News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: Two Akron men were charged in a federal indictment with attempted murder and related charges for shooting a woman in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: On Tuesday, September 6, join Rocky Mountain National Park for a special program at 7:30 p.m. in the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center to welcome Doug Leen, also known as Ranger Doug "Ranger of the Lost Art.".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: A Toledo man was sentenced to five months incarceration and ordered to pay $121,156 in restitution for theft of government property, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: ST. GEORGE, UTAH - Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is releasing the proposed resource management plans (RMP) for the Red Cliffs and the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Areas (NCA) after years of collaboration and review with the public and local, state, and federal stakeholders. The BLM is also releasing a proposed amendment to the St. George Field Office RMP.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: Visitors to Natural Bridges National Monument on September 6 and 7, 2016, should expect delays on the monument’s entrance road and on Bridge View Drive as road work is completed.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Lafayette man was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for buying drugs overseas and shipping them to himself.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: Williamsport, Md.- As a special promotion to celebrate the Centennial of the National Park Service, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) will offer launch boat tours in Williamsport through Labor Day Weekend (including Monday). In addition, launch boat tours will continue to be offered on the weekends through the month of September. These Ranger-led interpretive boat rides will be offered at 11:00 am, 1:30 pm, and 3:00 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. (Aug. 30, 2016)-Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, John Conyers, Jr., Elliot L. Engel, and Bennie G. Thompson, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Judiciary, Foreign Affairs, and Homeland Security, sent a detailed letter to FBI Director James ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a Shelby County man and former church staff member to 50 years in prison for sexually abusing a seven-year-old child and possessing child pornography in 2013, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced that it is implementing authority provided by Congress giving the agency the flexibility to conduct online lease sales. The move is a continuation of the BLM’s ongoing efforts to modernize the oil and gas program by increasing program efficiency and generating savings for taxpayers.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: UPDATE & CHANGE TO CLOSURE. Local National Monuments Closed Due to Tropical Storm. St. Augustine, FL - Due to the changing predictions, storm speed, and direction of Tropical Depression 9, Castillo de San Marcos & Fort Matanzas National Monuments WILL BE OPEN on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. Both parks...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: With Health Care Theft. HAMMOND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David A. Capp, announced that six additional members of the Indiana/Kentucky/Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters were each charged by Information with one count of health care theft. According to the documents...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: The owner and manager of three now-defunct Miami-area home health agencies was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for his role in a $57 million Medicare fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: MAURY COUNTY, TN - On Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, at approximately 1:26 p.m., the Natchez Trace Parkway Communications Center received notification of a single motorcycle collision near milepost 410, near Duck River, TN. U.S. Park Rangers, Maury County Sheriff and Tennessee Highway Patrol responded.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, John Conyers, Jr., Elliot L. Engel, and Bennie G. Thompson, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Judiciary, Foreign Affairs, and Homeland Security, sent a detailed letter to FBI Director James Comey requesting...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Carthage, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: LeVar Burton, actor, director, producer, writer and speaker, will deliver the Dedication Day keynote address on Nov. 19, 2016, in Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg National Military Park. When asked to speak at the 153rd Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, Burton responded: "I am both...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: All charged with Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) practices.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: Manhattan Project National Historical Park is pleased to partner with the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association for a special celebration of the National Park Service centennial birthday on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, with the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra’s 72nd season opening concert. The concert will...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A federal inmate pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with escaping from Coolidge House Residential Reentry Center in Boston.
