News from August 2015
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: Long Island, NY - The National Park Service is turning 99 years old on August 25 and Fire Island National Seashore, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, and Gateway National Recreation Area want you to join the party! Visit Long Island's national parks and enjoy the rich historic and natural features in your backyard.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Michael Dewayne Bowen, Jr., 40, charging him with kidnapping two girls in North Pole, Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: ABILENE, Texas - All six defendants who were convicted for their respective roles in a marijuana distribution conspiracy have been sentenced, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced that United States District Court Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced JEFFREY D. PERRY, age 32, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, yesterday to serve life imprisonment, followed by a prison term of fifteen years. Judge Dick also ordered PERRY to forfeit drug trafficking related proceeds of up to $10,505,205.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: This year marks the 99th anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS), and Cape Cod National Seashore will over 400 other national park areas to celebrate Founder's Day on August 25th. The public is invited to join the party by visiting a national seashore beach for free, or participating in interpretive...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Ricky Nuckles has been sentenced to 17 years, 7 months in federal prison for trafficking 22 kilograms of cocaine and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of that offense. Nuckles was found guilty by a jury on May 13, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: On Sunday, August 30 at 2:00 p.m. in the park visitor center, Alissa Old Crow, daughter of Melissa Wheeler and Albert Old Crow and granddaughter of Clara and Denny Old Crow, will be the featured speaker at Washita Battlefield National Historic Site's Summer Lecture Series. Alissa will share her family history from her senior thesis research project at the University of Florida, plus the stories from her aunts and her grandmother, the late Clara Blackwolf Old Crow.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: WICHITA KAN. - An escapee from an Oklahoma prison who was arrested with a gun in Kansas was sentenced Thursday to 53 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. The sentence will be served consecutively to his prison term in Oklahoma.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: Come celebrate the National Park Service's 99th birthday on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015 in the Visitor Center! Enjoy cake, conversation, and camaraderie with Park Rangers. The National Park Service established by Congress with the Organic Act and signed into law on Aug. 25, 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced Aug. 19, 2015, to five years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) will conduct geotechnical investigations at Fresno Dam starting in late August and continuing into early October.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - Four former Shelby County Corrections Deputies have all pled guilty to attempting to smuggle and distribute OxyContin inside a correctional facility. The pleas were announced by Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today announced that Fred Miller has been named as the new Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that on Aug. 18, 2015, GIOVANNI CANDELARIO, 22, of Bridgeport, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release during which he must complete 300 hours of community service, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Bureau of Reclamation's Montana Area Office reports that the Milk River Joint Board of Control, which oversees the irrigation operations for eight Irrigation Districts comprising the Milk River Project, will be ending the 2015 irrigation season near the end of August. While water...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that two women from Anaktuvuk Pass were separately indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage for multiple counts of Misappropriation of Postal Funds.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation reporting that Republican voters are more concerned about escalating prescription drug prices than the Affordable Care Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Alan Folweiler, age 22, of Pittston, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 63 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for participating in a conspiracy to distribute alpha-pvp, commonly known as “bath salts.".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: Kirk Chambers, a former Trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), was sentenced today before U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga for his participation in a bribery scheme.
