News from January 2019
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Eagle Lake Field Office is accepting public input on management needs and projects that would benefit off-highway vehicle recreation on public lands.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management Kingman Field Office, in cooperation with Pine Lake Fire Department and Mohave County, will conduct prescribed burning near the community of Pine Lake, Ariz. and Hualapai Mountain Park in the Hualapai Mountains during the month of February, as weather allows.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A North Carolina mechanic was sentenced to prison today for wire fraud and filing a false income tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney R. Andrew Murray for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and key Democratic leaders of the House Committee on Natural Resources today challenged the Trump administration’s decision to advance an oil and gas lease sale on culturally significant tribal land in New Mexico. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) worked behind the scenes to advance the leasing process during the 35-day government shutdown while tribes lacked access to food, health care and other basic resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday afternoon charging Rolando Gomez-Gomez, a Guatemalan national residing in Los Angeles, with three counts of transporting an alien for financial gain and one count of re-entry of a previously removed alien.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: NOTICE OF 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to RICO conspiracy involving attempted murder and drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that PAUL DEAN was sentenced to 18 months in prison by the U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos today in connection with a bribery scheme involving the approval of gun licenses by the New York City Police...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service has selected Ethan McKinley to serve as the next superintendent of Channel Islands National Park. McKinley has been serving as the park’s acting superintendent since July, following the June retirement of Superintendent Russell Galipeau.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Ingrid Innes, the former chief executive officer, and Alex Tasker, a former senior vice president of Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL), a Barbados-based insurance company, were charged in a superseding indictment unsealed on Jan. 18, 2019, with laundering bribes to the former Minister of Industry of Barbados in exchange for his assistance in securing government contracts for ICBL. Innes and Tasker are not in U.S. custody.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be hosting the 19th annual Spring Planting and Music Festival on Saturday, April 27, 2019. Traditional arts and crafts as well as music will be included as part of the festival throughout the day. This park would like to extend an invitation to all interested crafts persons, musicians, and volunteers to participate in this year’s festival.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Pablo Rivera, 34, of Fresno, charging him with assaulting a federal employee, a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service who was engaged in the performance of his duties, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing, entitled “Legislative Proposals and Tax Law Related to Presidential and Vice-Presidential Tax Returns," on Thursday, February 7, 2019, at 2:00 p.m., in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - An indictment was unsealed today against a member of the Philadelphia organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra (LCN) and his alleged associate. The indictment charges various crimes involving the making of extortionate loans, conspiracy, and collections of loans by extortionate means.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Regarding an incident that occurred on June 26, 2018, Kansas City attorney Andrea Martinez filed a complaint alleging unlawful use of force by Everett Chase, a supervisory officer with the Bureau of Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: GREENVILLE - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that yesterday in Federal court, ANTHONY DEPREE SMITH, a 44-year-old resident of Jacksonville, was convicted following a two-day trial before Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office has released an environmental assessment that analyzes a proposed update to the Fifteenmile Wild Horse Herd Management Area (HMA) Plan and a proposed gather and removal of excess wild horses in the HMA. This analysis demonstrates the BLM’s commitment to maintaining healthy wild horses on healthy, productive public rangelands.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: Jessica A. Browning, 44, of Ullin, Illinois (Pulaski County), has been sentenced to two years of federal probation for her convictions on two counts of bankruptcy fraud, Steven D. Weinhoeft, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today. Browning was indicted in August 2018 as part of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s continuing effort to crack down on those who commit fraud in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Kalispell man, previously convicted of a felony, was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison on Wednesday for illegally possessing firearms and for a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud investors who gave him money for oil and gas leases and art work, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said today.
