News from August 2016
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: Vernal, UT--Cowboys, outlaws, and traders - Explore Utah’s Wild West at the Historic John Jarvie Ranch in Browns Park, in northeastern Utah. This site has something for everyone with picnicking and camping, fishing, hiking, and tours of the historical site including a blacksmith shop and general store. Wander the grounds and imagine hiding out here, just like the notorious outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: Berlin, MD: Twenty-six art quilts created by 22 Florida artists will be featured in a traveling art exhibit opening at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge Bateman Center on Aug. 15, 2016 in partnership with Assateague Island National Seashore. The Piecing Together a Changing Planet art quilt...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: STATESVLLE, N.C. - Joshua Lynn Cook, 32, of Hiddenite, N.C. was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Richard L. Voorhees to 89 months in prison on child pornography charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Cook was also ordered to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an 11 count indictment charging Timothy Laubacker, 25 of Lockport, NY, and Travis Guerriera, 26, of Olcott, NY, with conspiracy to distribute and receive child pornography, distribution of child pornography...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The former “Inca" of the Springfield Latin Kings gang was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: FBI GNOCRWG Kicks Off Back to School Season with Local Youth Community Outreach Program.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Aug. 22, the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation will illuminate the iconic New York City skyline, continuing the centennial celebration of the National Park Service. With the help of Bill Nye, Questlove, and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell - and with...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After 11 remarkable days that spanned 10 states (with a surprise swing through Florida) and 2,100 miles, #Ride4Gabe 2016 is now complete. From Maine to Alabama, Team Gabe inspired countless communities and individuals, raised awareness for Duchenne, and brought more people on the #Path2Cures.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: Alleged to have trafficked large quantities of methamphetamine into Southern Indiana.

By Commerce Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Concerned with increased costs from unnecessary regulations, Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today sent a to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. The chairmen request that EPA provide both committees with documentation related to the formulation of EPA’s current model in creating a financial assurance regulatory regime for the hard rock mining industry.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After 11 remarkable days that spanned 10 states (with a surprise swing through Florida) and 2,100 miles, #Ride4Gabe 2016 is now complete. From Maine to Alabama, Team Gabe inspired countless communities and individuals, raised awareness for Duchenne, and brought more people on the #Path2Cures.

By Commerce Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Concerned with increased costs from unnecessary regulations, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) today sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. The chairmen request that EPA provide both committees’ with documentation related to the formulation of EPA’s current model for creating a regulatory regime for financial assurance for the hard rock mining industry.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: MOOSE, WY -Gopaul Noojibail has been selected to serve as deputy superintendent at Grand Teton National Park. Noojibail, a 17-year veteran of federal service, is currently the superintendent of several national parks in Washington, D.C. administered as National Capital Parks East.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: Visitation numbers for July, often the busiest month of the summer season, increased slightly in Yellowstone National Park. The overall increase for July totaled 1.5 percent over July 2015. The first seven months of 2016 are up 6.5 percent compared to the previous year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Elijah Sykes-Bey, a/k/a LaLa, age 22, of Baltimore, today to 24 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise in connection with his gang activities as a member of the UDH organization, which operates in the Cherry Hill section of Baltimore.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: Company Pleads Guilty to Fixing Price of Auto Parts for Second Time.

By EPA Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Concerned with increased costs from unnecessary regulations, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) today sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. The chairmen request that EPA provide both committees’ with documentation related to the formulation of EPA’s current model for creating a regulatory regime for financial assurance for the hard rock mining industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Johnathan Serrano, a member of the United States Army, was sentenced to a 10 month sentence (6 months’ imprisonment and 4 months’ home confinement), ordered to forfeit $10,200 in criminal proceeds to the government, and ordered to pay $67,000 in restitution...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford resident pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard today to embezzling from a labor organization.