News from December 2015
By State Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: I want to thank our witnesses for being here. I know senators that are here at the moment and I know others that will be joining.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: Pipestone National Monument News Release. Contact: Glen H. Livermont Phone: 507-825-5464 Email: glen_livermont@nps.gov. Pipestone National Monument Entry Fees Increasing in 2016. Pipestone, MN. -Starting on Jan. 1, 2016, Pipestone National Monument will increase entrance fees for visitors in order...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - A 51-year-old Millington man who trafficked multiple underage teens for sex has been sentenced to serve a quarter-century in prison. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentencing today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Maryville, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for a murder-for-hire scheme in which she negotiated with an undercover federal agent and, without realizing it, her intended victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MARVIN LOPEZ-PINEDA, age 29, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge Eric Watson and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that 12 people were indicted Wednesday in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy in Lafayette and the surrounding areas. Those named in the 15-count indictment are...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury in East St. Louis, IL, returned an indictment charging Eriberto Ricardo Gomez, 41, and Yasmanis L. Oduardo Fonseco, 26, with possession of fifteen or more stolen account numbers and aggravated identity theft, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today. Gomez and Gonseco, who are both originally from the country of Cuba, are currently residing in Houston, Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: Crater Lake National Park is seeking public input on the scope of an environmental assessment (EA) to be prepared for the West Panhandle Forest Restoration Project in conformance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The objectives of this project are to restore forests and healthy ecosystems...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: Dr. Robert Hadley Gross Also Fined $100,000 and Ordered to Pay More Than $1.8 Million in Restitution.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced historic energy efficiency standards for commercial air conditioners and furnaces that will help cut carbon emissions and operating costs for businesses in the coming decades.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: Sentenced to Hundreds of Years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of Six Children, Including Two Who Were Abducted.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact authorizing the continued discharge and conveyance of stormwater from Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon in facilities that are part of Reclamation’s Newlands Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - Enrique Marquez Jr., a longtime friend of Syed Rizwan Farook, the male shooter in the San Bernardino terrorist attack, was charged today with conspiring with Farook in 2011 and 2012 to commit crimes of terrorism. Marquez was also charged today with the unlawful purchase of two assault rifles used in the deadly shooting two weeks ago.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: Christmas Wish on TSCA Granted to Inhofe, Vitter, Udall
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Seattle, Wash., man has become the sixth defendant convicted in federal court for his role in one of the largest software piracy schemes ever prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Dumitru Martin, 55, a Romanian citizen residing in Long Island, New York, and Anamaria Cruceru, 48; Constantin Schiller, 62; and Marcelle Banaga, 40, all of whom reside in Romania, charging them with conspiracy to commit bribery and with bribery of a public official, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Ceressa B. Patterson, 29, of Fairview, West Virginia, was convicted of stealing funds from the United States Postal Service today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - At 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 16 the United States Park Police observed three individuals operating an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), or drone, in the northeast quadrant of the Washington Monument grounds. Flying any kind of UAS or drone anywhere in Washington, D.C. or in national parks is illegal.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Color Country District is seeking public comment on an environmental assessment (EA) analyzing the BLM's proposal to offer four parcels covering 6,743 acres in the Richfield Field Office at the May 2016 oil and gas lease sale.Additional information about the proposed...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -The National Park Service (NPS), Cape Lookout National Seashore (Seashore) will be releasing a proposed rule for Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) management for a sixty day public comment period beginning on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. The NPS proposes to designate routes for, and manage off-road...
