News from September 2019
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Reclamation joins Aamodt Settlement parties to sign agreement and present Record of Decision
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LUIDJI BENJAMIN was sentenced today to 17 years in prison for sex trafficking of minor females. BENJAMIN was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff, before whom BENJAMIN previously was convicted by a federal jury of one count of sex trafficking of a minor and one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, following a five-day jury trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Carrie Yelton, 35, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on Sept. 12, 2019, to 24 months in prison by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. for distributing five grams or more of actual methamphetamine. In addition to her prison term, Yelton will serve 3 years of supervised release following her release from prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: NEWS RELEASE. Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. Wright Brothers National Memorial. Sept. 13, 2019. Cape Hatteras National Seashore to reopen portions of Frisco Campground on Saturday. With water service restored, at 08:00 am, Saturday 9/14/19, a portion of the Frisco...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Gennady Podolsky, a dual Ukrainian and American citizen, and managing partner of Vega International Travel Services, Inc., has been arraigned for wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that George Earl White Jr., 35, of Alexandria, was sentenced on Tuesday to 360 months in prison and five years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell for his role in distributing illegal narcotics in Rapides Parish.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Edward Drummer, 36, has been sentenced to 92 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: CLEVELAND -- Ten people were indicted for their roles in a conspiracy in which the leader allegedly controlled large shipments of fentanyl stamped into pills, heroin, cocaine and other drugs from Mexico to Cleveland while using a cellular phone smuggled into his prison cell.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: OXFORD, Miss. - A Tupelo bank officer and his co-defendant were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Debra M. Brown in federal court in Greenville, Mississippi for bank fraud. Both had previously pled guilty before Judge Brown to one count of Bank Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Rashaaud K. Garrett, 21, of Flint was sentenced on Sept. 12, 2019 to 135 months (11¼ years) in federal prison following his conviction for interference with commerce by robbery and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: * The Brimstone fire closure area is lifted and all backcountry campsites are open.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - David Sun, 53, of Davis, was found guilty today on all counts related to a scheme to fraudulently obtain California Class A and Class B commercial driver licenses (CDLs) for the students of his commercial driving school, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
Release: On Friday, September 6, 2019, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the formal establishment of DOE’s Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office. Here is a sampling of the reaction to date...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: A member of the United Auto Workers union’s International Executive Board was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with conspiring with other UAW officials to embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars in union money for their own personal benefit along with other crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), has released a preliminary Environmental Assessment (EA) that considers an increase in visitor access on public lands within the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, specifically the Wave. The EA evaluates a variety of active management options...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - WICHITA, KAN. - An Ohio gamer involved in a swatting incident that led to a death was sentenced today to 15 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, the defendant was ordered to pay $2,500 in restitution. After the prison term, he will serve two years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Manufacturer Admits to Selling Uncleared Devices, Agrees to Pay $9.5 Million.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Celebrate National Public Lands Day at your local National Park Service site: Homestead National Monument of America! On Saturday, September 28 the monument will host a series of nature discovery walks with Natural Resource Specialist Jesse Bolli. These walks are free and fun for all ages! During the...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation released a grant funding opportunity for communities to establish a new watershed group, expand an existing group and complete restoration planning efforts. The Cooperative Watershed Management Program encourages diverse stakeholders to form local solutions to address their water management needs.
