News from August 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Winthrop man was sentenced in federal court in Boston on Aug. 15, 2022 for distributing over 15 kilograms of cocaine and for laundering or attempting to launder approximately $645,000 in cocaine proceeds.
By State Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I send my congratulations to the Indonesian people on the occasion of your Independence Day.
By Press release submission | Aug 17, 2022
BLM and partners work to control cheatgrass across Fremont County
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Dyshika McFadden, 28, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of civil disorder, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. McFadden was also ordered to pay $4,287 in restitution.
By Press release submission | Aug 17, 2022
BLM rescinds stage 1 fire restrictions in Juab and Millard counties

By EPA Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Aug 17, 2022
Bureau of Land Management to hold virtual public information forum for Townsite Solar 2 Project
By Press release submission | Aug 17, 2022
Purchase BLM Elko District fuelwood-cutting permits online
By Press release submission | Aug 17, 2022
Bureau of Land Management approves Piute-Eldorado Area of Critical Environmental Concern Management Plan and Environmental Assessment
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Evaristo Contreras-Silva, 49, of Haughton, Louisiana, has been found guilty by a jury in United States District Court in Shreveport of possession of a firearm by an illegal alien. The jury returned the guilty verdict yesterday afternoon. United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote presided over the two-day trial.
By Press release submission | Aug 17, 2022
Interior Department Announces Next Steps for Selection by Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans on Millions of Acres of Federal Lands
By Press release submission | Aug 17, 2022
BLM Canyon Country District Announces Key Leadership Changes
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Douglas Johnathan Wesley, 33, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for his participation in a foiled Fourth of July 2021 murder scheme.
By Press release submission | Aug 17, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management welcomes public input on the Whitewater River Groundwater Replenishment Facility Project
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Special Agent from the U.S. Department of Labor, Thomas Hartley, age 48, of Henryville, Pennsylvania, was charged yesterday in a second superseding indictment with engaging in multiple schemes to commit fraud.
By Press release submission | Aug 17, 2022
Multiple roads damaged in San Luis Valley

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Darin R. Pastor, 51, currently of Morristown, NY, and Halford W. Johnson, 59, of Brockport, NY, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and securities fraud, securities fraud, and wire fraud.

By USDA Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2022-28. Aug. 16, 2022To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective July 27, 2022, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) removed the Mexican fruit fly (Mexfly) quarantine area in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Darryl Brent Waltz, 48, of Greenwood, Indiana, and John Keeler, 72, of Indianapolis, were each sentenced today for devising and participating in election finance schemes. Waltz pleaded guilty to receiving fictitious donations and for lying and misleading FBI agents who were investigating...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2022
News Release: Arrested After Motorcycle Chase Across State Lines.