News from August 2019
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore is pleased to announce the next chance to join the Horse Sense and Survival tour with Resource Manager, Dr. Sue Stuska. This trip will take place on Saturday, August 24 out of the Harkers Island Visitor Center at 7:45 a.m. Participants will return to the Harkers Island dock at 12:15 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two top-level managers in a drug-trafficking organization today admitted their roles in distributing significant amounts of illegal drugs in Camden, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Guatemalan citizen was sentenced today to more than a year and a half in prison for illegally reentering the United States after removal for a felony conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jerry Lee Boyers, of Glenville, West Virginia, has admitted to drug distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Alex Cheney, age 55, of Moriah, New York, was arraigned today on an indictment alleging he made a false statement to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in order to receive Individual Unemployability benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Bruce Wayne Billingsley, age 63, was sentenced yesterday to 78 months in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release for possessing with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Royal Gorge Field Office is seeking public comment on a proposal from the U.S. Army Fort Carson to conduct High Altitude Mountain Environment Training (HAMET) on public lands in Fremont, Teller and Park counties.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - DOE’s Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractors know the importance of training to ensure safety. Recently, it helped save a life in an unlikely place.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: A new opportunity is on the horizon as Golden Gate National Recreation Area invites interested parties to submit qualifications for the food and beverage operation at the Lands End Restaurant Properties, including the Cliff House and the Lands End Lookout Cafe.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: Seafood Processor Pleads Guilty to Selling Foreign Crabmeat Falsely Labeled as Blue Crab from the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney John H. Durham and officials from the U.S. Small Business Administration and U.S. General Services Administration today announced that CLASSIC SITE SOLUTIONS, INC. (“CSS") and its owner, CHERYL SADY, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the United States in which they will pay $1.3 million dollars to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Rudolph Randolph Meighan (28, Belize), Jorge Ramon Newball-May (49, Colombia), and Calbot Reid-Dilbert (59, Colombia) each to 19 years and 7 months in federal prison for their roles in an international maritime cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has signed a contract valued at $600 million with Cray Inc. to build NNSA’s first exascale supercomputer, “El Capitan,” with an anticipated delivery in late 2022.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Gateway Arch National Park continues the 10th season of its successful Gateway to the Stars program on Saturday, August 17 with a special presentation highlighting the 50-year anniversary of the moon landing as well as telescope viewing of the moon and planets.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A South Texas man was convicted Tuesday for the unlawful transportation of 27 undocumented aliens in the back of a tractor trailer in April 2019. A federal jury returned the guilty verdict in less than 3 hours.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Rudolph Randolph Meighan (28, Belize), Jorge Ramon Newball-May (49, Colombia), and Calbot Reid-Dilbert (59, Colombia) each to 19 years and 7 months in federal prison for their roles in an international maritime cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pompano Beach, Florida, has been sentenced for two armed robberies of Pittsburgh area banks, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: Big Thicket National Preserve Superintendent Wayne Prokopetz announced today that the preserve will start issuing this season’s free hunting permits on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. Available 2019/2020 permits will be issued until Feb. 29, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A former corrections officer pled guilty to a federal drug trafficking offense today, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. John Edward Roach, II, 47, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine before United States District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Three men were arrested today in connection with a scheme in which they allegedly stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in government funds using fraudulently procured electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
