News from February 2019

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: He moved his victims from Georgia to Klamath Falls, Oregon before relocating to Stockton.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN -Michael Geddati, 20, of Memphis has pleaded guilty to computer fraud. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities today arrested one of two defendants charged in a federal indictment with making false threats of violent attacks at many locations - including Los Angeles International Airport and numerous Southern California school districts - and staging attacks on computer systems belonging to institutions and companies, including a Long Beach-based company.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Congressman David Price (D-NC), Chair of the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcomittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on "The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Management of Housing Contracts During the Shutdown".

By State Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Washington-A bipartisan group of Senators and House Members today announced that they have offered legislation reaffirming strong congressional support for the United States alliances with South Korea and Japan and the critical importance of trilateral cooperation.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) is seeking applicants for the 2019 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) summer program to work and learn alongside National Park Service (NPS) rangers. YCC is a paid outdoor work program that provides a safe, educational, and meaningful experience for young adults of all backgrounds and interests.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Fire Management staff at Denali National Park and Preserve will attempt to burn debris consisting of trees and brush between February 19 - March 24, if weather conditions allow. The piles are located east of the park airstrip and west of the northernmost loop of the Riley Creek Campground, and in the gravel pit at mile 5 of the Denali Park Road.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that OTHO SCHILLING (“SCHILLING"), age 59, of Mt. Hermon, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Jay C. Zainey to three years of probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $202,632.00 for Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.

By US DOT Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) shared comments in remembrance of the fatal Colgan Air crash that took 50 lives.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Sequoia Parks Conservancy, in partnership with Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and Lake Kaweah, is excited to announce the event dates for the sixth annual Dark Sky Festival: Aug. 23, 24, and 25.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-Benjamin Jaramillo Hernandez, 69, of Eugene, pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime and illegal possession of ammunition charge arising from a series of progressively more threatening and violent actions targeting St. Mary Catholic Church in Eugene in September 2018. Assistant Attorney...

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-Five years after the release of the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, organizations across all sectors of the economy are creatively deploying this voluntary approach to better management of cybersecurity-related risks.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Defendant, a meth dealer subject to a domestic abuse no contact order, illegally possessed firearms.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reminding employers to take necessary precautions to protect workers from the serious and potentially fatal effects of carbon monoxide exposure.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 122,376 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Pecos, NM: - Join park volunteer and career geologist Laura Reich for monthly geology walks at Pecos National Historical Park this spring. This one mile roundtrip walkalong the main trail will introduce the landforms, geological concepts, and rocks that influenced why people settled or traveled through the Upper Pecos River Valley.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: NISKAYUNA, N.Y. - EM and cleanup contractor AECOM have marked a major milestone with the removal of all buildings, foundations, and debris at the Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU) at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.

By Homeland Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), working jointly with the Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) and the Vieques Municipal Police seized Thursday 2,378 pounds of cocaine south of the island of Vieques. The cocaine has an estimated street value of $25 million approximately.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform; Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Government Operations Subcommittee; Congressman Jody Hice (R-GA), Ranking Member of the National Security Subcommittee; Congressman...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - John Casimere, 33, of Lake Charles, pleaded guilty last week before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen Kay to one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced.