News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: A man who received child pornography pled guilty on August 5, 2019, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
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 DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, along with Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., John Kennedy, R-La., Doug Jones, D-Ala., and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., recently introduced new legislation to facilitate the equitable sharing of revenues from energy production in the nation’s Outer Continental Shelf.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A previously deported Salvadoran national was sentenced in federal court in Boston today for failure to register as a sex offender and unlawful reentry of a deported alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a federal jury handed down a guilty verdict on all counts against a former Fort Polk U.S. Army soldier who sexually abused a minor beginning when the minor was under the age of 12 years old.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Workers at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant recently began startup testing of the steam system needed to support EM’s program for treating underground tank waste at the Hanford Site, called Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, man today admitted robbing a bank in Carneys Point, New Jersey, in July 2018 while brandishing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Theft of a Firearm was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: This morning, Tuesday, August 6, a body believed to be that of Aragorn Spaulding, 37, of Greeley, Colorado, was located by aerial searchers in a steep, scree area above Mirror Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. Late Sunday night, August 4, park rangers were notified that Spaulding was overdue.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Jacquolyn Walls-Land, 36, of Junction City, Kentucky pleaded guilty yesterday, before Senior United States District Judge Joseph M. Hood, to using a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Jabari Monson, 32, of Merced, California, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute controlled substances, and Saudia Monson, 39, also of Merced, pleaded guilty today to a violation of the Travel Act, using the mail and internet to distribute controlled substances, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: BANGOR, Maine - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Jason Mannix, aka “Boston," 40, of Passadumkeag, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., to three years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack."
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Columbus, Ohio, woman pled guilty to a federal drug trafficking offense today, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Brandy Yvette Hodge, also known as “Jazz" or “Jazmine," 27, pled guilty to distribution of methamphetamine before United States District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Jackson County Sherriff’s Office.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Newly appointed members of the Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board (ORSSAB) recently toured EM’s major cleanup projects at the Oak Ridge Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: DETROIT - The Department of Justice announced today the FBI-led recovery or identification of 103 child victims and the arrest of 67 sex traffickers through Operation Independence Day. This initiative - a revamping of a previously successful program - was executed during the month of July through 161 operations conducted nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - A resident of Newark, New Jersey has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - 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 Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: MOAB, Utah - Travel and transportation are integral to the use and enjoyment of public lands. The BLM is initiating an Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzing motorized access of public lands in the Canyon Rims Travel Management area, which covers approximately 90,950 acres of BLM-managed lands in northern...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Chair Marcia L. Fudge of Ohio, and Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Chair Stacey Plaskett of the U.S. Virgin Islands issued the following joint statement in response to a report from the USDA’s Office...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2019
News Release: Due to extreme conditions, all fires at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area are prohibited effective 12:01 am, Friday, August 9, 2019 until further notice. No open flames are permitted. This includes, but is not limited to; all fires in NPS provided fire rings and boxes, charcoal fires, tiki torches, incense burners, candles, and propane campfires. Exceptions include self-contained propane or gas stoves and lanterns.
