News from April 2015

By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: The Outer Banks Group of national parks join other parks, programs, and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark.com.Recently launched by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, Find Your Park is a public awareness and education campaign celebrating the milestone anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016 and setting the stage for its second century of service.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. -MARY ONTIVEROS, TRAINING SPECIALIST/OUTREACH COORDINATOR, 928-567-5276x228. Local Teachers Sought for its Summer 2015 Teacher-Ranger-Teacher Program. Montezuma Castle/Tuzigoot National Monument is pleased to announce an opportunity for two local teachers to infuse their...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that TONI SHNEA FOURKILLER, age 31, and RICHARD ROCKEY BLACKMAN, age 32, both of McAlester, Oklahoma, were sentenced in federal court for Stalking, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2261A(1), 2261 and 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Saud Saleh, 30, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by indictment, unsealed today, with wire fraud against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the federal Food Stamp program, and associated charges, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The defendant owned and operated Twinz Meat Market, located at 3083 Kensington Avenue in Philadelphia, PA.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that CODY BRANSON BARNES, age 22, of Ringling, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment and 3 years supervised release for Illegal Receipt of a Firearm by a Person Under Felony Indictment or Information, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(n) and 924(a)(1)(D).

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A South Jersey man and a woman from South Carolina have admitted their roles in a conspiracy to sell 25 guns without a license, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called for comprehensive tax reform that simplifies and improves the federal tax code so it works for all Americans. He also outlined ten aspects of current tax law that make the system unfair for middle-class Americans.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Viviano Nuncio, an Oklahoma man, who was arrested in Wichita Falls, Texas, last year for failing to register as a sex offender, was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 72 months in federal prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Keyara Peters, 21, of Rivesville, West Virginia, and Ryan Brooks, 28, of Morgantown, West Virginia, were convicted in federal court today for oxycodone trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles today announced the indictment and arrest of James Duvall Love, 33, and Deon Dovell Roberts, 34, for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, causing a train wreck, and unlawful interference with a train operator. The Indictment was returned...

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Ways and Means Oversight Forces DOJ Response on Civil Asset Forfeiture.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Michocan, Mexico, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of reentry of removed alien, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: The Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing to discuss the importance of federal child nutrition programs as the committee begins an effort to reauthorize these programs later this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Curlee Smittie, age 42, of Baltimore, today to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud his bank and an automobile auction house. Chief Judge Blake also entered an order that Smittie pay restitution of $632,850.24.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that his office has established a new website to provide information to potential victims of the January 9, 2014, Freedom Industries’ chemical spill. The website is located at.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA - Two U.S. Army reservists were arrested and charged today with illegally selling firearms - including military-issued assault rifles, ammunition and protective body armor - to an undercover agent posing as a member of a Mexican drug cartel.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Owner of Harrisburg Diet Supplement Business Charged with Selling Misbranded Drugs.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: Johnson Responds to Social Security Report on Puerto Rican Disability Claims.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: New Programs for All Ages Provide Unique, Interactive and Entertaining Ways to Enjoy Yosemite’s Scenery, Wildlife and People.

By DOL Newswire | Apr 15, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) offered an amendment at the HELP Committee markup of the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 to help schools and communities in the aftermath of violent or traumatic events. Murray’s...