News published on Federal Newswire in April 2015

News from April 2015


Natchez Trace Parkway Colbert Ferry Boat Ramp Closure

News Release: The Natchez Trace Parkway, Colbert Ferry boat ramp area at milepost 327.3 and the Tennessee River in Alabama will be temporarily closed beginning April 8, 2015. The closure is due to emergency operations being conducted from the boat ramp area.


News Release: As migrating birds return and wildflowers bloom in the lowland forests, employees at Olympic National Park are turning their attention to spring cleaning and preparations for the main visitor season.


Man Pleads Guilty To Unlawful Mailing Of Firearm

News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Vonne Bailey, 24, of St. Croix, pleaded guilty Tuesday, April 7, 2015 in District Court on St. Croix to one count of Unlawful Mailing of a Firearm, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.


Indictment Returned Against Houston Police Officer and Mexican Citizen

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced the return of a Superseding Indictment charging Houston Police Officer NOE JUAREZ, 46, and Mexican citizen SERGIO GRIMALDO, 32, with conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride. JUAREZ is additionally charged with conspiracy to possess...


News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement in reaction to a federal jury’s guilty verdict of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing...


Two Charged In Alleged Sex Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Two Providence, R.I., men have been charged by way of federal criminal complaints with allegedly trafficking and transporting a 14-year old female for sex in Rhode Island and Massachuetts, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Bruce M. Foucart, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security (HSI) Investigations for New England, Warwick Police Chief Colonel Stephen M. McCartney and Seekonk, Mass., Police Chief Craig A. Mace.


Man indicted for armed robbery of the same Richmond Heights bank he robbed years earlier

News Release: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging two Northeast Ohio men with multiple criminal counts related to a bank robbery in Richmond Heights last year, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


News Release: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging a Warren man with heroin distribution and illegal possession of a firearm, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that KARRIEM BARROW was sentenced today in White Plains federal court to 16 terms of life in prison plus two terms of 20 years in prison in connection with his participation in a series of armed robberies...


Two Indicted For Grandparent Fraud Scheme

News Release: Two Plattsburgh Women Indicted for Participation in Grandparent Fraud Scheme.


Obed Wild and Scenic River Presents Healthy Hike on April 18

News Release: In celebration of the National Park Service's upcoming centennial in 2016, the Obed Wild and Scenic River has initiated a monthly Healthy Hike with a Ranger program which provides visitors with opportunities to improve their health and learn more about their national parks. This month's healthy hike will be a 3.8 mile hike out the Point Trail. Participants should meet Ranger Hall at 1 p.m. (EDT) in the Lilly Overlook parking area on Saturday, April 18, 2015.


News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- The U.S. Attorney's Office has charged a Childersburg woman with unauthorized access to a University of Alabama computer to steal student loan funds from fellow students, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton and University of Alabama Police Chief Tim Summerlin.


News Release: The public is invited to attend a community meeting hosted by Haleakalā National Park on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at Kalena Triangle in Kīpahulu. The meeting is scheduled from 5:00pm to 6:30pm.


News Release: A Missouri woman was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 7, 2015, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.


News Release: SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - A 38-year-old man wanted in El Salvador on murder and aggravated theft charges was removed April 8 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers in Baltimore.


News Release: Technological advances by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are continuing to improve the way beneficial fungi are formulated for use as biopesticides.


Shreveport resident pleads guilty to failing to update his sex offender registration

News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Shreveport resident pleaded guilty Monday to failing to register his correct address for his sex offender identification.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Harrold, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Attempted Murder of a Federal Employee, Assaulting a Federal Employee, and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.


News Release: Jackson, Miss - Kayla Paul Lindsey, 46, of Brandon, and Marlene Solomon Williams, 61, of Brandon, were indicted on April 7, 2015 by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to make false statements and for making false statements to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Donald Alway.


FAA Proposes $96,200 Civil Penalty Against FedEx Corp. for Alleged Hazardous Materials Violations

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $96,200 civil penalty against FedEx Corp. of Memphis, Tenn., for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials Regulations.