News from May 2015
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: In celebration of the upcoming 100th birthday of the National Park Service, the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve will begin a free concert series in the park.The inaugural performance is set for Sunday May 31st, from 2:00 pm till 4:00 pm at Kingsley Plantation.This concert features John Dickie of Collapsible B and Chelsea Saddler performing Americana and Folk/Blues/Rock.Join us at Kingsley Plantation for a fun filled Sunday in the park with music.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Robert J. Smith, 36, of Charleston, West Virginia was sentenced in federal court in Charleston for aiding and abetting a robbery affecting interstate commerce. On April 22, 2012, Smith, Robert Barcliff, Keith Glenn, and William...
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor, after striking a deal to ensure important trade enforcement legislation would receive a vote before moving forward on other trade legislation...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: Effective. May 1, 2017. Effective Date. To Be. Determined. Park Annual Pass. (Also valid at Lava Beds National Monument). $30. $40. $40. Per Vehicle (1-7 days). $15. $20. $25. Per Person (1-7 days). $10. $12. $12. Motorcycle (1-7 days). $10. $15. $20. "This increase in fees will allow us to continue...
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: Dear Commissioner Koskinen: As you know, the Senate Finance Committee has jurisdiction over the Internal Revenue Service and a responsibility to ensure that the Internal Revenue Code is administered correctly. As Chairman, I have the obligation to carry out that responsibility through congressional...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: P.A. Was Employed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: Indiana Man Sentenced to 240 Years Imprisonment for Production, Possession and Distribution of Child Pornography.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -Effective June 1, 2015, Grand Canyon National Park will increase park entrance fees and the cost of overnight backcountry permits. The current park entrance fees have been in place since 2006. Grand Canyon began charging for overnight backcountry permits in 1997 and last modified backcountry fees in 2000.
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, "Securing the Border: Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology Force Multipliers." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Bobby Wayne Blackwell, 57, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was convicted in federal court after he admitted that he failed to update his sex offender registration, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced today.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: VANDALIA, Ill. - A metal tube manufacturer put workers at risk of lacerations, amputations and potential explosion and fire by ignoring standard safety rules for machines and storing flammable materials in open containers near propane heaters where they might ignite.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Boyd Wendell Clark, age 31, of Daniels, West Virginia, was sentenced in federal court in Beckley to nine years of imprisonment, followed by a 5-year term of supervised release. Clark previously pled guilty in January of 2015...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: A man who committed murder on the Meskwaki Nation Settlement was sentenced today to twenty-five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that the World Triathlon Corporation (Ironman) has agreed to forfeit $2,761,910 in lottery proceeds to the United States government. According to a sworn complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Tampa, Ironman illegally charged athletes for a chance to win the opportunity to compete in the “Ironman World Championship," held each October in Hawaii.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: Saturday and Sunday, May 30th and 31st, visitors are invited to witness the power of field artillery that defended the Union garrison during the Siege of 1862. Living History staff and volunteers will present artillery demonstrations at 1, 2, and 3 p.m., on the battle which led to General Stonewall Jackson’s...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) settlement with Stamford-based Patriot National Bank to ensure equal access for individuals with disabilities at all Patriot Bank locations.
By US DOT Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: As hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to the Washington, D.C. area for their summer vacations and residents join them on city streets and at public gatherings, the Federal Aviation Administration has a clear message for everyone: Leave Your Drone at Home.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Mexican national pleaded guilty in federal court today, as his jury trial was scheduled to begin, to his role in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig R. Gestring, who handled the case, stated that Yerden was first identified during an online child exploitation investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations. Agents learned that the defendant was posting images of child pornography to online websites located...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A leader of a large-scale drug trafficking organization today admitted conspiring to distribute heroin in Ocean and Monmouth counties and elsewhere in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
