News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Josiah Paul Yeasley, 27, of Meridian pleaded guilty on Aug. 10, 2016, in United States District Court to access with intent to view child pornography, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Fidel Naranjo, 27, of Santa Fe, N.M., and Kendra Brophy, 29, of San Pedro, N.M., were sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., for convictions arising out of the Dec. 2, 2015 robbery of a bank in Espanola, N.M. Naranjo was sentenced to a 40-month term of incarceration followed...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - China Beach in Golden Gate National Recreation Area will remain closed for an unknown period of time pending investigation and repairs following a structure fire.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016 is National Park Service Founders Day and the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the National Park Service! Superintendent David Hallac invites the public to experience their national park sites on the Outer Banks; Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today applauded a final rule from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that increases fuel efficiency and reduces greenhouse gas emissions from medium- and heavy-duty trucks, which will result in cutting a total of 1.1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today applauded a final rule from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that increases fuel efficiency and reduces greenhouse gas emissions from medium- and heavy-duty trucks, which will result in cutting a total of 1.1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: A Monroe County man was sentenced today to more than 58 years in prison for producing child pornography documenting his own sexual assaults of young children, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Steven A. Petrillo, 46, of Salem, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 2 years of probation after a jury found him guilty of making a material false statement to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: A Miami man pleaded guilty yesterday to charges related to his role in a $4.2 million home health care fraud scheme.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today upon news that Aetna, the nation’s third largest health insurer, intends to withdraw from the majority of Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service invites visitors of all ages to join in the celebration of its 100th birthday throughout the month of August. With special events across the country, and free admission to all 412 national parks from August 25 through Aug. 28, the NPS is encouraging everyone to #FindYourPark / #EncuentraTuParque for the centennial.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: John Brown Named Special Agent in Charge of Administrative Branch for Los Angeles Division.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: KING OF PRUSSIA, PA - The National Park Service invites visitors of all ages to join in the celebration of its 100th birthday throughout the month of August. Valley Forge National Historical Park will offer fifteen free activities and events on Saturday, August 27th as part of this nationwide celebration...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
The U.S. Department of Energy announced an investment of up to $137 million in two programs aimed at advancing vehicle efficiency technologies. This funding is contingent on appropriations and coincides with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) adopting a second round of standards for medium and heavy-duty vehicles.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Join us in celebrating the National Park Service's 100th birthday at Yankton, South Dakota's Riverside Park Amphitheater on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Enjoy music, dancing, river art, hands-on activities, appearances by National Park Service rangers and junior rangers and a special guest appearance and speech by Theodore Roosevelt!.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George Jarrod Hazel sentenced Bryan Leneil Tiggle, age 32, of Accokeek, Maryland, late on Aug. 15, 2016, to 10 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: AUG 16 - 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 a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging James Bowers, 30, of New London, with one count of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon and one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Yesterday afternoon, park staff were notified that a 45 year old man suffered a leg injury roughly 1,000 feet above Lake Haiyaha. He was scrambling on rocks, fell in a deep hole and a boulder pinned his leg. He was hiking with two other people who were able to move the boulder to free his leg. The injuries he sustained prevented him from walking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that William McNeill, 23, of Cumberland, Rhode Island, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 20 months in prison and five years of supervised for travelling interstate to engage in sexual conduct with a minor. He will also be required to register as a sex offender, and while on supervised release his access to minors, computers, and the Internet will be restricted.
