News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Lorenzo Puentes, age 38, of Ogden, pleaded guilty in federal court in Salt Lake City Thursday to assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Adrian Q. Brown-Sonder, 23, of Plummer, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Brown-Sonder was charged by the United States Attorney’s Office on Jan. 26, 2015.

By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service, the Coalition of the Upper South Platte, and the Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds are challenging teens to hike all 14 miles of trails at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. “The purpose of the ‘Trails 4 Teens’ program is to help connect youth to Florissant Fossil...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: School teacher convicted of sexual misconduct with a minor at Grand Canyon.

By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: The summer season will again bring millions of visitors to Lake Michigan including the 15-miles of beach located within Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Understanding that the lake is a wild and potentially dangerous place can help make sure that a day at the beach doesn’t end in tragedy.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: Environmental Assessment Notice of Public Availability and Open House.

By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - Two Orange County men, one of whom attempted to travel to the Middle East to allegedly join ISIL, have been arrested on federal charges of conspiring to provide material support to the designated foreign terrorist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: Oyster Bay, NY -Join us on June 27th at 3:00 pm in Christ Church Parish Hall located in Oyster Bay, NY for a talk on Hissing Cousins: The Untold Story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworthpresented by authors Marc Peyser and Timothy Dwyer.This free program and book signing is provided by Sagamore Hill NHS, the Friends of Sagamore Hill, and Eastern National.Copies of Hissing Cousins will be available for purchase at Christ Church Parish Hall.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Michael Todd Osborn, age 44, who has been living in Connecticut and New York, and Corey Earl Engelen, age 45, of Parker, Colorado were arrested last week, Osborn on charges of wire fraud and money laundering, and Engelen on charges of money laundering, United States Attorney John Walsh and IRS...

By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2015
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By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: Involved false income tax returns of over $200,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: Rock Island, Illinois B Four men have been indicted on separate federal gun charges in the Rock Island Division of the United States District Court, as announced by U.S. Attorney Jim Lewis, Central District of Illinois. A federal grand jury returned the indictments earlier this week but the charges remained sealed pending their arrests and court appearances.

By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona, as part of the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood initiative, is hosting the “Be Here For Kids" event on Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at the Children’s Museum in Tucson. The event will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A foundry, its owner and three members of its safety consultant company have been found in criminal contempt by U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips after disobeying a court order to allow federal inspectors to investigate a report of an employee at the foundry with an elevated blood lead.

By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: SHASTA LAKE, Calif. ? The Bureau of Reclamation will begin the summer tour schedule at Shasta Dam on Saturday, May 23. Daily tour times are 9 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 2:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.

By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter today sent to health care stakeholders, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) announced the formation of a bipartisan working group in an effort to begin exploring solutions that will improve outcomes for Medicare patients requiring...

By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: (NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Middletown Police Chief William McKenna today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned...

By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Kaixiang Zhu, 44, of Bentonville, Arkansas, was convicted on Wednesday by a federal jury on charges of conspiracy to commit immigration fraud and immigration fraud, stemming from a 2011 attempt at unlawfully obtain a green card.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2015
News Release: COLIMA, Mexico - A U.S. citizen convicted in Mexico for producing child pornography was sentenced May 19 to serve 199 years imprisonment by a Mexican district judge following an international investigation conducted by U.S. and Mexican law enforcement.