News from July 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Independence, Mo., business owner and his wife were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a multi-million dollar, multi-state conspiracy to transport hundreds of thousands of cartons of contraband cigarettes from the Kansas City, Mo., area to the state of New York, where they were sold primarily on Indian reservations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that STANLEY FULTON, age 39, of New Orleans, and JASON PAYNE, age 37, of Youngstown, Ohio, yesterday became the last of nine defendants under a Superseding Indictment to plead guilty to a multi-state conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Furthering efforts to encourage clean energy innovation, the Energy Department today released a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to support the research, development, and demonstration of advanced reactor concepts. The announcement represents an early step in increasing investment...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Tuesday, August 4th the National Park Service, the United States Park Police and the Metropolitan Police Department will host a National Night Out event beginning at 5:00 p.m. at River Terrace Park which is located just off of Benning Road on Anacostia Avenue NE and Dix Street NE.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: One person died and four others were injured during an early morning structural fire at the Grand Teton Lodge Company's Colter Bay employee dormitory in Grand Teton National Park. A quick response by Grand Teton's structural firefighters and personnel from Jackson Hole Fire/EMS helped contain the fire...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: St. Croix, USVI -Gerard St. Rose, 24, made his initial appearance Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon in District Court after being charged in a three-count information with Possession of a Firearm Near a School, Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, and Possession of Marijuana With Intent to Distribute Near a School, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today. St. Rose was released pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Andrew F. Dickson, 51, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged yesterday by indictment with possession of child pornography and receipt of child pornography announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes civil penalties of $69,000 and $63,000 against two companies for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: Fire Led to Evacuations of Four Units in Building And Forced Relocation of Building Residents.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: Jeffrey C. Brown, 35, of Collinsville, Illinois, entered pleas of guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud (in a scheme to obtain money and property through the use of unauthorized access devices through the commission of identity theft) and to Aggravated Identity Theft, the United States Attorney for...
By State Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement regarding Iran’s accusation of a U.S. violation of the nuclear agreement less than two weeks after the accord was announced:
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - MAJID IRANPOUR MOBAREKEH, 45, from Oklahoma City, was sentenced by United States District Judge Joe Heaton to serve 51 months in prison for illegally smuggling firearm shell casings to Iran and possession of opium with intent to distribute, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: On Saturday and Sunday, August 15-16, 2015, at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, join confections and historic foodways expert Carol Anderson and the park’s living history staff to beat the summer heat by learning to make refreshing Victorian sodas.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Central California Area Office announces summer and fall 2015 park events and Park Ranger interpretive programs at Lake Berryessa in Napa County, Calif. All activities will be held rain or shine and are free of charge. Some programs have group size limitations, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal court has permanently barred a Bolingbrook, Illinois, woman and her tax preparation business from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Melvin R. Thomas, 37, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 18 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin and possession of heroin with intent to distribute. Thomas was convicted of these charges on May 20, 2015, after a three-day jury trial in federal court in Madison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Anthony Lamont Hill, 31, of Fletcher, N.C., was sentenced today to 121 months in prison for his role in the 2013 armed robbery of a Dollar General store in Woodfin, N.C., announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Senior U.S. District Judge Graham Mullen also sentenced Hill to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $4,750 as restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: False Documents Provided to IRS Auditor by Doctor Included Names and Identities of Disabled Military Veterans Who Were Former Patients of Doctor.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A man who possessed close to 300 files of child pornography was sentenced to 18 years in prison Friday. The sentence follows an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in conjunction with the Franklin County Internet Crimes Against Children Task (ICAC), which HSI is a member.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: ST. LOUIS -As the Gateway Arch nears its 50th anniversary in October 2015, partners involved with operating and enhancing the national park have announced plans to celebrate the iconic monument's golden birthday. An all-day community celebration will take place on Saturday, Oct. 24, in nearby Kiener Plaza. Additional commemorative celebrations will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 28, marking the 50th anniversary of the Arch's completion.
