News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Conrad Neal Freeman, 21, of Hope, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy Torresen to 70 months in prison and 7 years of supervised release for transporting child pornography and for possession of child pornography. Abbott pleaded guilty to the charges on May 21, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Entrance Fee Increase Begins October 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Jack Lee Wright, 53, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for knowingly taking U.S. currency by force from a Gainesville bank. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo announced that $1,333,998 in federal grant funds have been awarded to four Arizona law enforcement agencies to support the use of body-worn cameras by patrol officers. Such cameras are intended to enhance public and officer safety and improve police-community...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determines federal land management plans and partnerships with states, ranchers, and NGOs avert ESA listing by conserving America’s “Sagebrush Sea"
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 10th National Prescription...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: In El Paso, a federal grand jury has charged a 31-year-old Artesia, NM, man with sex trafficking of children announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist, El Paso Division, and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez, El Paso Division.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today released the following statement on the Department of the Interior’s newly published multi-state conservation strategy for the greater sage-grouse, which will protect the bird’s habitat across much of the West and preclude its listing through the Endangered Species Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Gary Vincent Whorley, 32, of Martinsburg, was sentenced to 188 months in prison for cocaine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA’s) 10th National Prescription Drug...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Bluefield, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that a Bluefield man pled guilty in federal court in Bluefield today to a federal drug charge. Steven Andrew Short, 29, pled guilty to using a communication facility to facilitate a felony, admitting that on April 8, 2015, he used a telephone...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -Lake Mead National Recreation Area was one of 70 national park units to be appointed a Centennial volunteer ambassador intern to help connect people to their national parks and public lands in support of the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
Release: U.S.-based agricultural officials from around the world visited Arkansas and Louisina to learn about U.S. agriculture during FAS’s annual attaché tour.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Get outdoors and take part in the celebration for National Public Lands Day 2015, with Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and Obed Wild and Scenic River on Saturday, September 26. One night of free camping has been authorized at the Alum Ford Campground (Big South Fork) and Rock Creek Campground (Obed) as well as for all backcountry permits.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Fritch, TX - Are you looking for a family fun-filled activity to be involved in with the children during the weekend? Lake Meredith National Recreation Area is the place to be and will again be hosting the annual Small-Fry Fishing Tournament, to be held this Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Stilling Basin...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, a Cooperating Agency with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has released a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Knights Landing Outfall Gates Project. Reclamation proposes to provide federal funding under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act to...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Small business owners and business groups are urging Congress to pass legislation introduced earlier this month by senior Republican lawmakers to roll back the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) “joint employer" decision, which the chairmen of the House and Senate labor committees say “threatens to steal the American dream from owners of the nation’s 780,000 franchise businesses and millions of contractors."
By State Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement marking World Rhino Day...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced today that, as part of President Obama’s commitment to building trust and transparency between law enforcement and the communities they serve, the Justice Department has awarded a $232,000 grant to the New Orleans Police Department to expand the use of body-worn cameras and explore their impact.
