News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Michelle Lee Davis, age 38, of Laurel, Maryland today to six months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release which includes six months of home confinement, for criminal contempt.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: National Weather Service Meteorologist Eric Boldt will discuss current El Niño predictions and will provide drought and wildfire updates during the October From Shore to Sea lecture.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: Fire Management staff at Denali National Park and Preserve are planning to burn several debris piles, one at the Toklat Road Camp (Mile 53 on the Denali Park Road) and two others in Kantishna at approximately Mile 91 near the confluence of Eureka and Moose Creeks. The planned ignition dates are between Tuesday, September 22 and Saturday, Oct. 10, weather permitting.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site will be presenting the annual Summer's End Promenade on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 between 1 pm and 3 pm, as part of the national park's celebration of National Public Lands Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell today sentenced Sandi S. McGann (30, St. Petersburg) to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to entice and coerce minors to engage in illegal sexual activity, and for transferring obscene matter to individuals that he believed were under the age of 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced three separate criminal matters, charging United States Postal employees for theft of mail.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released final environmental documents for a proposed pipeline project that would be partially funded with a WaterSMART grant.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A former clerk for the Cook County Recorder of Deeds accepted a $200 cash bribe in exchange for preparing and agreeing to record a back-dated deed on an Oak Park home, according to a federal indictment announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jason Mitchell, age 30, Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to conspiracy in dealing in counterfeit United States Federal Reserve Notes. The guilty plea was entered before U.S. District Judge James M. Munley in Scranton.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Eight North Texas residents who were convicted for their respective roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in North Texas and elsewhere have been sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: ST. LOUIS - James P. Shroba, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced today Steven Syms, 41, of St. Louis, Missouri, and Antoine Jenkins, 27, of Cahokia, Illinois, were sentenced for their involvement in a drug distribution organization that funneled cocaine from Houston, Texas, to the St. Louis metropolitan area.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: Sentenced to an Additional 18 Months in Prison for Violating His Supervised Release for a Previous Federal Conviction.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: Embrace Citizenship - Experience America Through Your National Parks.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: Come explore Tumacácori National Historical Park's birding hotspots! Guided bird watching strolls will take place every Saturday morning during the month of October. The walk meets at the Tumacácori Visitor Center, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and continuing throughout the morning as long as birds are active.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: Lookout Mountain, TN: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is pleased to host a volunteer project on Lookout Mountain and to announce the waiver of entrance fees to Point Park, atop Lookout Mountain, on National Public Lands Day, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division, and U. S. Attorney Bill Nettles of the District of South Carolina announced today an indictment charging Joseph Carlton Meek, 21, of Lexington, South Carolina, with misprision of a felony and making false statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo announced that $312,608 in grant funds have been awarded to the Hopi -Tewa Women’s Coalition to End Abuse to increase awareness of domestic violence, enhance the response to violence against Indian women, and develop and promote policies and best practices among the tribes. The grant funds were awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women (“OVW"), which is a component of the Department of Justice (“DOJ").
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: David E. Hunnicutt, age 58, of Macon, Georgia was sentenced Sept. 16, 2015 by the Honorable Marc T. Treadwell, United States District Judge, in Macon, Georgia. Mr. Hunnicutt was sentenced to 12 months and a day imprisonment, he was ordered to pay $273,060.52 in restitution to the Railroad Retirement...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Roman Perales, age 17, was sentenced upon his conviction for assault with intent to damage real or personal property. Senior United States District Court Judge Lyle E. Strom sentenced Perales to 41 months imprisonment to be followed by three years...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: Keith Diante Moore, Jr., age 30, Derek Anthony Hughes-Doby, age 28 Treundes Lydell Howell, age 28, and Cecil Bernard Howell, age 45, have been charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm. The charges are contained in a Complaint filed on Sept. 14, 2015, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
