News from August 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Abhijit Prasad, 52, received multiple convictions Tuesday, including 21 counts of visa fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft from a federal jury. Prasad was previously indicted on related charges during 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice announced that Graham Williamson pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges related to the commission of a crossburning on Oct. 24, 2017, in Seminary, Mississippi. Specifically, Williamson, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of interference with housing rights, a federal civil rights violation, and one count of conspiring to use fire to commit a federal felony.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released an action plan to address the threat of domestic terrorism after additional deadly attacks against innocent Americans this past weekend. After years of inaction, the Committee has held hearings...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: The Arctic parks in Alaska are losing lake habitat important to birds and other species, even though precipitation has remained largely the same over time. Like many changes in the Arctic, the disappearance of lakes has been accelerated by warming temperatures.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - A team of environmental educators reached over 60,000 individuals last year through an outreach program supported by EM funding at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Dhaval Jerambhai Dholaria, 39, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty to two counts of introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce and one count of using a fictitious name to conduct an unlawful business, United States Attorney Russell Coleman announced today. Dholaria was originally indicted on June 7, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An illegal alien found in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of Illegal Reentry after Deportation, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Today, National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Regional Director Robert Vogel announced the selection of James Hill as superintendent of Guilford Courthouse National Military Park in Greensboro, North Carolina. He begins his work there August 20.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The Ikes Fire continues to grow despite the minimal amount of moisture received from recent storms. The fire is approximately 58 acres.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on August 5, 2019, United States District Judge William K. Sessions III sentenced Grant Vance, a former correctional officer at Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport, Vermont, to three months of incarceration. Also on August 5, 2019, Judge Sessions sentenced Gregory Paradis, an inmate with whom Vance conspired, to 15 months of incarceration.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Garnett James Lloyd, Jr. age 48, of Morganton, North Carolina, was sentenced today after earlier pleading guilty to a count charging violation of 18 USC Section 2261A(2)(b), Cyberstalking.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM has ended a successful 11-year demonstration of two interim salt waste processing facilities as crews prepare for startup of a new facility to replace them at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Coraopolis, PA, has plead guilty to a federal narcotics charge, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NY - Myra Mabry, 50, of Catskill, New York, pled guilty yesterday before United States District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino to conspiring to distribute controlled substances, health care fraud, aggravated identity theft, and obstruction of justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A McKees Rocks resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to steal high-end sport utility vehicles and pick-ups from out-of-state dealerships and transport them to Kansas City for sale on the black market.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Michael Bang has pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud charges related to a fraudulent reimbursement scheme targeting the Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association (“COPERA").
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: Appomattox, VA - Appomattox Court House National Historical Park recently hosted a youth crew from the Appalachian Conservation Corps who provided improvements to the park trails. The two-part project included installing steps on a 30-feet long slope and building a 250-feet long puncheon (planked walkway) over a seasonally wet section of trail. The crew did an outstanding job on these projects that will provide greater accessibility for visitors on park trails.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: Increased business opportunities through the expansion of commercial services in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area are available through new Commercial Use Authorizations (CUA’s). Currently there are over 130 CUA’s operating in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and the park is accepting applications...
