News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: HONOLULU - United States District Judge Derrick K. Watson today sentenced California resident Alan L. Mapuatuli, age 44, to a prison term of life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole, for distribution of crystal methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute crystal methamphetamine.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: Sometimes the impact that happens at key points of contact creates a ripple effect. The DOE Office of Indian Energy saw that in Alaska after a series of regional energy workshops in March sparked a flurry of technical assistance requests. In the month following the workshops, DOE received 10 requests...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: Step back in time and make pie the 1860 way! On Saturday, June 20, 2015, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park will offer a 3-hour baking workshop, where participants will have the chance to bake and enjoy a slice of fresh fruit pie baked in a beehive oven. Learn about the connections between the town’s...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: National Park Service Outer Banks Group Superintendent David Hallac invites the public to experience the great ocean resources at Cape Hatteras National Seashore on Monday, June 8 in celebration of World Oceans Day. First recognized by the United Nations in 2008, World Oceans Day is designated as a special day for people around the globe to celebrate ocean resources.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today announced the following endorsements from Oklahoma leaders for S. 1479, the Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2015 (BUILD Act)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An associate of the DeCavalcante organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra today admitted his role in distributing more than 500 grams of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today examined the Takata airbag recalls - the largest auto safety recall in U.S. history. The hearing continued the subcommittee’s push for a faster resolution of the recalls now...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: Huntington, W. Va. - Sandra Ball, 58, of Hurricane, West Virginia, was sentenced yesterday to three years in federal prison for defrauding her employer of nearly $450,000, United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Chief United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers imposed the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Ricky T. Garner, age 46, of Altamont, Illinois, pled guilty on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 to a federal indictment charging him with Possession of alpha-PVP with Intent to Distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Ronald Odean Bryant, age 22, of Denver, Colorado, has been indicted on May 20, 2015 by a federal grand jury in Denver on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and being a felon in possession of ammunition, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho received bonus bids totaling $3,868,194 for five parcels covering 6,475 acres in Payette County, Idaho, at the oil and gas lease sale held last Thursday, May 28, 2015, at the BLM-Idaho State Office in Boise. The BLM sold all five of the offered parcels. In addition...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A United States District Court jury convicted three people of offering and accepting kickbacks as part of a public corruption conspiracy involving a Dayton, Ohio charter school. Two defendants were public officials who ran the school and the other secured a lucrative consulting contract in exchange for bribes to school officials.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today examined the Takata airbag recalls - the largest auto safety recall in U.S. history. The hearing continued the subcommittee’s push for a faster resolution of the recalls now...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today called attention to the sophisticated threat of cybercrimes facing federal agencies at a hearing to discuss the recent data theft at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: Vancouver BC Resident Smuggled MDMA South, Cocaine North Over U.S.-Canada Border.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: SAN DIEGO - During the past two years, DEA has partnered with Naval Criminal Investigative Service, (NCIS), Camp Pendleton and 32nd Street offices, and the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office to make a series of undercover purchases at Aroma Avenue and Cabana Smoke Shop. These purchases were...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: Chairman Frelinghuysen, I want to thank you on the collegial and transparent manner in which you crafted the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Defense bill. You have been placed in a very untenable position and have produced a sterling work product.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Ronald Odean Bryant, age 22, of Denver, Colorado, has been indicted on May 20, 2015 by a federal grand jury in Denver on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and being a felon in possession of ammunition, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK - Heath Powers, 34, of Plattsburgh, NY, pled guilty today to eleven (11) counts of production of child pornography, one (1) count of distribution of child pornography, and one (1) count of possession of child pornography announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent-in-Charge Andrew W. Vale. Sentencing will be October 8, 2015 in Albany before United States District Judge Mae D’Agostino.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: MEXICO CITY - U.S. Ambassador to Mexico E. Anthony Wayne welcomed more than 400 law enforcement officials from throughout Mexico and Central America to the third annual anti-gang conference in Mexico City, Mexico, Tuesday.
