News from February 2015
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: With more than 600,000 visitors each year and over 125,000 acres to explore, the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area offers many recreational opportunities that generate a demand for conveniences such as equipment rentals, guided services, and even food. The park is currently recruiting...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: The Denali National Park Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) will meet on Wednesday February 25 at Pikes Waterfront Lodge in Fairbanks. The public is invited to attend the meeting, which will be held from 10:30 am-4:30 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Aaron Henderson, 21, Muhammad Sadaat A. White, 22, Marcus Allen Ray, 25, Raymond Rysheem E. Starr, 21, Marcus Lee Jackson, 23, and Timothy Nathaniel, 25, all of Philadelphia, PA, were charged today by indictment with conspiracy, bank fraud, aggravated identity theft and aiding and abetting, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Jermain Santell Hill, 35, of Charleston pleaded guilty to possession of crack cocaine with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Harold Lawayne Barron, a/k/a “Wayne," 51, of Murphysboro, Ill., was sentenced for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy and a crack cocaine conspiracy.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following statement on President Obama’s appointment of Joseph Clancy to be Director of the U.S. Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Bryan Austin Frembling, 20, resident of Fresno, charging him with possessing MDMA (“Ecstasy"), with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By State Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: ANKARA - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, traveled to Ankara, Turkey on Thursday to discuss the long-standing partnership between the United States and Turkey. His meetings included President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, and Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ahmet Berat Conkar.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today joined members of Congress, local elected officials, and community members from the Upper Arkansas River Valley in applauding the President's designation of Browns Canyon National Monument.The new monument, located...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Walter Alston Brown, 47, of Providence Forge, Virginia, and Glen Allen, Virginia, and Cynthia Evette Brown, 53, of Philadelphia, PA, were each sentenced today to 180 months in prison for their roles in a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme. Walter Brown was a mortgage broker with...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Ronald J. Wiggins, 35, of Granite City, was sentenced on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 to 151 months in federal prison for offenses relating to the distribution of methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that Secretary of State John Kerry will testify at a Committee hearing on Wednesday, February 25 at 10 a.m.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Employer Name: Angel Brothers Enterprises Ltd.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that another individual has been charged with insider trading in connection with the acquisition of the Shaw Group. A federal grand jury sitting in the Middle District of Louisiana has indicted DR. JESSE H. ROBERTS, III, age 43, of Ruston...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: GRANITE CITY, Ill. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Ronald J. Wiggins, 35, of Granite City, was sentenced this week to 151 months in federal prison for offenses relating to the distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson, Judge Shelly D. Dick, Judge John W. deGravelles, and Judge James J. Brady of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana and the agencies of the federal courthouse will host the Twentieth Annual Federal Courthouse African-American History Month Program. The program will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, in Courtroom 1, on the third floor of the federal courthouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Joshua Marrero, 28, of Holyoke, Mass., was indicted in U.S. District Court in Springfield on being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated that Raheem Majeed, a/k/a “Mitch," age 30, of Columbia, South Carolina has entered a guilty plea in federal court. Majeed plead guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment today charging ANTHONY REID, 26, of New Haven, with...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: San Diego-The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it has awarded a $20 million cooperative agreement to Colorado State University (CSU) to establish the Community Resilience Center of Excellence. Working with NIST researchers and partners...
