thirty-one counts of bank fraud and one count each of filing a false tax return and failing to file a tax return.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee-where U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill serves as the top-ranking Democrat-recently approved McCaskill-backed legislation that would require the review, declassification, and release of government records related to unsolved criminal...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with SRI International to lead a consortium focused on quantum science and engineering. SRI International is a nonprofit, independent R&D center headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Shannon Battle, 39, of Bangor, Maine pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Now that fall has arrived, more visitors will be exploring Lake Mead National Recreation Area’s trails and campgrounds. There are a few seasonal changes that visitors should be aware of.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey attorney today admitted running a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that involved properties in Jersey City, Clifton, Union, and elsewhere in New Jersey and caused losses of millions of dollars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the Republicans’ Tax Scam 2.0. It’s been eight months since the Republicans passed their massive, unpaid-for tax cut bill without a single Democratic vote. At the time, Democrats and independent experts warned that their so-called tax reform plan that wasn’t paid for and that was so heavily skewed to the wealthy and big corporations would harm our economy and damage important programs like Medicare and Social Security.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A North Las Vegas man who kidnapped a girl in Bullhead City, Arizona, then repeatedly sexually assaulted her at his house in North Las Vegas where he held her hostage for approximately one month, had his initial court appearance today, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse of the FBI’s Las Vegas Field Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN- This week, the National Park Service (NPS) began the translocation of wolves to Isle Royale National Park as part of a multi-year effort to increase the number of apex predators into the park’s ecosystem.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2018
News Release: Traffic stop yields over a pound of meth, a stolen assault rifle, and two other firearms.
