News from September 2015
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Las Vegas - Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will accept public comments from September 10 through Sept. 25, 2015 on the request for Special Account Reserve (SAR) funding from the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) for the Basin and Range National Monument. BLM has requested initial funding generated from the sale of public land in the Las Vegas Valley for the newly designated monument in Lincoln and Nye Counties located north of the Las Vegas Valley.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - Two foreign nationals have been indicted on federal fraud charges for running a $10 million telemarketing scam that targeted elderly investors in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: HAZARD, Ky. - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Kentucky State Fire Marshal’s Office, the Hazard Fire Department and the Hazard Police Department announced the preliminary findings in the Grand Hotel fire. The investigative entities have deemed the status of this incident as undetermined. The investigation is ongoing in the effort to identify the cause for the fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A violent South Coast drug dealer was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston for the robbery of two large-scale oxycodone dealers and related narcotics crimes.
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: akthrough to foreclose Iran’s pathways to a nuclear weapon. I’m grateful for the tireless effort by President Obama, Secretary Kerry, Secretary Moniz, Secretary Lew, and Undersecretary Sherman. I appreciate the work of our P5+1 partners in concluding an agreement with Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today a federal grand jury in Williamsport returned a two-count indictment charging three residents of Westmoreland County with conspiracy to distribute a half-pound of heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: The Energy Department today announced $11 million in available funding to support development and demonstration of innovative alternative technologies for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, designed to help reduce U.S. reliance on gasoline, diesel, and oil imports.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. -The St. Mary Campground, located on the east side of the park, is closed temporarily. The campground has seen a recent increase in bear activity, creating a high potential for negative human/bear interactions. No incidents between humans and bears have been reported in the St. Mary Campground to date. It is unknown at this time when the campground will reopen.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Timothy Munro Roberts (45, Chesterfield, Missouri) and Terrance F. Taylor (49, Ft. Myers) with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five counts of wire fraud. Each count carries a maximum...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A federal jury sitting in Laredo has convicted a local man of conspiracy and transporting undocumented immigrants for private financial gain, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Jose Javier Villafranca, 46, of Laredo, was convicted on all counts as charged after only two hours of deliberation today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - On Tuesday, Sept. 8, U.S. District Judge Larry R. Hicks sentenced a Reno man to 12½ years in prison and five years of supervised release following his arrest and conviction for possessing approximately one kilogram of pure methamphetamine in his vehicle, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden, for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Jordan Davis indicted for conspiring to steal public funds through no-show job.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A federal jury sitting in McAllen has returned a conviction against an Alabama man for importing and possessing with intent to distribute approximately 16 kilograms of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. James Marcus Malone, 42, of Boaz, Alabama, was convicted on all four counts as charged following two days of testimony and less than two hours of deliberation.
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: *Witness Added*. **Hearing Postponed**. Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events: *Thursday, September 10. Joint Subcommittee Hearing: China’s Advance in Latin America and the Caribbean. Thursday, September...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Two Contractors and One Former Civilian Employee Sentenced in Bribery Scheme at Georgia Military Base.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Jensen, UT & Dinosaur, CO -August visitation numbers for Dinosaur National Monument showed a 15.5% increase for the month over the 2014 August figures. While there was a slight dip in May, the other months in 2015 had increases in visitation. As of Aug. 30, recreational visits for the year tallied a total of 232,497 - a 15.3% increase over the same time period in 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle announced that the DEA Philadelphia Division will conduct its 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back event across Pennsylvania and Delaware on September 12th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, approximately 300 collection sites will be set up across Pennsylvania and Delaware so local residents can return their unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe disposal.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Clarence Lambert, 22, of Brooklyn, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and use and brandishing of a firearm during a crime of violence. The charges carry ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: The inability to govern as defined by the Republican Majority is following the same failed strategy over and over again. When you insist session after session in passing unpaid for permanent tax cuts that are not going anywhere - that’s one thing. But your repeated efforts to put at risk the full faith and credit of the United States is reckless and irresponsible, and has had real consequences.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Thomas Edward James, age 34, of Phoenix, Arizona, formerly of Fort Smith, pleaded guilty today to one count of Mail Fraud and one count of Making a False Tax Return. The Honorable Chief Judge P.K. Holmes, III, accepted the plea in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.
