News from April 2016
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS:The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to "Nature Bingo," a special Junior Ranger program held at the Parkway Visitor Center on Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.Do you like nature and learning about the world we live in? Do you like playing bingo? Then join a park...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: Today, federal, state and local authorities arrested eight individuals and are looking for three others in connection with a heroin/cocaine trafficking operation in the Seguin and New Braunfels, TX areas announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation Special...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against World Best Tropical LLC.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Quincy man was arrested today for using counterfeit cashier’s checks to defraud victims, including law firms, of at least $1 million.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today continued its oversight of Obamacare, with a hearing examining its reinsurance program. The program was created to provide financial assistance to insurers offering Obamacare plans, ultimately...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Richard Pieri, age 59, Drums, Pennsylvania, a former registered nurse with the Wilkes-Barre Veterans Administration Medical Center, was charged with reckless endangerment in a criminal complaint filed with the U.S. District Court in Scranton.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: On Saturday May 7th, 2016, from 11-4pm, visitors are invited to register to attend a 5 hour workshop to learn to make and bake 19th century varieties of bread. Bread, called the “staff of Life", was made by both civilian and military bakers as part of the U.S. Quartermaster operation in the former United...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following opening statement at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Hearing on the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) temporary reinsurance program.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives passed three more Energy and Commerce Committee bills this week, further advancing the committee’s proud bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management today announced that it is seeking public nominations for open positions on the Boise District Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the BLM on public land issues. As published in a notice in the Federal Register, the BLM will consider nominations for 45 days. The nomination period will close May 2, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Arturo Luna, age 45, Laredo, Texas, pleaded guilty yesterday before United States District Court Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner in Harrisburg to offenses related to illegally bringing illegal aliens into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Phillip Duran, 33, of Las Vegas, N.M., pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to an opening and destruction of mail misdemeanor charge. After entering his guilty plea, Duran was sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to pay an $800 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland -Michael Andrew Davila, age 27, of Berwyn Heights, Maryland, pleaded guilty on April 14, 2016, to transportation of a minor for prostitution. His mother, Maria Elena Davila, age 51, of Germantown, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit evidence tampering in connection with the case.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: KEY WEST, Fla.: Americans are encouraged to get out and #FindYourPark during National Park Week, which runsApril 16 through April 24. All National Park Service entrance fees will be waived for the week.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: On April 11, 2016, Robert Diaz, a resident of Miami, Florida, was sentenced to 60 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. On April 12, 2016, Maritza Conde Moreno, a resident of Miami, Florida, was sentenced to 74 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - This week, prior to the annual tax return filing deadline, four individuals, including two current IRS employees, were charged in separate cases with federal tax crime, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - A married couple has been sentenced to federal prison for crimes they committed in connection to the fatal shooting of an off-duty Memphis Police officer. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentences today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Charles Johnson and Shayne Kier Jones were charged in a criminal complaint for the April 4 armed robbery of a Dunbar Armored truck.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: A former United States Coast Guard serviceman was sentenced on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, to 235 months in prison by United States District Judge Jose E. Martinez for producing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: Potomac, MD -On April 16 and 17, 2016, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park will host a Civil War living history weekend with the 7thPennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
