News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: FORMER MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR OF BRISTOL TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY AND FRAUD.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Sept. 14, 2015, Jeffrey David Rogers, age 49, of Burlington, Iowa, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner to 210 months in prison on the charge of production of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Rogers...

By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: At approximately 2:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, park staff were notified that a 20 year old male from Georgia was having a medical emergency at The Loch in Rocky Mountain National Park. He was unable to walk. Fortunately, a park ranger was in the area and reached the man in less than 20 minutes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama, Mobile Police Department (MPD) Chief of Police James Barber, Health Officer for Mobile County, Bernard H. Eichold II, and community leaders from Mobile’s Campground neighborhood announce a ceremony to acknowledge the successful...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - - On Sept. 14, 2015, Steven Nicholas Taylor, aka “Nicky", aka “Louie V", 44, was sentenced in Alaska U.S. District Court for his convictions in two separate federal cases. In the Alaska case, Taylor was sentenced on his pleas of guilty for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, ...

By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) today issued the following statement in response to the Obama Administration’s request for Congress to change the way the nation pays for wildfire suppression.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service will celebrate its Centennial in 2016. An integral part of this celebration is a broad and ambitious initiative to enable every American fourth grader and his or her family the opportunity to visit our parks, monuments, and and waters for an entire year - by obtaining a free...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Sept. 14, 2015, Adam Lamar Ammons, age 42, formerly of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner to 88 months in prison, after pleading guilty to the charge of felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Ammons was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following the period of imprisonment, and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: A convicted felon who possessed a firearm and ammunition on the streets of Cedar Rapids in March was sentenced yesterday to ten years in federal prison, the statutory maximum sentence possible for his crime.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: FRITCH, Texas - Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument will conduct a monarch butterfly program called "MONARCH MORNING" from 9 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. on Sept. 16 in the Alibates Visitors Center. Individual registration is free to the public and includes snacks and handouts. Seating is limited. RSVP by calling Park Headquarters at (806) 857-3151.

By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and several partners are launching a new effort to bring together communities with challenges and innovators with the technology to overcome them. The second Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC) was announced at this week's White House Smart Cities Forum.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Jefferson City, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling $410,000 from the bank where she was employed.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: A Deerfield Beach resident pled guilty today to having stolen Social Security benefits for more than thirty years.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: Clarkdale, AZ - Tuzigoot National Monument.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: Julena Campbell or Amy Bartlett. (307)344-2015. e-mail us. Entrance fee waived for all visitors Saturday, September 26. As part of National Public Lands Day, the largest single day volunteer effort for public lands, Yellowstone National Park is seeking volunteers for two work projects that will occur...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Michael Daniel Rubens, 30, formerly of Tallahassee, with seven counts of cyberstalking, five counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer, and one count of aggravated identity theft. Rubens was arraigned yesterday in the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee. The indictment was announced by Christopher P. Canova, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Shawn P. Caldwell, 36, a registered sex offender who resides in Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced to 240 months in prison yesterday for receipt of child pornography. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Steven (Yinhau) Chen, 33, of Fredericksburg, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit money laundering to promote his cigarette trafficking operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: Hackers Targeted Major Payment Processors, Retailers and Financial Institutions Around the World.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: Washita Battlefield National Historic Site park rangers will once again be staffing a booth at the Oklahoma State Fair along with rangers from Chickasaw National Recreation Area and the Oklahoma City National Memorial. The booth will be open from Thursday, September 17 - Sunday, September 27 and rangers invite everyone to stop by.