News from November 2015
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Twentynine Palms, CA- In honor of our nation's veterans and the sacrifices they make, Veterans Day, November 11th will be a fee free day in the park. In addition, active duty military members and their dependents are reminded that they are eligible for a free, America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass. This pass allows free entrance to Joshua Tree National Park and many other federally-managed public lands on any day of the year.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA:Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a series of special programs at Lookout Mountain Battlefield and throughout Chattanooga the weekend of November 21-22, 2015, in commemoration of the 152nd anniversary of Battles for Chattanooga.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Wen Ping Chen, 47, of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded not guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to charges of credit card fraud. U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy released Chen on conditions pending trial, which has not been scheduled.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.- Grand Canyon National Park invites the public to start the celebration for the upcoming National Park Service Centennial on Saturday, November 7 and visit the REI Village.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement after the Department of Justice announced that it is closing its investigation of the IRS’s improper targeting of conservative groups.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOSE ALEXANDER LOPEZ-LOPEZ, age 20, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count indictment with illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By State Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Dear President Abbas: We are writing to express our deep concern over the recent wave of Palestinian violence in Israel and the West Bank. Unless immediate action is taken to end incitement and bring the situation under control, this escalating violence-including stabbings, shootings and other terrorist...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Lamplit Guided Tours Every 20 Minutes From Hyde Street Pier Entrance Until 7:40pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard A. Resnick, who handled the case, stated that the defendant was self-employed as a mason in Rochester. For the tax years 2007 and 2008, Barilla underreported the amount of income he had received from his mason business. The total amount of unreported income was $171,364, resulting in the failure to pay federal taxes in the amount of $56,152.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released a of legislation titled the “Protecting America’s Recreation and Conservation (PARC) Act," which includes several substantive reforms to update the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), enacted in 1965.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Lawrence Macera, age 65, of Rensselaer, was sentenced yesterday to serve two years of probation and to pay $54,041.43 in restitution on a conviction of theft of government property, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Martin J. Dickman, Inspector General for the United States Railroad Retirement Board.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Kyle Eugene Gordon, age 27, of Chambersburg, and Reginald L. Lomax, Jr., age 32, of York, were indicted separately by a federal grand jury yesterday in Harrisburg on drug and firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that TORREY LEDELL DAVIS, age 44, most recently from Metairie, pled guilty today to interstate transportation of a minor for the purpose of engaging in criminal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JENNIFER WILLIAMS, 33, of Harvey, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to two-count Indictment charging her with one count of disaster fraud and five counts of theft from the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Sawed-off Shotgun Used During Convenience Store Robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Superintendent F. Gus Sanchez is pleased to announce a special event to recognize the 80th anniversary of the signing of the first U.S. and Mexico international park agreement signed in El Paso on Nov. 24, 1935.Certificates of appreciation thanking the City of El Paso and El Paso County will be presented...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Following Speaker Ryan’s announcement of conferees on the multi-year surface transportation bill overwhelmingly approved by the House today, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- At the White House Tribal Nations Conference today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. Department of the Interior to assist Indian Tribes throughout the United States to develop their energy resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango, who is handling the case, stated that Acquest Transit, LLC, was established to purchase an approximately 97-acre piece of property at 10880 Transit Road in Amherst. William L. Huntress served as the sole member and manager of Acquest Transit, LLC. On Jan. 20, 2006, the defendant purchased the site for $425,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Armando Lopez-Ruiz aka Alejandro Garcia-Ramos, Alejandro Garcia-Ralu, 33, of Mexico, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson Nov. 2, 2015, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Lopez-Ruiz was arrested in Jackson, Wyoming. He received time...
