News from March 2015
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: Beginning this week park crews will start removing snow from Park Loop Road and other snow-filled access roads using plows and other heavy equipment in preparation for opening. Visitors walking or skiing on motor roads should be aware that they may encounter park vehicles and heavy equipment during weekdays. Road crews will not be working on weekends.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: The positive effects on sea life observed at the Channel Islands after ten years of protection through marine protected areas (MPAs) will be discussed by Dr. Jennifer Caselle during the April From Shore to Sea lecture.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Monday to 78 months in federal prison in a federal mail theft case, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Leaders of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs today called on the Department of the Treasury to ramp up efforts to block the import of antiquities looted from Syria. In a letter to Adam J. Szubin, Acting Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Committee Ranking Member...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: STONEWALL, TEXAS -On Saturday, April 11, Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park will host special activities to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Highlighting the day will be a ceremony at 2:00 pm at the one-room Junction School near the entrance...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service is in the process of preparing a foundation document for planning and management at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: MARQUETTE, Mich. - Rachel Lynn Hansen, age 32, of Ishpeming, Michigan, was sentenced to 151 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr., announced today. After her release, she will serve three years of court supervision. Hanson, a mother of three, was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- The Vermont Attorney General, William H. Sorrell, sent a letter to Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), EPW Chairman, voicing deep concern about the Udall-Vitter toxics chemical bill. The letter, which is the latest in a series from Attorneys General from across the nation who raised similar concerns about the legislation, states...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: On April 9, 1865, Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant met Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to set the terms of surrender of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. To commemorate the historic meeting between Grant and Lee in the McLean House, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park will ring a bell at 2:00 pm...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: HAMMOND, Ind. - An Indiana man remains in federal custody following a March 19 federal grand jury indictment alleging he transported a 15-year old minor to engage in prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A man who owned a pharmacy in Washington, D.C. has been arrested following his indictment on federal charges that he and a physician from Florida operated an Internet pharmacy site that illegally shipped prescription-required controlled and non-controlled drugs from Washington, D.C. to more than 38,000 customers in the United States. -
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C., Area Pharmacist Indicted and Arrested on Charges Involving Illegal Pharmaceutical Shipments.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced the arrest today of a West Leyden, New York man on federal child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - William Terrance Proctor, a/k/a “Boobie," and “Booby," age 31, of Lexington Park, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting the theft of a firearm, possession of an unregistered firearm, unlawful sale of a firearm to a prohibited person; and receipt, possession and transportation of contraband cigarettes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - R. Scott Jordan, 52, of Houston, has surrendered to authorities following the return of an indictment alleging he defrauded Exxon Mobil and caused a loss of more than $5 million, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Hammond, Indiana, returned the following indictment on March 19, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: MARQUETTE, Mich. - Pedro Andres Kobasic, 45, formerly of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced to 87 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles, Jr. announced today. Kobasic was convicted of conspiracy to distribute more than 50 kilograms of marijuana after fleeing from justice and hiding in Mexico for about three years.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: Everglades National Park has recently submitted its biennial report, entitled "Everglades National Park: 2015 State of Conservation," to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee. In 1979, the park was listed as a World Heritage site and since 1993 has been on the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - A former U.S. Postal Service contractor and his wife have been charged in a federal indictment that accuses them of conspiring to steal packages of prescription pharmaceuticals intended for military veterans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today Senior United States District Judge W.Earl Britt sentenced JOHN TOBIAS SWEENEY, 38, to 78 months imprisonment followed by 15 years supervised release. A $10,000 fine was imposed. SWEENEY is also required to register as a sex offender.
