News from April 2016
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1,463,304 visitors to Buffalo National River in 2015 spent $62,243,200 in communities near the park. That spending supported 969 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $72,009,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: Brian J. Garrahan, 42, and Kelly A. Spillman 34, both of Delray Beach, Florida, pled guilty today for their participation in a conspiracy to defraud over ten federal agencies by issuing fraudulent bonds to insure government contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced the closure of its case concerning the provision of language assistance to individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) in the state court system following the successful implementation of reforms by the Rhode Island Judiciary.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced a Henderson County marijuana grow operator to 54 months in prison, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Gary Maxwell Lee, 48, of Hendersonville, was also ordered to remain under court supervision for three years after his release from prison.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: Celebrate the Centennial of the National Park Service at Homestead National Monument of America with Catherland,the Musical! There are two program times for this special program;Sunday, April 24, 2016 from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm, and Monday April 25, 2016 from 10 a.m. -noon. Both programs will be presented at the Homestead Education Center.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: A National Park Service report shows that nearly 650,000 visitors to Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area in 2015, and spent $19.2 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 263 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Thursday, April 28, to examine various options on how to address mental health issues in our health care system. The hearing, titled “Mental Health in America: Where Are We Now?," will take place at 2:00 p.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Cory Foster, 28, a detainee at the Federal Detention Center (FDC) in Philadelphia, was charged today by indictment with attempted escape, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the indictment, on Oct. 14, 2015, Foster, who had been indicted and was being detained at the FDC, attempted to escape.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: Boston - Today, David Daoud Wright, aka Dawud Sharif Abdul Khaliq, aka Dawud Sharif Abdul Khaliq, 26, of Everett, Massachusetts, and Nicholas Alexander Rovinski, aka Nuh Amriki, aka Nuh Andalusi, 25, of Warwick, Rhode Island, were charged in a superseding indictment with conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JAMES J. SHEA and EUGENE FALLON were sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 18 and three months in prison, respectively, for their participation in a scheme to embezzle approximately $2.6 million from...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: Entrance fees continue to be waived during National Park Week, April 16-24. To celebrate the Centennials of both the National Park Service and Haleakalā NP, special Junior Ranger programs will be offered on this Saturday, April 23. Programs include talks, walks, cultural demonstrations, and a "Talk Story" with former Civilian Conservation Corp member, "Uncle Rex" Ornellas, who also turns 100 this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced former immigration officer Paul Reynolds Friel, Jr. (48, Orange Park) to six months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for concealing a material fact during an interview with a government agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: Filed No Returns for Six Year on $1.5 Million Income.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges today sentenced Thomas Franklin Dinkins, Jr. (27, Lake Panasoffkee) to six years and nine months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. He was also ordered to forfeit a handgun and 31 rounds of ammunition as a part of his sentence. Dinkins pleaded guilty to the charges on Feb. 2, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: Lovato Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative and HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: FARGO - U. S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on April 21, 2016, Rico Jamal Brown, 27, and Calvin Michael Frederick Brown, 25, both residing in the Fargo-Moorhead area, were sentenced before U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson. Calvin was sentenced to serve three (3) years and six (6)...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: Event: THIS IS A SPECTACULAR PHOTO OPPORTUNITY and NEWS EVENT!.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - Two men have been charged in an international commercial bribery scheme which victimized Chevron Corporation, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Inspector In Charge Adrian Gonzalez of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) and Rick Goss of Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: In Excess of $8.6 Billion Recovered From Criminal and Civil Forfeiture Cases.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: The ground floor of the McGhee Tyson Airport terminal is soon going to be transformed into a display of East Tennessee’s national parks in honor of the centennial anniversary of the National Park Service. The exhibit will go up during National Park Week (April 16-24), and there will be a ribbon cutting event on Thursday, April 21, at 10 a.m. (ET). The display will stay up through the end of the year. The official anniversary of the National Park Service is Aug. 25, 2016.
