News from September 2015
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation requests that visitors to New Melones Lake help protect historic resources by not digging, handling, removing or destroying any artifacts or ruins on or along the lake bed.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments are proud to help launch the Every Kid in a Park program, part of President Obama's commitment to protect our nation's unique outdoor spaces and ensure that every American has the opportunity to visit and enjoy them.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., announced today that Laree Greggs, 38, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Arizona Game and Fish and the National Park Service have teamed up to save lives. A new life jacket loaner station has been installed at North Arizona Telephone Cove on Lake Mohave.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Domingo Zamora (47, Dade City) to 11 years and 6 months in federal prison on drug conspiracy charges. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 21, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Pittsburg, Kan., man was sentenced Thursday to 136 months in federal prison on federal firearms and drug charges, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks - Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks invites all.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments are proud to help launch the Every Kid in a Park program, part of President Obama's commitment to protect our nation's unique outdoor spaces and ensure that every American has the opportunity to visit and enjoy them.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Mark Hamlet, the Special Agent in Charge of the Special Operations Division of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), announced today the extradition of PIRZADA KHAWAJA ABDUL HAMEED CHISHTI, a/k/a...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a Versailles, Ky., man with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance that resulted in an overdose death.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Michael Martin, 56, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative and HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Eddie L. Vaughn, a/k/a Elbow, 35, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to arson of a commercial building and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The charges carry a ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: RIDGELAND, MS: The National Park Service, in cooperation with the Craftsmen's Guild of Mississippi, seeks public comment on an environmental assessment (EA) toconstruct a pedestrian walkway between the Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway) and the Mississippi Craft Center. The walkway will tie the Old Trace...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: In celebration of National Public Lands Day and National Estuaries Day, several local organizations are coordinating a community-wide cleanup of the lands and waters in and around Beaufort on Saturday, September 26 (Rain date: September 27).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: (Richmond, California) -An attack on America inspires fear, fury and calls for retaliation run rampant. The time is not Sept. 11, 2001, but December 7, 1941, when the United States entered World War II (WWII). Over 70 years ago, thousands of German, Italian and Japanese immigrants in the U.S. and...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming Christopher A. Crofts announced today that on Sept. 2, 2015, Dalton Enos, 23, was sentenced in federal court to 46 months imprisonment on one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury in connection with...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: FRITCH, Texas --Lake Meredith and Alibates Flint Quarries invites all 4th grade students to visit the park as part of the White House's new Every Kid in a Park program. Lake Meredith and Alibates Flint Quarries will remain free of charge, but 4th grade students can now go to www.everykidinapark.gov to complete an activity and obtain a free annual entry pass to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: Kareem Pollard, 28, of Granite City, Illinois, was sentenced today in the United States District Court to 3 years in prison for two counts of Unlawful User of a Controlled Substance in Possession of a Firearm, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, has announced. Pollard will also be on federal supervised release for 2 years following his term of imprisonment. Pollard has been in custody since his arrest on March 26, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Eddie L. Vaughn, a/k/a Elbow, 35, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to arson of a commercial building and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The charges carry a...
