News from June 2019
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, a 53 year old male from Ohio died in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) near Buxton, North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller sentenced Aaron Reed, 30, of Rocklin, to 20 years in prison today for sexual exploitation of children, receiving child pornography, and transferring obscene material to minors, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Donald Glenn Beasley (“Beasley"), 56, of Key Largo, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge K. Michael Moore to 108 months in prison and 20 years of supervised release for receiving and possessing child pornography in connection with internet downloads Beasley made of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Fla. - Arafat Aljubeh (54, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder the proceeds of a conspiracy involving the distribution of a synthetic marijuana referred to as “AB-FUBINACA." At the time of the offense, Aljubeh was on federal supervised release stemming from a 2014 federal...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Ely District Office announced today that it will offer 21 parcels in White Pine County, a total of approximately 76,094.31 acres, at the September 2019 Nevada State Office competitive geothermal lease sale. This notice initiates a public comment period on associated environmental documents that ends on June 24, 2019. The BLM will hold the lease sale online at www.energynet.com.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: A Tulsa man, who attempted to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from collecting more than $200,000 in taxes, penalties and interest he owed for 2005, and didn’t file tax returns for the years 2006 through 2012, despite earning commissions totaling nearly $5 million during these years, was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Defendant Henri Michelle Piette, age 63, was found guilty by a federal jury of Kidnapping and Travel with Intent to Engage in Sexual Act with a Juvenile. The verdict was reached on Thursday, June 6, 2019, following a seven-day trial. The defendant was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in December 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Sales Executive of American Furniture Company Pleads Guilty to Procurement Fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Water System Upgrade in the Kīpahulu District of Haleakalā National Park.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has added Mongolia to the list of regions we consider to be affected with African swine fever (ASF). We took this action on Jan. 29, 2019 immediately after the disease was confirmed in Mongolia ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Putnam County, West Virginia, man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Yeager Airport early this morning, June 10, when they detected a loaded gun in the man’s carry-on bag. The.40-caliber handgun was loaded with 11 bullets and had one bullet in the chamber. He also had an additional loaded magazine. In total, the man had 22 bullets with his gun.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: HEYBURN, Idaho - American Falls Dam, a 94-foot-high composite concrete and earth gravity-type dam on the Snake River in Power County, near the town of American Falls, will undergo maintenance and rehabilitation in 2020 and 2021. The dam was originally completed in 1928 and was reconstructed and replaced under authority of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Safety of Dams Act in 1978.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today pressed for fulsome and responsive replies to questions instead of partial answers from individuals associated with three entities in the committee’s investigation into syndicated conservation-easements transactions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Danny David Wilt, of Keyser, West Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Martinsburg, West Virginia on May 21, 2019 for child pornography, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) has lifted its beach fire ban as of 5:00 pm today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Today, a federal jury convicted Defendants Conoly Freddie Franklin and Andre Anthony Franklin of attempted enticement of minors to engage in prostitution, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b). Defendant Conoly Franklin was also convicted of attempted enticement of an adult to engage in prostitution, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that John Waltman, 61, of Trevose, Pennsylvania was sentenced to 78 months’ incarceration by Judge Gene E.K. Pratter. In January 2019, the defendant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and Hobbs Act Extortion Under Color of Official Right.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Strong City, KS: You are invited to join in a fun day of citizen science field research by counting butterflies in the Flint Hills on Saturday, June 22, 2019. The butterfly survey is named in honor of prominent biologist/naturalist Marvin Schwilling, who was born and raised in Chase County. The butterfly census will take place on and near the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
News Release: Sierra Club volunteers and Bureau of Land Management staff withstood Memorial Day weekend’s inclement weather to begin restoring the Goshute Creek Campground that burned in last summer’s Goshute Cave Fire north of Ely.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 10, 2019
Release: By Brandon Lipps. Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services. During a recent visit to Louisiana, I had the opportunity to see several FNS programs in action. I gained greater insight on the different ways FNS is helping Americans find a path to self-sufficiency, while providing...
