News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The owner of a Kansas City, Missouri, day care center was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to fraudulently receive more than $556,000 in federal benefits.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: NEWCASTLE, Wyo. - Stage 1 fire restrictions on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Wyoming’s Weston County will begin August 9, 2019 due to dry conditions and high fire danger.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community’s national #FlySafe campaign helps educate GA pilots about how to avoid loss of control (LOC) accidents.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: MACON - A federal judge sentenced a bank robber to 48 months in prison for his crimes, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Clifford Terrell, 44, of Barnesville, GA previously pleaded guilty to one count of Bank Robbery on May 2, 2019. U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell sentenced Mr. Terrell in Macon federal court on August 7, 2019. There is no parole in the federal system.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is requesting public comment of the Buffalo National River Plant Gathering for Traditional Purposes Environmental Assessment (EA). The purpose of this assessment is to evaluate the potential impacts of entering into an agreement with the Cherokee Nation to allow plant...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced STANLEY JAMAR RAGIN, 46, of Saint Pauls, North Carolina, to 96 months imprisonment, followed by 4 years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. August 6, 2019 - A new way to experience the great outdoors is here for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. An innovative project dedicated to capturing the sounds of the parks, at different elevations and ecosystems, has been completed and is now...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: MOOSE, WY-Beginning Monday, Aug. 12, through Friday, Aug. 16, visitors will see phased closures along the pathways located in Grand Teton National Park. Park pathways will be closed in five phases, beginning at the Gros Ventre Roundabout and proceeding north to Jenny Lake. Each phase is anticipated to last one day and all work is weather dependent. Closures on the pathway will begin and end at a major access point or turnout along the road for visitor and vehicle access.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: A bipartisan group of Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro requesting an examination of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) new biodetection technology system called BioDetection 21 (BD21) as well as an evaluation...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced MIGUEL ANGEL GIERBOLINI, 27, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to 84 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A resident of Duquesne, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal drug and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: A debris flow occurred in Tahoma Creek on Monday, August 5, 2019, on the southwest side of Mount Rainier National Park. The event occurred between approximately 6:48 pm and 7:58 pm, originating from a sudden and significant change in the primary outlet stream from the terminus of the South Tahoma Glacier. This change caused a surge of water within the glacier and turned into a debris flow.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against Warren County North Carolina Board of Education to Enforce the Employment Rights of United States Army Reservist.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Joroy Nigel Twyman, of Ranson, West Virginia, has admitted to distributing cocaine base, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: On July 19, 2019, Los Angeles resident Philip Righter, 42 years old, was arrested on fraud and identity theft charges in connection with a scheme to sell forged artworks by prominent contemporary artists. He was indicted on charges of wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Beau Cook, 32, an associate of a white supremacist gang known as the 1488s, has pleaded guilty to a federal kidnapping charge arising from the August 2017 beating, kidnapping, and murder of Michael Staton, aka “Steak Knife.".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that COREY ROPER was sentenced today to 13 years in prison for sex trafficking of minor females. ROPER was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald, before whom he previously pled guilty to one count of sex trafficking minor victims. As part of his plea, ROPER acknowledged that he trafficked three minor females, and also trafficked another female by force.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Sean Anderson, 39, of Peabody, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan will be traveling to Yuma, AZ to meet with U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Arizona National Guard personnel, tour border facilities, and speak with federal, state, and local elected officials.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor has published a notice in the Federal Register announcing a 60-day period for public comment on proposed revisions to optional use forms that the Department’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) provides for public use in the administration of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
