News from August 2016
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: MADISON CO, MS- On Monday, July 25, 2016, at 8:53 a.m., emergency responders were dispatched to a collision involving a motor vehicle and a bicyclist on the Natchez Trace Parkway just north of the Boyd Site (milepost 107). Amy Biernat (44), of Madison, MS, was riding her bicycle north on the Parkway...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH- A former resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal drug and firearm laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Michael G. Isaacson, age 34, of Albany, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for distributing and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A Naperville man admitted in federal court today that he willingly failed to disclose his prior membership in the Chinese Communist Party when seeking naturalized citizenship in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Ellsworth, Minnesota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Aug. 1, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: SHASTA LAKE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Draft Environmental Assessment for the possible release of Trinity Reservoir-stored water to supplement flows to
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: A Year Later, Explosions at Two Las Cruces Churches Still Under Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that KEVIN CALIX-TORRES, age 26, a native of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: On July 12 at the 2016 Solar Conference in San Francisco, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Director Chris Deschene introduced the hundreds of solar industry enthusiasts, developers, and investors in attendance to an emerging opportunity that may not have been on their radars: renewable energy development on tribal lands.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Patchogue, NY - The National Park Service (NPS) 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 DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: FREDONIA, N.D. - An investigation into a 36-year-old worker's injuries at a North Dakota grain facility found multiple violations of federal safety standards for grain handling and confined space entry, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Today, DONNIE RAY SCHULTZ, 45, of Del City, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve 327 months in federal prison for producing child pornography depicting of a 15-year-old girl with whom he engaged in sexually explicit conduct, announced Mark A. Yancey, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI - Rayshaun L. Herald, 23, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony offense.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and 19 Senators sent a letter to the Department of Education (“the Department") to express support for the proposed “borrower defense" rule and to suggest a number of...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Distribution of a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Michael Andrew Christopher Shaver, 22, of Grafton, West Virginia with illegal possession of a firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Monday to 115 months in prison for committing a federal gun crime, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- Acting United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Robert Da’Quan Johnson, a/k/a “Thunda," age 20, of Rock Hill, South Carolina plead guilty today in federal court. Johnson plead guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of Title...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2016
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - John V. Brown, 45, of New York City, was sentenced today to serve 71 months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release for supplying heroin in the Plattsburgh area.
