News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA- On Aug. 3, 2016, Jaime Castillo Gomez, 39, of Mexico City, Mexico, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner to 168 months in prison announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Castillo Gomez was also ordered to a five year term of supervised release, to follow his imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A California man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James C. Mahan to 30 years in prison and lifetime supervised release following his jury convictions for felony sex trafficking offenses involving a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mellette County, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on August 4, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: The collaboration of local, state, and federal law enforcement under the Detroit One program has led to the 20 year sentence of Antonio Clark, a leader within the Traveling Vice Lords gang for attempted murder in aid of racketeering in connection with the shooting of a family of four with an AK-47 in Detroit, Michigan on May 7, 2015.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today slammed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for finalizing a new rule that preempts the State of Alaska’s jurisdiction over wildlife management in national refuges within Alaska. The rule grants the FWS broad authority over predator control, bans science-based ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Wasilla woman was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for two counts of making false claims to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA -A long awaited dream will become reality on Aug. 25, 2016 when the Huna Tribal House (Xunaa Shuká Hít) opens its doors on the shores of Bartlett Cove in Glacier Bay National Park. Elaborate carvings, hand crafted canoes, colorful regalia, and traditional songs will enrich this...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California and the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that the United States Marshals Service seized more than 100 cases of products labeled as containing the dangerous and unapproved ingredient Kratom.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, Salvador Jimenez Uribe, also known as “Salvador Uribe Jimenez," pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Raymond J. Dearie in the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, to a four-count superseding indictment for his involvement in an international cocaine importation conspiracy and international narcotics importation, distribution, and money laundering conspiracies. When sentenced, Jimenez faces up to life in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: On August 11 at 7 pm, author Andrew Vietze will speak about his award-winning book, Becoming Teddy Roosevelt at the Christ Church Parish Hall located at 61 E. Main Street in Oyster Bay, NY. This free author talk is provided by Sagamore Hill National Historic Site and Eastern National as part of the National Park Service Centennial Celebration.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: AUG 04 - BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Dustin Giles, 31, of Caribou, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. for conspiring to distribute to 28 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge on Jan. 12, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: In celebration of the National Park Service’s (NPS) 100th anniversary, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) is proud to announce the NPS Centennial Band will perform six shows here in Northern Michigan on their “Find Your Park" tour. On Aug. 18, 19, and 20, the band will play...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Federal Jury Previously Convicted Mia Coy Campbell for Being a Felon In Possession of a Firearm in another Federal Case in March 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: Wellfleet, MA-Cape Cod National Seashore is planning a number of fun and educational activities for August 25 to celebrate the Centennial of the National Park Service. Events will occur in both the Eastham and Provincetown areas of the national seashore. Also, entrance to all six national seashore beaches will be free-of-charge from August 25-28 in honor of the Centennial.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA- On Aug. 3, 2016, Jaime Castillo Gomez, 39, of Mexico City, Mexico, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner to 168 months in prison announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Castillo Gomez was also ordered to a five year term of supervised release, to follow his imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: AUG 04 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and 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 before...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: The discovery of a cranberry component that might control urinary tract infections is among the new nutrition and food safety findings in the latest issue of the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) Food and Nutrition Research Briefs.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Jarrail Lamont Smith, 24, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 15 years in prison on two counts of interstate transportation of a minor for the purpose of prostitution, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2016
News Release: History comes alive at six historic sites during the annual Port Oneida Fair at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore), Friday and Saturday, August 12-13, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This two-day event includes rural history demonstrations, activities and special events each day. The fair will also feature live animals, such as a team of oxen cutting hay.
