News from May 2015
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: “Addressing the recommendations provided during the public comment period has resulted in a stronger science plan," said Becky Allee, Ph.D., lead author of the NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program. “We look forward to continued dialogue with those who care about the Gulf of Mexico, the impact this program can have on the region, and to working with the research and resource management communities to address the priorities captured in the plan."
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Jenifer Drug Trafficking Organization Trafficked at Least 750 Kilograms of Cocaine from August 2013 to October 2014, Which Was Intended for Distribution in the Baltimore-Washington Area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Desmond J. Seyler, 26, of Plummer, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 15 months in prison for assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Seyler to serve three years of supervised release, and to pay $20,008.27 in restitution. Seyler pleaded guilty on Aug. 12, 2014.
By DOL Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Employer name: James Marlowe, doing business as DHC Contracting, Statesboro, Georgia
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Franklin Thad Harris, age 59, and Merlin D. Unruh, age 53, both of Grand Junction, Colorado, were sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello to serve 36 months and 28 months in federal prison, respectively, for money laundering, the United States Attorney’s Office, the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.Alejandro Bussot, 25, of Miami, FL has been identified as the potential suicide victim at Grand Canyon National Park. Body recovery teams were able to reach the victim, who was located approximately 250 feet below the rim, earlier this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Owners of Billiards Palace, a Pool Hall in Northeast Albuquerque, Conspired to Evade Federal Taxes by Maintaining False Books and Records and Filing False Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Cards were re-encoded with other account numbers.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Shanksville, PA: On May 2 the National Park Service and volunteers from the Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial came together on a beautifulSaturday to prune over 1,500 trees that make up the Memorial Groves dedicated to the 40 passengers and crew of United Flight 93. The 40 Memorial Groves, planted...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Jonathon Luke Holder, 23, of Panama City Beach, was sentenced to 7 years and 8 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Richard Smoak for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. The sentence was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced a Remlap man to 25 years in prison for a string of armed robberies in northeastern Jefferson County in October 2012, including one in which a store customer was shot. U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Steven Gerido announced the sentence.
By State Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Dear Secretary Kerry: I am writing to express my deep and growing concern over the December release and transfer of six detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Uruguay. These Syrians, Tunisians and Palestinians, originally detained in 2002, are all accused of being hardened al-Qaeda fighters, having...
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Traci Weaver. (307) 344-2010 C) 406-581-9030. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. Yellowstone National Park and the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center will celebrate International Migratory Bird Day on Saturday, May 16, with free public programs and field trip. A bird-watching car caravan is set for Saturday...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- Alain Rene Leichtnam, 71, a French national, was arrested April 30, 2015, on a criminal complaint charging him with encouraging and inducing aliens to enter the United States in violation of law, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today. Leichtnam made his initial appearance...
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved bipartisan legislation that would help future presidential candidates navigate the transition process and manage a smooth transition into the executive office. The Edward “Ted" Kaufman and Michael Leavitt Presidential...
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced a partnership with industry to explore the next steps in unmanned aircraft operations beyond the type of operations the agency proposed in the draft small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) rule it published in February.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: National Park Service News Release. -May 6, 2015. DONNA CUTTONE, CHIEF OF INTERPRETATION, 928-567-3322 X 230. Junior Ranger Day Camps Summer 2015. Montezuma Castle National Monument is pleased to announce three Junior Ranger Day Camps at Montezuma Well and Montezuma Castle National Monument. All three...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that Physician Pharmacy Alliance, Inc., (“PPA"), agreed to pay $5 Million to settle claims that, under prior ownership, PPA gave improper gift cards in order to induce referrals or enrollments of Medicare and Medicaid patients, and routinely waived copayments of Medicare and Medicaid patients, in violation of the Anti-kickback statute.
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have identified a bacterium that appears to give honey bee larvae a better chance of surviving to become pupae.
