News published on Federal Newswire in April 2015

News from April 2015


News Release: MONTROSE, Colo.-The Bureau of Land Management’s Southwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Friday, May 8, at the San Juan Public Lands Center (15 Burnett Court, Durango).


Lowey statement at markup of 2016 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill

News Release: Thank you, Chairman Graves, Ranking Member Wasserman Schultz, and Chairman Rogers.


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management and Western Area Power Administration today announced the availability of the final environmental review for a 730-mile transmission line project that would deliver up to 3,000 megawatts of electric power to major load centers, including Las Vegas, Nevada and San Diego...


Over the Edge Incident at South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park

News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.,On Thursday, April 30 at approximately 4:20 p.m. the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report of a man who had fallen from the edge of the rim trail east of Mather Point.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Bullhead, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on April 27, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


Two Phelps County People Sentenced on Methamphetamine Charges

News Release: St. Louis, MO - Two Edgar Springs people have been sentenced involving their methamphetamine distribution activities in March 2014 in Phelps County.



Seven Rock County Residents Arrested on Federal Drug and Gun Charges

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Seven Rock County residents were arrested today on federal drug and gun charges, announced Rock County and federal officials. The announcement was made at a press conference in Beloit by John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin; Rock County Sheriff ...


News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal grand jury today indicted a former Madison County pharmacy technician for mail fraud in connection with a prescription drug insurance reimbursement scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Postal Inspector Frank Dyer.


News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office has distributed a portion of forfeited narcotics proceeds to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office and the Bakersfield Police Department, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. The final payment was made this month. In total, the Sheriff’s Office...


News Release: St. Louis, MO - MARDELL McGEE pled guilty to charges relating to an insurance fraud scheme which included burning a residential property in the City of St. Louis.


News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Minden man was sentenced to 188 months in prison for distributing child pornography.


News Release: WHEN: Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 1:00 pm.


Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to Star In Film

News Release: AJO, Arizona: The British Broadcasting Corporation will be visiting Organ Pipe to film an upcoming 3 part series about the "Wild West".The series will be produced by the BBC Natural History Unit which has previously created documentaries about Yellowstone, Madagascar, the Galapagos and other natural...


News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal grand jury today indicted a Huntsville police officer for using excessive force during a 2011 arrest, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.


Committee Advances Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 30, 2015 - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources completed the markup of H.R. 1335, the “Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act," legislation reauthorizing the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act...


News Release: Lamberto Lorenzo-Santos, a/k/a “Jose Hernandez-Santos," a/k/a “Alfredo Perez," 35, of Norristown, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that on or about March 8, 2015, Lamberto-Santos, an alien, and native and citizen of Mexico, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about Jan. 13, 2005 and Sept. 19, 2006.


Chester Man Indicted On Gun Charge

News Release: Kenneth Daniels, 38, of Chester, Pennsylvania was charged today by Indictment with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Daniel Lupson, 58, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to possession of methamphetamine for distribution, United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Lupson admitted to possessing methamphetamine that was found in his vehicle during a traffic stop by agents of the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team. Lupson said he intended to sell some of the methamphetamine and use some of it himself.


News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SURESH HIRANANDANEY, LALIT CHABRIA, and ANITA CHABRIA, three senior executives of privately owned for-profit schools, pled guilty yesterday in Manhattan federal court to criminal conspiracy charges for their...