News from October 2015
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: EMMETT, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation will be drawing the reservoir behind Black Canyon Diversion Dam down about 18 feet to safely allow crews to perform necessary maintenance. Black Canyon Diversion Dam is located on the Payette River about 5 miles northeast of Emmett, Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Daniel Alan Brown, 34, of Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to 15 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime period of supervised release, for distribution of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: - Kamoui Francis, 25, pleaded guilty today in District Court on St. Croix to.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit today affirmed the conviction of Courtnee Brantley of Tampa for misprision of a felony, a crime she committed in the immediate aftermath of her boyfriend Dontae Morris’s murder of Tampa police officers David Curtis and Jeffrey Kocab.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Noland Anthony Harper, 61, of Henrico County, was sentenced today to 292 months in prison for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise that included sexually abusing young boys as young as 11-years old. Following his prison term, Harper will be required to register as a sex offender in any U.S. jurisdiction in which he lives, works, or attends school.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON (October 8, 2015) The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks, are excited to announce the date for the 93rd annual National Christmas Tree Lighting on the Ellipse at President’s Park (White House). This year’s kick-off to the holiday season in our nation’s capital will be held Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, at 5 p.m. Free tickets for the lighting ceremony will be awarded through an online lottery.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: MONTE VISTA, Colo. - The campground at Penitente Canyon will be temporarily closed Oct. 16-18 for the upcoming 12 Hours of Penitence mountain bike endurance race, permitted through the BLM San Luis Valley Field Office. Alternative locations for developed camping are the Poso and Storm King campgrounds managed by the US Forest Service. Dispersed camping is available on BLM managed public lands throughout the San Luis Valley.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in El Paso, Texas, announced today that Stephanie Pyle, 40, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced for her conviction on fraud and aggravated identity theft charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita woman was charged in federal district court in Wichita Friday with the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Wei Xiang, who handled the case, stated that on May 14, 2014, U.S. Probation Officers and members of the Federal Bureau of Investigations Safe Streets Task Force visited Watkins’s apartment. Officers found the defendant at home and a Glock 9mm pistol with a high-capacity magazine...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: Husband Caused His Wife, Who Owned a Tax Preparation Business, to File 291 False Tax Returns, Resulting in the IRS Paying $983,382 in Refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced on October 6, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: Nāmakanipaio Campground and cabins are closed until further notice due to several large and hazardous eucalyptus trees that recently fell.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: Defendant Iman Kobeissi Charged with Conspiring to Sell Firearms to Members of a Terrorist Organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Cherry Creek, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact with a Person Incapable of Consenting was sentenced on October 6, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS -United States Attorney Josh Minkler today announced charges against a man who is alleged to have fired shots from a handgun in front of the Birch Bayh Federal Courthouse in Indianapolis. Marcus Fennell, 23, Indianapolis, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, discharging a weapon in the commission of a drug trafficking crime, and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: Michael Aho Kennedy Allegedly Embezzled Over One Million Dollars from Client.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS -United States Attorney Josh Minkler today announced charges against a man who is alleged to have fired shots from a handgun in front of the Birch Bayh Federal Courthouse in Indianapolis. Marcus Fennell, 23, Indianapolis, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, discharging a weapon in the commission of a drug trafficking crime, and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2015
News Release: Keola Awong is the new site manager for the Kahuku Unit within Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. She will oversee staff and visitor programs in the 116,000-acre unit, which is open to the public on weekends from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
