News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - David Arreola, 29, of Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced today to seven and a half years in prison for conspiring to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana grown on public land and possessing a firearm in furtherance of the conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II has sentenced John Anderson Butler, Jr. (55, Daytona Beach) and Victor A. (55, Rockledge) for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine. Butler was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, and Rhynes was sentenced to 13 years and 4 months’ imprisonment. Butler pleaded guilty on Dec. 30, 2014, and Rhynes pleaded guilty on Jan. 28, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Demetrius Duncan, aka Whirley, 34, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced today to life in prison for his role in a large cocaine distribution conspiracy, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. There is no parole from federal sentences.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
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By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and United States Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led a bicameral letter asking the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and four federal student loan servicers about...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: Turismo en el San Juan National Historic Site crea 77.6 millones de dólares señalado en reporte de beneficio económico, muestra como la inversiónde los visitantes apoya 985 empleos en la economía local.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Twelve individuals are facing drug trafficking and money laundering charges as the result of a multi-agency investigation targeting marijuana traffickers and money launderers operating in southeastern New Mexico and west Texas. The investigation culminated this morning when ten of...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: A new National Park Service report shows that 2.56 million visitors to Acadia National Park in 2014 spent $221 million in communities near the park. That spending supported an estimated 3,486 jobs and had a total economic benefit of $271 million in the local area.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO-U.S. Park Rangers Lindel Gregory and Chris Figge have been selected as District Rangers at Ozark National Scenic Riverways, following the retirements of former District Rangers Marty Towery and Rick Drummond last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: A man who committed four bank robberies in Cedar Rapids was sentenced today to 31 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: Two Miami Dade County residents were charged for their participation in an identity theft tax fraud scheme using deceased and other individuals’ personal identifying information (PII).
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: Employer name: BluSky Restoration Contractor Inc.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: Haleakalā National Park is seeking applicants currently working in Maui County Title One K-12 schools for a six week summer professional development opportunity. A $3000 stipend is awarded upon completion of the program, which runs from June 10 through July 22.One teacher will be selected to work at Haleakalā. The application deadline is May 11.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: On Saturday and Sunday, May 9th and 10th, experience Victorian everyday life in antebellum Harpers Ferry. Before the onset of the Industrial Revolution and the mass production of processed foods, ordinary citizens depended on small kitchen gardens for sustenance, right in the heart of the smoke filled...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama will host a working group on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. to address concerns over heroin, prescription drugs, and spice use in the Middle District.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: The Energy Department today announced the opening of the registration period for the Wave Energy Prize competition that aims to double the state-of-the-art performance of wave energy conversion (WEC) devices over the next two years. By accelerating the development of WEC devices that capture more energy...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Calvin Turner, a/k/a Fifty, 25, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The defendant was also ordered to forfeit a 9mm pistol and rounds of ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: TUSKEGEE, AL - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 30,328 visitors to Tuskegee Institute and Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Sites in 2014 spent $1,935,100 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 33 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $2,375,600.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES -- The leader of the Oxnard-based Colonia Chiques street gang was sentenced this afternoon to life without parole in federal prison, plus an additional 55-year consecutive term, for his conviction on a host of narcotics and weapons offenses, including leading a continuing criminal enterprise (CCE).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that EULIO MARQUEZ- CHACON, age 40, from Honduras, was charged on April 23, 2015, in a one-count Indictment with illegal reentry into the United States after having been previously deported.
