News from August 2016
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: GRASS VALLEY, Calif. - Residents of the Grass Valley area will have the opportunity to add a horse or burro to their families when the Bureau of Land Management brings its Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Program to the Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road, Grass Valley, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 20-21.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: POCATELLO - Jeanna Jimenez, 45, of Chubbuck, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to social security fraud, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Jimenez was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise on Aug. 11, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: A former labor union official was indicted on charges that he embezzled from the union, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Three area people, including an inmate at the Jennings Correctional Facility, were indicted on multiple fraud counts involving a conspiracy to commit various fraudulent schemes, including check-kiting, which they term as “piggybacking." Check-kiting occurs when an individual takes advantage...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: A Charlotte, North Carolina, man was arrested this morning on a federal complaint charging him with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Mia Coy Campbell, 33, of Carlsbad, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Campbell will be sentenced to 60 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $500,000 civil penalty against SeaPort Airlines, Inc. of Portland, Ore., for allegedly operating three single-engine Cessna Caravans when they were not airworthy.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement on the passing of former Member of Congress and Transportation Committee member Steve LaTourette of Ohio...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment yesterday charging EDWARD J. KOSINSKI, 68, of Weston, with insider trading.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FRANK PINA, 57, and STEVEN WHALEY, 48, both of New Haven, each pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: This Friday and Saturday, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) will be offering a new ranger-led program called Pokemon Hunt, which will connect “Pokemon Go!" with real-world flora and fauna.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Florida man accused of filing false and fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service claiming nearly $470,000 in fictitious tax refunds and then attempting to file false liens and encumbrances in retaliation against IRS employees for not paying his tax refund claims has been found guilty by a federal jury in Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Morris County, New Jersey, man was arrested and charged today for producing and distributing images of child sexual abuse and enticing a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Elizabeth, New Jersey, man who allegedly sold guns to an undercover federal agent was arrested this morning and charged with possessing firearms as a previously convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By State Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This morning on Fox News Channel’s “American’s Newsroom," House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) discussed the Obama administration’s $400 million cash payment airlifted to Iran the same day Iran released American prisoners. Video and key excerpts below.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: TEMECULA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and the City of San Diego will prepare a joint Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the North City Project. The project is the first phase of the Pure Water San Diego Program, a water and wastewater facilities plan to produce potable water from recycled water.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 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 4, 2016
News Release: TULSA, Okla.- The results of the August 2016 Federal Grand Jury were announced today by Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Defendants Lured Victim from Queens to Long Island and Then Shot Him, Believing Victim Was Cooperating With Law Enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that William Klingensmith, 46, of Sanford, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to possession of firearms by a prohibited person.
