News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Texas man was sentenced last week to 87 months in prison for possessing cocaine for later sale.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: ELKHORN, Neb. - Rich Tiller might have changed his company's name, but the Nebraska construction company owner has not changed his callous attitude toward his employees' safety and well-being.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Olympic National Park will host an exciting opportunity for cyclists to "Ride the Hurricane" between 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Father Assumed A False Identity On Social Media To Exploit His Daughter.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Obama Administration’s White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued a sweeping and controversial National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) guidance on greenhouse gas emissions. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Crater Lake National Park is issuing a Level 1 Evacuation Notice for Rim Village and Park Headquarters effective at 3:30 p.m., Aug. 2, 2016. The Level 1 notice informs residents and visitors to "be ready" for a potential evacuation of Rim Village and Park Headquarters in the event that the Bybee Creek...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Owner and company agree to pay $2.3 million in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: KANAB, Utah- Dr. Tim Casey with Colorado Mesa University returns to conduct recreation focus groups in conjunction with the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument 20th Anniversary Science Forum. The focus groups will be held August 4th, 5th, and 6th in Tropic, Escalante, and Boulder, Utah. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) encourages the public to provide input that will be used to guide recreation management on BLM lands accessed via Highway 12 and the Burr Trail.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Melinda Van Horne was sentenced today to 12 months and a day in prison for damaging national conservation land through her marijuana cultivation operation, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: MARTHASVILLE, Mo. - Federal investigators found the electrocution death of a 43-year-old welder could have been prevented if his employer had de-energized conductors and followed electrical safe work practices at its Missouri machine shop.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2016-Bacteria in the gut of young honey bees may provide clues about the impact parasites have on bee health. That and other experimental findings were published by U.S. Department of Agriculture 's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) researchers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Cheron Marie Johnson, 31, of Portsmouth, was sentenced today to 90 months in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering and for false statement in a tax filing. According to the plea agreement, Johnson will pay $338,860 in criminal forfeiture and $211,278 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Georgia man who carried a gun and ammunition into a Beaver County movie theater on July 23 has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KERONN MILLER, also known as “Fresh," 25, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 210 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for aiding and abetting the 2010 murder of Ian Francis.
By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued this statement in response to the Wall Street Journal’s report on the Obama administration’s $400 million cash payment airlifted to Iran the same day Iran released American prisoners...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - Three men responsible for stealing eight rifles from a West Tennessee pawn shop have been collectively sentenced to 180 months in federal prison. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentences today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: A Colombian national was charged criminally for unlawfully injecting silicone into victims’ bodies for aesthetic enhancements, without a medical license or approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Load up your canoe and prepare to embark on an historical adventure! August 12th through the 14th marks the annual Rendezvous Days and Pow Wow at Grand Portage, Minnesota. Voyageur songs, Ojibwe drums, and Highland bagpipes mix as the Montreal canoe brigades, native peoples, fur traders, and North West Company partners gather for their annual rendezvous and traditional Ojibwe Pow Wow.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Cedar City, Utah -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cedar City field office will soon be capturing and removing excess wild horses from within and outside the Blawn Wash Wild Horse herd management area (HMA) in western Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Simple Assault, Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm, and Using a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence was sentenced on Aug. 1, 2016, by United States Court District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
