News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Edward Mighty, 38, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 280 grams or ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two Ozark, Mo., men and a Los Angeles, Calif., man have been convicted in federal court of their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) has granted Gold-Tier International Dark Sky Park status to Canyonlands National Park, an honor reserved for the darkest of dark skies and the most stunning of starscapes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Juwan Robert Woods, 32, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for his leadership role in a multi-state heroin and oxycodone trafficking operation, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Martin Slone (59, Oldsmar) with four counts of wire fraud. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Two Mexican Nationals in the country illegally were arrested based on a Criminal Complaint when law enforcement found a large marijuana grow in the Routt National Forest, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the U.S. Forest Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Utah Wild Horse and Burro Program will be working collaboratively with scientists at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Fort Collins Science Center to conduct several wild horse and burro research projects. The research is being done partly in response to the 2013 National Academies of Science (NAS) report that recommended science-based management of free-roaming equids within the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: Robbed the Summit Federal Credit Union in Syracuse in January 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Putnam County man pleaded guilty today to five federal drug charges, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Christian Garrett Thornton, 29, of Bancroft, pleaded guilty in federal court in Charleston to four counts of distributing oxymorphone and one count of possessing oxymorphone...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that the former Director of Marketing and Merchandising for the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PA-LCB) has been charged with a scheme to defraud the state, its citizens and the PA-LCB of their right to his honest services as a public official through bribes, kick-backs and concealing information.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2015
News Release: WICHITA - A Wichita, Kansas, man working as an avionic technician for an aeronautics company and possessing restricted access to secure airport areas, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison today for attempting to explode a car bomb at the airport in Wichita, U.S. Attorney Barry R. Grissom and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2015
News Release: Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2015
News Release: Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2015
News Release: Park crews are cutting their way through numerous downed trees today, as they attempt to reopen park entrance roads and campgrounds, make damage assessments and begin repairs.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2015
News Release: FORT COLLINS: A new study of bats contains a breakthrough in understanding their ranges, demonstrating the importance of tree snags and cliffs for bats to raise pups and conserve energy during roosting. The results of the 8-year study also showed scientists which species were rare and which were more common, and the project established the foundation for coordinated monitoring of bats across North America.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray, the top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement recognizing the 125th anniversary of the Morrill Act of 1890, which led to the creation of 19 Historically Black Federal land-grant educational institutions.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2015
News Release: A backcountry camper, last seen Thursday at 10 a.m., was found dead Friday morning by the crew aboard a National Park Service (NPS) Contract Helicopter in Denali National Park and Preserve.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2015
News Release: Crews have made progress to clear debris and re-open areas of Olympic National Park, following a windstorm that downed numerous trees and closed roads and campgrounds on Saturday.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2015
News Release: Beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015 at 12:01 am through late afternoon that same day,the Exit Glacier area of Kenai Fjords National Park will be temporarily closed to the public in order to support the historic visit of President Barack Obama.The closure begins at the park boundary, Mile 7.5 on the road to Exit Glacier (Herman Leirer Road).
