News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: On Aug. 10, 2016, Brandon L. Watson, a/k/a "Dubb," 29, of Metropolis, was sentenced for his involvement in a methamphetamine offense, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: My story with #CURESNow and OPEN ACT started as many do - with a rare, serious disease, and the timid words “there is no FDA approved treatment."
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Following a phone call with U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stressed continued U.S. support for Ukraine amid reports of increasing Russian military mobilization in Crimea.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Bluefield man who mailed letters threatening to kill the former United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia and the mayor of Bluefield pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court in Abingdon, Virginia, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto and United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia John P. Fishwick, Jr. Kenneth Robert Godsey, 35, pleaded guilty to two counts of mailing a threatening communication.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement in response to reports that the Obama administration has released 15 detainees from the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on Aug. 11, 2016, Senior United States District Judge Richard G. Kopf sentenced Aisha Morgan to 3 years’ probation, and ordered her to pay $13,928.28 in restitution. Morgan must also complete 20 hours of community service.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Reclamation is hosting a public meeting Tuesday, August 23 at 6 p.m., to recap the 2016 spring peak release operations at Navajo Reservoir. The meeting agenda includes a recap of the 2016 spring operations; flood risk management and safe channel capacity; sedimentation and bank erosion in the San Juan River Basin; and floodplain risk issues.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service will celebrate its 100th birthday on Aug. 25, 2016. The second century is about creating ways for the next generation to make new discoveries in our national parks and connect people to parks. Obed Wild and Scenic River continues to engage new audiences of youth and introduce them to their national parks through healthy outdoor recreation and curriculum-based education programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Brandon Hoskins, 32, of Centralia, Illinois, pleaded guilty on Aug. 11, 2016, in US District Court to possession of a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking offense, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today. Brandon Hoskins faces a minimum sentence of 5 years in prison for this offense.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore wishes to remind the public of the dangers that rip currents pose to visitors along the Seashore. Rip currents are powerful, channeled currents of water flowing away from shore that quickly pull swimmers out to sea, and according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge sentenced an Oak Brook doctor to two years in prison for illegally receiving benefits in exchange for referring elderly patients to Sacred Heart Hospital on Chicago’s West Side.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A 47-year-old Pennsylvania man has entered a guilty plea to charges related to a conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit Viagra and Cialis and for smuggling, trafficking and introducing the misbranded prescription drugs into interstate commerce, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jonathan Cornelius Bourne, 59, of Mammoth Lakes, pleaded guilty today to unauthorized transportation of archeological resources and unauthorized excavation, removal, damage, or defacement of archeological resources, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: On Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, at 8:00 p.m., Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) will host a free InstaMeet event to celebrate the National Park Service (NPS) Centennial. An InstaMeet is an interactive, in-park event, allowing visitors to meet up, take photos, and get to know each other. Once the visitors meet, they will accompany a park ranger on a nature hike.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - A section of the Pacific Crest Trail on Bureau of Land Management lands has been closed due to the Sand Fire in the Santa Clarita area of Los Angeles County.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: A major road construction project in Arches National Park will begin in early 2017 with the bulk of work being accomplished March through October.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Chief Judge Terry L. Wooten of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina entered a summary judgment Order against Defendants Robert S. Leben and Amy L. Leben of Columbia, South Carolina, in a CFTC...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: DENVER - Jamie Sailas, age 31, of Metro Denver, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez to serve 258 months (over 21 years), followed by 30 years of supervised release for the production of child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and U.S. Immigration and Customs...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr, announced today that Alvin Randhawa, 35, of British Columbia, Canada, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to export from the United States into Canada five kilograms or more of cocaine, before U.S. Magistrate judge Leslie G. Foschio. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2016
News Release: The fish weir structure is installed annually to guide spawning Chinook salmon into the hatchery fish ladder. Folsom Dam, Folsom Reservoir and Nimbus Dam
