News from August 2019
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: MONTROSE, Colorado - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southwest Colorado Fire and Aviation Management Unit transferred 10 two-way radios to the Egnar Volunteer Fire Department in San Miguel County, to enhance their wildland firefighting capabilities. The radios were transferred under BLM’s Rural Fire Readiness (RFR) program, which is designed to provide equipment to local wildland firefighting partners at no cost.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas and Michael Missal, Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs, announced today that Robert Morris Levy was arrested on federal charges stemming from a year-long investigation. A federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: Defendant was part of a Florida-based theft ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - This week, Jaysen Reuben Lopez, 26, of Casa Blanca, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to six and a half years in prison followed by four years of supervised release. Lopez previously pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Las Vegas Field Office is seeking public comment on a proposal to lease and/or convey 15 acres of public land to the Calvary Chapel for a church, K-12 school and related facilities. The proposed church and K-12 school is located along portions of Volunteer Boulevard, Welpman Way and Gilespie Street in the City of Henderson.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Robert M. Duncan, Jr., the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, recognizes and commends the efforts of the DEA, for its Operation Crystal Mountain. Operation Crystal Mountain was a sweeping methamphetamine enforcement action that culminated in several impactful investigations...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former Kansas bank executive was found guilty by a federal jury yesterday for his participation in a bank fraud scheme to obtain a $15 million construction loan for certain bank customers based upon false and fraudulent representations. The loan was shared among 26 Kansas banks.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited J.H. Berra Construction Co. - based in St. Louis, Missouri - for exposing employees to excavation hazards at a residential construction site in Saint Charles, Missouri. The company faces penalties of $143,206.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Death Valley National Park’s standard entrance fees will be waived on Sunday, August 25. This fee waiver is being done to encourage people to visit national parks on the National Park Service’s 103rd birthday.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: A Macomb County woman pleaded guilty today on charges of wire fraud in connection to an adoption fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: MACON - As Georgia children begin a new school year and some take on new social media habits, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Charles “Charlie" Peeler, and the Special Agent in Charge of Georgia’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, Debbie Garner, are warning parents...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: The proposal, known as the Restoration Blueprint, provides NOAA’s perspective on how the sanctuary can assist in protecting and restoring important marine resources in the Florida Keys. These actions include proposals to both restore important reefs and seagrass beds and to modify existing sanctuary regulations regarding the use of certain areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury has indicted a Washington woman for false declarations before the grand jury and obstruction of justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A registered sex offender from Lawrence was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, the defendant was ordered to pay $5,000 to the fund established by the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that two Denver men were sentenced to more than 20 years, each, for violent robberies and two carjackings that occurred in November 2017. Thierry Shaqur Roberson was sentenced to serve 252 months (21 years) in federal prison for two liquor store...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Antonio Ball, 21, St. Louis, MO, pleaded guilty to one felony count of carjacking and one felony count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime. Ball appeared today before U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White who accepted his plea and set his sentencing date for Nov. 20, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kevin L. Moody, age 28, formerly of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Aug. 15, 2019, by United States District Judge Sylvia H. Rambo to 235 months’ imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release for possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Ariana Fajardo Orshan and the Federal South Florida Human Trafficking Task Force hosted an event today to raise public awareness about the National Human Trafficking Hotline (1-888-373-7888). The training reached full capacity with more than 150 attendees.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that OLIVER MARTINEZ-CASTRO, age 19, a native of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to illegally using a Social Security number in order to obtain employment, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Michael Walpole, 31, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 210 months’ imprisonment (17 ½ years) and 15 years’ supervised release by United States District Judge Paul S. Diamond on child exploitation charges.
