News from June 2013
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Tucson, Ariz. (June 17, 2013) --- Effective Wednesday, June 19, the Bureau of Land Management Gila District, all districts of the Coronado National Forest, Saguaro National Park, Coronado National Memorial, Chiricahua National Monument, Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Tumacácori National Historical Park, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, and the Arizona State Forestry Division will increase campfire and smoking restrictions in southeastern Arizona.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded her colleagues on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for advancing 12 energy and lands bills out of the panel for consideration by the full Senate.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: VALLEY FORGE, PA - Volunteers are invited to roll up their sleeves, get dirty and help to spruce up Valley Forge National Historical Park (NHP) on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013 in celebration of National Public Lands Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSEPH JACKSON, also known as “Mighty" and “M.I.," 37, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 300 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for operating an extensive New Haven narcotics trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Violations Discovered During Traffic Stop by Tennessee State Trooper.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Dinosaur, CO - Joe Flores, Fire Management Officer at Dinosaur National Monument reported that firefighters are in what is known as the "mop up" phase on the Wild/Hacking fire. During "mop up," firefighters ensure that there are secure perimeters around the fire and that any hot spots that may be sources for potential re-ignition are suppressed.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: This bill would slash funding for applied energy research and development, even as foreign competitors double down to develop twenty-first century technology and undermine our markets through illegal dumping and intellectual property poaching.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: DC - Capital Crescent Trail (CCT) hikers and bicyclists should anticipate construction on June 20th, 2013, as the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park makes improvements to the Water Street entrance following increasing concerns for public and visitor safety.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Tucson, Ariz. (June 17, 2013) --- Effective Wednesday, June 19, the Bureau of Land Management Gila District, all districts of the Coronado National Forest, Saguaro National Park, Coronado National Memorial, Chiricahua National Monument, Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Tumacácori National Historical Park, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, and the Arizona State Forestry Division will increase campfire and smoking restrictions in southeastern Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Ocean County, N.J., man today admitted sexually abusing a 15-month-old boy and streaming footage of the assault over the Internet, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Calvin Johnson, Jr., 35, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for participating in tax fraud conspiracies with a former IRS employee and several others. Johnson was convicted of conspiracy and filing false claims/tax returns to the IRS in a series of schemes that...
By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - As the U.S. House begins consideration of a farm bill, H.R. 1947 (FARRM Act), a coalition of 30 U.S. humanitarian and advocacy NGOs encouraged support for the amendment that House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) intend to offer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison on federal gun and drug charges, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Tomorrow the House Committee on Education and the Workforce will mark up the Student Success Act (H.R. 5), legislation to improve our nation’s K-12 education system. In a new video, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN) discusses the need for reform and highlights key principles behind the legislation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal firearm laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Theft Disabled FAA Lights, Creating Potential Safety Risk For Aircraft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Michael Anthony Hartley, 22, of Temple Hills, Md., was sentenced today to six years in prison for attacking a man on Christmas Eve 2012 near a Metro station in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Karem Almadrahi, 25, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of food stamp fraud, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to eight months of home confinement and three years probation. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $67, 301 to the United States Department of Agriculture.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MELVIN DUARTE pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court for his role in a scheme to fraudulently generate and then steal more than $50 million in federal tax refund checks. DUARTE was originally arrested...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of theft of government property, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
