News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - James Leon Fisher, 29, of Detroit, Michigan was sentenced to 30 months in prison for heroin distribution, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Cipriano Anaya, 34, of Roswell, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Anaya will be sentenced to 108 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: On Aug. 25, 2016, Haleakalā National Park celebrated the Centennial of the National Park Service with activities, special programs, cultural demonstrations, and a brief ceremony. Free admission will continue through Aug. 28, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Earlier this month TBI Special Agent De’Greaun Frazier was murdered while performing his duty to serve and protect the public. Thursday afternoon, tragedy again struck our state when Maryville Police Officer Kenny Moats was shot and killed while responding to a call for help.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: GUNNISON, Colo. -The Oh Be Joyful Campground, which is nestled in the heart of some of Colorado’s most spectacular backcountry, is a popular recreation destination near Crested Butte, Colorado. The Bureau of Land Management Gunnison Field Office is proposing fees that would be used to enhance the visitor experience, protect the environment and ensure visitor safety at the campground.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Earlier this month TBI Special Agent De’Greaun Frazier was murdered while performing his duty to serve and protect the public. Thursday afternoon, tragedy again struck our state when Maryville Police Officer Kenny Moats was shot and killed while responding to a call for help.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DEBRA BIAGI, 50, of Fogelsville, Pa., formerly of Greenwich, waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to one count of wire fraud stemming from her theft of more than $700,000 from her employer and related companies and individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 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 three counts of Distribution of a Controlled Substance.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter today to Gina McCarthy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging the Agency to move quickly to act on all forms of asbestos under the new Toxic Substances ...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Barack Obama expanded the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument off the coast of Hawaii by 442,781 square miles. Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Congresswoman Aumua Amata (American Samoa) issued the following statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio today, 29-year-old John Michael Rymers was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for receipt of child pornography announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: The boat docks at Rainbow Bridge National Monument are closed due to a thunderstorm that severely damaged the docks late afternoon Thursday, Aug. 25.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Wednesday afternoon, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) led bipartisan committee members in a conference call with top government health officials to discuss the ongoing Zika threat. The officials provided an update regarding efforts currently being taken and the members had an opportunity to have pressing questions answered regarding the federal response to the virus.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Wednesday afternoon, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) led bipartisan committee members in a conference call with top government health officials to discuss the ongoing Zika threat. The officials provided an update regarding efforts currently being taken and the members had an opportunity to have pressing questions answered regarding the federal response to the virus.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues to seek nominations for five positions on BLM’s Alaska Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the BLM on public land issues. As published in today’s Federal Register, the BLM will accept nominations for 45 days. The nomination period ends Oct. 10...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: Salt Lake City-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Utah is seeking public nominations for five open positions on its Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The BLM will consider nominations until Sept. 26, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Gregorio Medina, a/k/a Gregorio Villanueva-Medina, 36, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola to two years in federal prison followed by one year of supervised release for aggravated identity theft, U. S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today. Medina was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: Explosive growth of cyanobacteria, also called blue-green algae, is nothing new. In fact, such cyanobacteria probably produced the original oxygen in Earth's atmosphere billions of years ago.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that ISF Trading Company (“ISF"), of Portland, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to violating the Lacey Act. The Lacey Act is a federal law that prohibits trade in wildlife that has been illegally taken, possessed, transported or sold.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that BRIAN CAVALIER, age 34, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been sentenced to serve ninety-two (92) months in federal prison, as a result of his convictions for making threats by mail, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section...
