News from April 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: For the second year in a row, the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) has received the first place award in the government and military category of the Leadership 500 Excellence Awards, an annual recognition of the world's best leadership development programs and initiatives. The honor was announced on March 31, 2015-World Leadership Day-during a dinner at the LEAD 2015 conference in Dallas, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: Prosecution Is Part Of Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting volunteers to assist a Trails Forever trail crew on rehabilitation projects on the Alum Cave Trail every Wednesday from May 20th through October 28th.
By State Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the attack at Garissa University College in Kenya...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: Jackson, TN - A task force made up of special agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Marshals Service, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration Customs and Enforcement, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and state and law enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of Contempt of Court, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: Peregrine falcons are once again defending nesting territories on the Precipice and Valley Cove Cliffs in Acadia National Park. Park staff has observed adults at both sites engaging in courtship and pre-nesting behavior signaling the birds' intentions to nest and raise chicks during the spring and early summer. Peregrine falcons were extirpated several decades ago and remain listed as a Maine Endangered Species to help in the recovery and conservation of the species.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - OLAJUWON DAVIS and BRANDON ORLANDO BALDWIN were indicted on charges involving the conspiracy to maliciously damage and destroy, by means of explosives, a building, vehicle and other property and the illegal purchase of firearms at a local Cabela’s store. They were originally indicted...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: MOOSE, WY - Grand Teton National Park is seeking feedback from the public on proposed changes to its Commercial Use Authorization (CUA) program. Among the proposed changes is the implementation of a CUA permit fee structure based on the amount of business a CUA holder conducts in the park. The park also...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WASH. -Olympic National Park joins parks, programs and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark.com. Launched Monday by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, Find Your Park is a public awareness and education campaign celebrating the milestone centennial anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016 and setting the stage for its second century of service.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Senior United States District Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger has sentenced Charles Franklin Hudson, Jr. (39, Jacksonville) to 60 years in federal prison for using a minor child to produce videos depicting child pornography. In addition, the Court ordered him to serve a life term of supervised release, to register as a sex offender, and to forfeit his electronic media. Hudson was arrested on January 8, 2014. He pleaded guilty on July 16, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Monroe grocery store owner pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide cash and ineligible items to SNAP and WIC recipients in exchange for their benefits.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 2, 2015 - On April 14, the U.S. Department of Agriculture 's (USDA) U.S. National Arboretum (USNA) will once again be open to the public seven days a week, its original operating schedule. USNA continued a full research schedule but reduced the public schedule by three days a week in...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio, - A federal grand jury has charged Robert D. Ledbetter, 35; Christopher A. Harris, 27; Rashad A. Liston, 25, and Deounte Ussury, 30, all formerly of Columbus, Ohio, with murder and violent crimes in aid of racketeering activity in an indictment returned in Columbus, Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: DAYTON - A federal grand jury has charged Dennis S. Hunter, 51, and Sivan D. Hunter, 45, both of Dayton, with conspiracy to distribute marijuana and money laundering in an indictment returned in Dayton.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: National Park Week 2015 Encourages Everyone to Find Your Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DARNELL REED, age 40, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to two counts of criminal copyright infringement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., woman was indicted by a federal grand jury today for possessing methamphetamine for distribution, following a high-speed police chase in Osage Beach, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: A woman and former bank employee who stole more than $140,000 from her former employer pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury has returned separate indictments today against three individuals who have previously been convicted of a felony, charging each with federal firearm offenses, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
