News from January 2019
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Gettysburg National Military Park and the South Mountain Audubon Society invite the Gettysburg community to participate in a free guided bird walk on February 16 at the Emmanuel Harman farm, a battlefield site that is the former Gettysburg Country Club. Meet at 9 am in the parking lot at 730 Chambersburg...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging an Ohio man with attempting to provide material support to ISIS, attempting to commit a hate crime, and possessing firearms in furtherance of a crime a violence stemming from his plan to attack in a synagogue in the Toledo area.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Van Buren, MO: National Park Service (NPS) Law Enforcement Rangers have diverse responsibilities, including protecting natural and cultural resources and ensuring the safety of all who visit and travel throughout the park. “Ensuring the safety of park visitors as well as employees is paramount to all...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-On Jan. 18, 2019, Daniel Stephen Johnson, 40, of Coos Bay, Oregon, was sentenced to life in federal prison for repeatedly sexually abusing children who lived at an orphanage operated by the defendant in Cambodia.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: A multi-year interagency investigation has resulted in the conviction and sentencing of three men who violated the Lacey Act and other federal laws. During a recent court hearing, Casey Richardson (age 48), Jeffrey Harris (age 45), and Dale Lackner (age 74) were each sentenced to serve five years of probation, pay restitution, and perform community service for hunting-related violations involving Dall sheep and brown bears in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA- On July 30, 2018, North Cascades National Park Service Complex released for public comment an environmental assessment (EA) examining the potential impacts associated with the proposal for a new tour dock on Diablo Lake in Ross Lake National Recreation Area. The project proponent has...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Pathology Laboratory Agrees to Pay $63.5 Million for Providing Illegal Inducements to Referring Physicians.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: CHALLIS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management Challis Field Office staff have completed all the necessary paperwork to patent eight parcels of land within Custer County. The land will be used for various public purposes, including a solid waste disposal site, cemetery, fire hall, parks and campground.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Two of Her Daughters Sentenced for Participation and Two Other Daughters Admit Their Guilt.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: ALBANY - The man charged with holding up an Albany bank at gunpoint has been denied bond today by a Federal Magistrate Judge, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Shataz Hampton, 25, of Albany is charged with one count of Bank Robbery and one count...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. has sentenced Lavonta Hill (28, St. Petersburg) to five years and four months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Hill had pleaded guilty on Oct. 30, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI - Cory L. Gillette, 31, of Albany, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to having a medicated calf slaughtered with the intention of selling it as beef for human consumption. The calf was contaminated with Gentamicin, which is not approved for use in cattle.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Eric Mychal Iron, 33, of Tuba City, Ariz., a member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 228 months in prison, followed by a term of five years of supervised release. Iron had previously pleaded guilty to second degree murder.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: The field has narrowed in the race to protect sensitive electronic information from the threat of quantum computers, which one day could render many of our current encryption methods obsolete.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jeffrey Abney, age 28, of Sugar Notch, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on Jan. 10, 2019, before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to distribution and possession with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, Robert Klyvert, 47, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge George Cannon, Jr., to distribution of crack cocaine. On Jan. 29, 2019, Nolly King Jr., 36, pleaded guilty to distribution of crack cocaine and Thaddeus Hendricks, 39, both of St. Croix, pleaded guilty to distribution of cocaine, before Judge Cannon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. has sentenced Lavonta Hill (28, St. Petersburg) to five years and four months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Hill had pleaded guilty on Oct. 30, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Two Lowell men were indicted today in federal court in Boston for heroin and fentanyl trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced today that a grand jury returned a 116-count Indictment, charging Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (“Local 98") Business Manager John Dougherty, Philadelphia City Councilman Robert...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Defendant admits to causing overdose death of Melrose resident.
