News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Sierra Wimberly, 25, and Noelle Bishopel, 27, both Atlanta, Georgia residents, made their initial appearances on April 7, 2016, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after being charged in separate complaints with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Wimberly and Bishopel were both released on unsecured $10,000 bonds pending further proceedings.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: During National Volunteer Week, April 10-16, the National Park Service Outer Banks Group celebrates the volunteers who work at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Wright Brothers National Memorial, and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. This past year these volunteers donated a total of 19,856 hours!.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Glen Jean, WV -Staff at New River Gorge National River (NR) will begin closing and rehabilitating 28 miles of illegal off-road vehicle (ORV) trails inside its boundaries this spring. The affected areas are all located in Fayette County, in the areas of Backus Mountain, Bee Hollow, Beury Mountain, Highland...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was convicted today for posing as a teenage boy, and at times a teenage girl, to solicit underage females online to produce images of themselves engaged in sexually explicit conduct, possessing, and distributing those images to others, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Owner of Charlotte Payroll Company Indicted for Failure to Pay over $9 Million of Federal Payroll Taxes.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: During National Volunteer Week, April 10-16, the National Park Service Outer Banks Group celebrates the volunteers who work at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Wright Brothers National Memorial, and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. This past year these volunteers donated a total of 19,856 hours!.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The Natchez Trace Parkway will host a BioBlitz and Wildlife Festival at the Parkway Visitor Center on Saturday, April 16, 2016 from 9:00 am-4:00 pm. The National Park Service (NPS) turns 100 onAug. 25, 2016, and National Park Week occurs April 16 to 24, making the BioBlitz and Wildlife...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Defendant Arrested Nearly a Month Later in North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: In conjunction with the National Park Service Centennial, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites the public to participate in a special hike of the Murphy-Chambers Farm on Monday, April 25, 2016, at 11:00 AM. This 60 minute program will offer a brief history of the site along with breathtaking...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) will lead a Subcommittee roundtable policy discussion next week to examine the implementation of Title V of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act), which includes reforms to improve commercial truck and bus safety and reduce regulatory burdens.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management Las Vegas Field Office today announced it is seeking public comment on a proposal to lease approximately 15 acres of public land to Clark County for a public park and related facilities. The park is proposed near the intersection of Wigwam Avenue and Torrey Pines...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is making up to $44 million available to farmers, ranchers and businesses to develop new bio-based products and expand markets through the Value-Added Producer Grant program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ligia Sandoval Spafford (Sandoval), 48, of Roseville, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to two years and three months in prison for a scheme to defraud distressed homeowners, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Sandoval was ordered to self-surrender on June 9, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney's Office and crime victim advocates join to commemorate National Crime Victims' Rights Week.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated today that Derrick D. Jones, age 33, appeared in Federal Court today at his arraignment on a Grand Jury indictment charging him with possessing a.32 cal Smith & Wesson handgun as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Aldrin Javier Espinoza, 23, of Pharr, Texas, pled guilty today for his part in a three-count indictment charging him with Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substance, James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced. Espinoza’s sentencing hearing has been...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Dear Director Donovan: As you well know, federal agencies are under a constant yet evolving threat from cyber attackers. From what I understand, however, flaws in the federal acquisition process can limit the tools agency network defenders can obtain. I write today to better understand what the Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Thomas Lamon Williams, 23, formerly of Hattiesburg, pled guilty in federal court on Thursday, April 7, 2016, to one count of failure to register as a sex offender, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: FAA Deputy Administrator Mike Whitaker visited the Sun ‘n Fun International Fly In and Expo in Lakeland, Fla. this week as part of the agency’s ongoing partnership with the general aviation community to improve safety. Whitaker announced the FAA’s Got Data? initiative to give the private sector better access the FAA’s aeronautical data.
