News from August 2019
By DOT News Wire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Stephen M. Dickson was sworn in today by U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao as the 18th Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). An aviation industry professional with nearly 40 years of experience, Dickson is widely respected and assumes the role of Administrator of the agency during a critical moment for aviation safety.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Stephen M. Dickson was sworn in today by U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao as the 18th Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). An aviation industry professional with nearly 40 years of experience, Dickson is widely respected and assumes the role of Administrator of the agency during a critical moment for aviation safety.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The Ikes Fire has grown to 85 acres due to warmer, drier weather over the past few days. An increase in fire activity is occurring on south facing slopes due to more direct sunlight allowing vegetation to dry out from recent monsoonal activity. Fire continues to spread along the forest floor through the understory and duff layer.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: Glacier Point Road in Yosemite National Park to be closed for road construction during the 2021 visitor season.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 25-year-old Laredo resident has been arrested on charges of transporting an undocumented alien after another local violent crash, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Residents of Northeastern Pennsylvania and Southern Central New York will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® program at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport from September 9 to 13, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center in the airport terminal.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - Today the government is unsealing charges against a friend of Connor Betts for allegedly lying on federal firearms forms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, SANJAY KUMAR, 53 of New Bern, North Carolina, was convicted after a 26-day jury trial before United States District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan. The jury found KUMAR, who was a licensed medical doctor at the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Dennis James Miller, of Moorefield, West Virginia, has admitted to his involvement in a fentanyl and methamphetamine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL DAVIS, also known as “Clep," “Clip," and “Michael Smith," 33, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 45 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for firearm and narcotics offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Clinton Shane Strable, age 36, of Stigler, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 168 months’ imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: A man who possessed a stolen gun after being convicted of a felony drug offense was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: National Park Service (NPS) Rangers at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area received a report of a missing person on Sunday, Aug. 11, at approximately 9:30 a.m. The missing person was last heard from at approximately 8:00 a.m., Saturday, August 10. NPS Rangers, the Glen Canyon Dive Team and Utah State...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: TAOS, NM - As part of its ongoing efforts to better serve the public, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Taos Field Office has begun a pilot program offering permits for fuelwood and Christmas trees online.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agricultural producers reported they were not able to plant crops on more than 19.4 million acres in 2019, according to a new report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This marks the most prevented plant acres reported since USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) began releasing the report in 2007 and 17.49 million acres more than reported at this time last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Justin Hopkins, age 28, of Baltimore, Maryland, to seven years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury today found Christopher Brian Cosimano, a/k/a “Durty," (31, Gibsonton) and Michael Dominick Mencher, a/k/a “Pumpkin," (52, Tarpon Springs) guilty of conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, murder in aid of racketeering, and related firearms offenses. Cosimano and Mencher face a mandatory penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: NORCROSS, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Garden Films Productions LLC - based in Culver City, California - for failing to protect employees from hazards while filming a movie. Proposed penalties total $9,472.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Fairview, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - Twenty-five people, all of whom are prohibited possessors of firearms, are facing 58 criminal charges as part of federal drug and gun investigations announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Seven Indictments and 18 Superseding Indictments by a Federal Grand Jury were filed last...
