News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two more defendants pleaded guilty in federal court today to their roles in a large-scale conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Boone County, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A Guatemalan woman was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for conspiracy and human smuggling related to a scheme to smuggle undocumented migrants from India into the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Joe Crowley (D-NY), and Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and Jackie Speier...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 2,743,338 non-local visitors to the Outer Banks Group of national park sites in 2015 spent $179.8 million in communities near the parks. That spending supported 2,815 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the state economy of $225.4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MYRNA SHILOH, 56, of New Orleans, pled guilty yesterday to theft of public money.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 2,743,338 non-local visitors to the Outer Banks Group of national park sites in 2015 spent $179.8 million in communities near the parks. That spending supported 2,815 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the state economy of $225.4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Michael Joseph Carr, 25, of Grand Prairie, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to serve 210 months (17.5 years) in federal prison, following his guilty plea in December 2015 to one count of enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) will hold a press conference on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. to call on the Obama Administration to act on his bill, the Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: SITKA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 185,151 visitors to Sitka National Historical Park in 2015 spent $40,344 in communities near the park. That spending supported 722 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $57,895.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Idaho State Office will release a new vintage-style poster and postcards of the Bruneau Wild and Scenic River for Earth Day 2016. The posters and postcards will be available at the Boise Greenfest on April 23 and Marsing Art in the Park event on May 7. Posters were also...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), together with Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Resident Agent in Charge Michael Puralewski, announced that the next National Prescription Drug Take Back Day will be on Saturday, April 30, 2016, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment against NATHIAN D. HOSSLEY, age 50, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The indictment charges the defendant with five counts of wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: OAKLAND - Anthony Keslinke, 48, of Danville, was sentenced to four years in prison today for his leadership role in a large-scale bank fraud conspiracy and a separate money laundering conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Channel Islands National Park invites the public to "Find Your Park's Story" at an upcoming event at the Museum of Ventura County that celebrates the National Park Service Centennial, on May 1, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to come and enjoy "Animal Masquerade," a special Junior Ranger program held at the Parkway Visitor Center on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 10:00 am. There are all types of animals, big and small, that call the Natchez Trace Parkway...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut 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 DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The 2016 AMERIND Risk/Native American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC) Annual Convention & Tradeshow on May 8-11, in Oahu, Hawaii, is fast approaching. Through focused breakout sessions and informative exhibits, attendees will explore new and innovative strategies for addressing a variety of challenges related to workplace safety, housing management, human resources, and much more.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Jose Antonio Diaz-Juarez, 45, of Grandview, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 27 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Diaz-Juarez to forfeit $8,200 in drug proceeds. He will be deported to Mexico at the end of his prison term. Diaz-Juarez pleaded guilty on Jan. 14, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment against NATHIAN D. HOSSLEY, age 50, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The indictment charges the defendant with five counts of wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: CASCADE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation is temporarily diverting traffic on both Lake Way Bridge and Cascade Dam Spillway Bridge May 9 to perform routine inspections near Cascade Dam in Cascade, Idaho.
