News from April 2016
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: ASHFORD, WA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that more than 1.2 million recreation visitors to Mount Rainier National Park during 2015 spent $45.7M in communities surrounding the park and a net impact to the economy of approximately $58.3M. This spending supported approximately 596 jobs...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: FORT WAYNE - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announces that on April 21, 2016, Daniel E. Lurye, 39, of Phoenix, AZ was sentenced to 140 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release following his plea of guilty to distribution of methamphetamine.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
Release: Orlando, FL, April 22, 2016 - Today, Agriculture Undersecretary Kevin Concannon announced strengthened nutrition standards for food and beverages served to young children and others in day care settings at the annual conference of the National Child and Adult Care Food Program Sponsors Association. Young...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Octavia Jermaine Winters, 32, of Gulfport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Sul Ozerden to 10 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for stealing firearms from a licensed dealer, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS -A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 5,785,813 visitors to Natchez Trace Parkway in 2015 spent $136 million in communities near the park, which supported 1,849 jobs in the local area. Because the Parkway extends through three states, the NPS has calculated that 80% of the spending is in Mississippi, 13% in Tennessee, and 7% in Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that six men were arrested this week on various federal heroin charges. The charges stem from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl or opioids that cause death or serious injury to users.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Foreign National Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Human Smuggling.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Department of Justice has designated April 24-30, 2016, as National Reentry Week, to focus on ex-offenders reentering communities post-incarceration. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch supports the position that the successful reentry of ex-offenders is an essential component...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Andre Hairston, age 34, of Harrisburg, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Harrisburg on April 20, 2016, on charges of being a convicted felon illegally in possession of a four firearms which were also stolen, selling one of the stolen firearms, possession with the intent to distribute synthetic marijuana and criminal conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Today, the Obama Administration announced that 53 jurisdictions-including Detroit, MI-have committed to Police Data Initiative (PDI). As part of President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, the White House launched PDI as a community of practices aiming to improve the relationship between citizens and police through uses of data that increase transparency, build community trust, and strengthen accountability.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Absecon, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for his role in a $3 million conspiracy to scam customers by offering phony consulting services to owners of timeshares through the New Jersey-based Vacation Ownership Group LLC, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Concord, N.H.- United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Joseph Ruhland, 42, of Somersworth, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to a federal indictment charging him with the illegal possession of four firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that the former director of the Morgan City Housing Authority and a former employee pleaded guilty to charges related to theft of more than a half a million dollars.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: A National Park Service report shows that more than 225,000 visitors to Obed Wild & Scenic River in 2015, and spent $3.7 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 46 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - The Justice Department today announced that according to its comprehensive investigation, the University of New Mexico’s (UNM) handling of reports by students of sexual harassment - including sexual assault - fail to comply with federal law. The Justice Department delivered a letter setting forth these findings to President Robert G. Frank of UNM this morning.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Chattanooga, TN: The National Park Service and the Outdoor Foundation announced earlier this month the recipients of the 2016 Challenge Cost Share Program, which supports projects that promote urban outreach, youth engagement and connecting people to the outdoors. Nationally, the partners selected 17...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged three Cincinnati residents with distributing heroin and/or fentanyl that resulted in the overdose deaths of at least three individuals. Three other individuals were charged with distributing heroin and/or fentanyl that caused serious physical harm, including non-fatal overdoses.
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement in response to U.S. plans to purchase heavy water produced from Iran’s nuclear program...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced today’s unsealing of a two-count Indictment charging JONATHAN LAWRENCE, a/k/a “Chop," a/k/a “Mego," age 29; DONALD MARCELIN, a/k/a “Snook," a/k/a “Black," a/k/a “Golfer," age 39; BRANDON HALL, a/k/a “B-Hilly," age 26; and BRIAN MAXSON, a/k/a “Chin," age 32, all...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The 13th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) is accepting abstract submissions now through May 15, 2016.
