News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that David Chaisson, 23, of Bangor pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute 280 grams of a mixture or substance containing cocaine base, commonly referred to as “crack.".
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, NY-U.S. Attorney William J Hochul Jr. announced today that Percy Hilson, Jr., 27, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to distribution of cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park invites all 4th grade students to visit the park. The White House is launching a new program on Sept. 2, 2015. Fourth graders can visit the Every Kid in a Park website, complete an activity, and obtain a free annual entry pass. The pass is valid at more than 2,000 federal recreation areas.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, September, 2015-The slope above a portion of the Kaymoor Trail in New River Gorge National River has become unstable, forcing the park to temporarily close the trail from the Wolf Creek Trailhead at Highway 82 (Fayette Station Road) to the Kaymoor Miners Trail. "Numerous trees...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that LENA LASHER, a licensed pharmacist, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court today to three years in prison for misbranding and fraud offenses arising from an Internet pharmacy scheme. LASHER was convicted on May 15, 2015, after a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected Marke “Hoot" Gibson and Earl Lawrence for two executive-level positions that will guide the agency’s approach to safe, timely and efficient integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into U.S. airspace.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Shelly A. Binkowski, Inspector in Charge for the Boston Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment yesterday charging DION EDWARD THOMPSON, 37, formerly of East Hartford, with committing an assault and robbery of a U.S. Postal Service employee in Hartford in September 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Julena Campbell or Amy Bartlett. (307)344-2015. e-mail us. Yellowstone National Park invites all 4th grade students to visit the park for free as part of the White House’s new Every Kid in a Park program. Starting yesterday, Sept. 1, 4th grade students can now go to www.everykidoutdoors.gov to complete...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former treasurer of the North Brunswick Volunteer Fire Department No. 3 (“NBVFD") today admitted embezzling at least $89,000, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Everglades National Park invites the public to enjoy an exhibit by Alan Seelye-James, who will showcase his photography at the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Gallery at Everglades National Park during the month of September. An Artist's Reception is being held on Saturday, September 19 (between2-4 p.m.).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MELVIN SMITH, age 30, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to an Indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. Additionally, co-defendant THEODORE GRIFFIN, age 61, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to the same charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today that Parsons Government Services Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $3.8 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly mischarged the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for ineligible or inflated short-term...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Jim Lewis, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, announced that a federal grand jury in Springfield returned an indictment today that charges Sukhwinder Multani, 41, of the 3700 block of N. Ashley Court, Decatur, Ill., with illegal distribution of hydrocodone.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: In the past ten days, Fire Managers and Park Rangers at Rocky Mountain National Park have responded to four illegal, escaped campfires. While all four were suppressed at less than 1/4 acre, each one had the potential to spread and threaten lives and property.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Florissant, CO -Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument invites all 4th grade students to visit the park for free as part of the White House's new Every Kid in a Park program. Starting Sept. 1, 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 Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders this week sent a letter to the Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration regarding safety concerns with the blood-thinner Coumadin and the generic version, warfarin.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: James Michael Millett Jr. Missing Since Aug. 11, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA-Effective immediately, the burn ban on lands in Skagit and Whatcom counties within North Cascades National Park Service Complex is lifted. This includes all National Park Service lands andcampgrounds along State Route 20, the Ross Lake area, west of Rainy Pass, and north of Park Creek Pass and Cascade Pass.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Vancouver, WA -Fort Vancouver National Historic Site invites all 4th grade students to visit the park for free as part of the White House's new Every Kid in a Park program. Starting Sept. 1, 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 2, 2015
News Release: Defendants Took Over Residential Apartments to Facilitate Drug-Dealing.
