News from August 2016
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: Williamsport, Md. - Due to high water flow in the Potomac River the inspections of Dam # 4 and Dam #5 were delayed. The inspections were originally scheduled for August 1.Once the water flow diminished late this week, it allowed for a water level drawdown and a visual inspection of both dams proceeded on Thursday and Friday, August 4th and 5th. The lower water levels will be maintained until Monday afternoon on August 8th in order to complete all required inspections.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to "Animal Masquerade," a special Junior Ranger program at the Parkway Visitor Center at 10:00 am on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. Join a park ranger for this 45-minute program to discover how animals along the Natchez Trace depend...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: Portland, Ore. -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today approved an historic path forward for local communities in Western Oregon with Resource Management Plans (RMPs) that will increase job growth, tourism and recreation while also creating predictability for timber harvest, and offering strong protections for the northern spotted owl, listed fish species, and water resources.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Reclamation, Orchard Mesa Irrigation District and the Grand Valley Water Users Association will initiate negotiations for a proposed contract for repayment of extraordinary maintenance on the Grand Valley Powerplant, part of the Grand Valley Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Former Officer Willie Fred Knowles, 66, of the Homer Police Department pleaded guilty today to violating the civil rights of a woman identified only as K.M., announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley of the Western District of Louisiana. Knowles also pleaded guilty to making false statements about the incident to the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has filed a motion to dismiss the pending indictment in United States v. Larry C. Deen and Clifton and Clinton Blakey, a former sheriff and used car dealers. The defendants were indicted for criminal conspiracy and federal program theft. United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote will rule on the motion.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Stephen Roy Walker, 43, of Twin Falls, Idaho pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to transportation and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Walker was indicted by a federal grand jury on September 9, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A former Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) of the FBI’s Boston Office was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with perjury and obstruction of justice regarding his testimony at the 2013 trial of James “Whitey" Bulger.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury today indicted former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca on federal charges alleging that he conspired to obstruct justice, obstructed justice, and lied to the federal government.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deirdre M. Daly and Chief State’s Attorney Kevin T. Kane today announced that a federal jury in New Haven has found KARL ROYE, also known as “Eagle," 25, of Hartford, guilty of committing the murder of Anthony Parker of Hartford in April 2011. Yesterday, after a week-long trial...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A former Weymouth woman was charged yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a scheme to withdraw cash from bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Cleto Tarin, 53, most recently of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 420 months in federal prison, following his conviction at trial earlier this year on one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: Ukrainian National Charged as the Lead Casher in the 2008 Hack of RBS WorldPay.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Winston Curtis Venner, 34, pleaded guilty on August 4, 2016, in federal court on St. Croix to felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: The Denali Park Road will remain closed, with scheduled twice daily openings, at Mile 67, just west of Eielson Visitor Center, for at least a few more days to give some of the road repairs necessitated by last week’s mudslide a chance to stabilize, to prepare for additional rain forecasted for this weekend and to safeguard visitor and staff safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Jeremy Blaine Harris, 39, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 70 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Harris to serve five years of supervised release. Harris pleaded guilty on May 25, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Manual Antonio Guerra-Nolasco, 36, of Canton Matelapa, El Salvador pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to unlawfully re-entering the United States after having been removed from the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: Steven Rice, 41, of Barrington, NJ, was charged by Indictment, filed August 4, 2016, with four counts of bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment specifically charges that Rice robbed or attempting to rob: (i) the Beneficial Bank, 1600 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
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By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury today indicted former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca on federal charges alleging that he conspired to obstruct justice, obstructed justice, and lied to the federal government.
