News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: Henry Alvarez Flores, 38, of Davie, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman to 40 years in prison today for enticing three minors to engage in illicit sexual activity and producing child pornography of the sexual acts (Case No. 18cr60240).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: KANAB, Utah - Following three months of public outreach and consultation with stakeholders and Tribes, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced the availability of an environmental analysis and management plans for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and the lands now excluded...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Road is available today on the Bureau of Land Management Alaska’s website. Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority is proposing an industrial access road connecting the Dalton Highway to the Ambler mineral belt in the Kobuk Valley potentially facilitating resource development and economic opportunities for Alaska.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: Cooler weather is right around the corner! What do you and your family have planned this fall? The staff at Big Thicket National Preserve would like to invite you to explore your local national preserve by taking advantage of the many ranger-led programs being offered this coming season.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: Virginia’s 2019 Commemoration, American Evolution, in partnership with Fort Monroe Authority, Fort Monroe National Monument, and the City of Hampton, will host the 2019 Commemoration of the First African Landing on August 24-25, 2019 at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va. The multi-day event is centered around the 400th anniversary of the landing of the first enslaved Africans in English-occupied North America at Point Comfort in 1619.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement in response to the release of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s 2019 Urban Mobility Report, which showed the number of hours commuters lost to traffic delays has climbed to 54 hours a year, at a cost of $1,010 per commuter. Nationwide, the cost of congestion is now $166 billion a year, while the amount of wasted fuel now amounts to 3.3 billion gallons.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: Take advantage of the very young moon to relax under the stars, view distant celestial objects, observe Jupiter, Saturn and the summer Milky Way at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore). Join park rangers and astronomers from the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society (GTAS) on Saturday, August 31 (Labor Day weekend), at the Dune Climb.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S Attorney James P. Kennedy. Jr. and Chautauqua County District Attorney Patrick Swanson announced today the creation of the Overdose Response Initiative (ORI). Modeled after similar initiatives across the state and country, this program aims to examine overdose deaths in an effort to track down drug dealers and offer support to victims’ relatives.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: CONTACT: Barbara Burns. PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX #: (716) 551-3051. BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Moore, 41, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to distribution of fentanyl causing death. The charge carries a...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: Also Illegally Possessed a Gun as a Convicted Felon.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: * On Aug. 21, a medical aircraft detected the 1-acre Wyodaho Fire about ¾-mile east of Wyodaho Lake in the Bechler District of Yellowstone National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - LaRobert Kadarius Hollins, 19, of Moss Point, pled guilty today before U.S. District Sul Ozerden to possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Bilal A. El Yousseph, 27, of Westerville, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 102 months in prison for conspiring to distribute controlled substances and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - On Sept. 20, the Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District will auction (through an oral competitive bid) cattle only grazing units, ranging in use from 9 to 36 months, on the McGregor Range on the west side of Otero Mesa. Prior to the auction, on Sept. 13, the BLM will conduct a pre-bid, bidder’s tour of the grazing units.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that Jamal Jackson, 40, of Madison, Wis., was sentenced on August 21 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to six years in prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Jackson pleaded guilty to this charge on June 11, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court TONY MCELVEEN, SR., was sentenced by United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, to 51 months imprisonment followed by 2 years of Supervised Release. He was also sentenced to pay full restitution and ordered to forfeit $107,390. On May 30, 2019, MCELVEEN pled guilty to Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Tyrone Larry Smith, 40, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced Thursday by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. to serve 50 years in federal prison for sex trafficking a minor female from Texas. Smith pleaded guilty on March 7, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Tyrone Larry Smith, 40, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced Thursday by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. to serve 50 years in federal prison for sex trafficking a minor female from Texas. Smith pleaded guilty on March 7, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced NICHOLAS GARFIELD BAKER, 29, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to 81 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised released.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SALVATORE ARENA pled guilty before United States District Judge Katherine Polk Failla to defrauding clients who trusted him to prepare and pay their taxes. ARENA misappropriated over $780,000 of client money for his own use.
