News from August 2015
By DOT News Wire | Aug 11, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Aug. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
The US Interior Department published a three page rule on Aug. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 11, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Aug. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Aug 11, 2015
The US Justice Department published an eight page proposed rule on Aug. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 11, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a nine page proposed rule on Aug. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON – Airline consumer complaints filed with DOT’s Aviation Consumer Protection Division during the first six months of this year were up 20.3 percent from the first six months of 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A woman from Puerto Rico was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for trying to smuggle 2.9 kilograms of cocaine through Newark Liberty International Airport, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Mexican national living illegally in Laredo has been convicted of having a firearm in violation of federal law, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: Numerous scientists will be presenting as part of the Centennial Science Behind The Scenery Programs at Rocky Mountain National Park. This series of programs highlights scientific activity and learning in the park. Each week a different scientist conducting research in the park will share their experiences and discoveries. The programs will be held on Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center and are free and open to the public.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: Traded Pornography Depicting “Horrific" Abuse of Children.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: Justice Department Joins Harrison County, Mississippi, in Seeking Termination of Consent Decree and Ending Federal Oversight of the Harrison County Adult Detention Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: Zachary R. Wheeler, 21, of Fairfield, IL, was indicted on August 4, 2015, on Child pornography charges in a five count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: Six out of seven co-conspirators have pleaded guilty for their involvement in the organization’s distribution of between 30 and 90 kilograms of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SHANE FUSCO was sentenced today by United States District Judge Cathy Seibel to 100 months in prison on bank fraud charges.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -National Park Service Rangers are searching for a Henderson man who was boating on Lake Mead Aug. 10.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Jay Paul Porton (67, Clearwater) guilty of assault on a federal officer. He faces a maximum penalty of one year in federal prison. The sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 29, 2015. Porton was indicted on April 15, 2015.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: As of Wednesday, Aug. 12, campfires will not be allowed in the back country of Glacier National Park. Campfires will continue to be allowed only in designated sites in front country campgrounds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: TUSCON, Ariz. - The DEA Phoenix Field Division announces the guilty plea and sentencing of Ilda Mirim Garcia today, for her role in assisting with cosmetic surgeries without having any medical education, training or licensing. Garcia, who was sentenced to seven years in prison, was part of an illicit business that performed unlicensed and unregulated cosmetic surgeries in an industrial warehouse in Southern Arizona.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Colombian national was sentenced Monday to 36 months in prison for re-entering the country after having been previously deported.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: California Woman Sentenced to Over 10 Years for Her Role in Defrauding Elderly Through Offshore Sweepstakes Scheme.