News from August 2016
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Homestead National Monument of America will be the perfect venue for the Aug. 21, 2017 total solar eclipse. At Homestead totality is expected to last 2 minutes 37 seconds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Jackson, TN - A federal jury has found a Jackson man guilty of unlawfully possessing with intent to distribute more than 6,000 prescription pills. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - One of the Mexican citizens convicted for his role in the May 2013 murder of Juan Jesus Guerrero Chapa in Southlake, Texas, was sentenced today, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Today, the Energy Department announced 43 small businesses will participate in the second round of the Small Business Vouchers (SBV) pilot. With vouchers in hand, these businesses can better leverage the world-class capabilities of the department's national laboratories and bring their next-generation clean energy technologies to the marketplace faster.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: A North Miami Beach resident pled guilty to possessing 225 stolen identities.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Porfirio Rosa, a/k/a Luis Rosa, 74, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of making false statements in application for a passport, was sentenced to time served (six months) by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The president and founder of a Falmouth mortgage company was charged in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with defrauding the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) out of nearly $3 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - A Norfolk man, serving a federal prison sentence for illegally possessing a firearm, will serve additional federal time for illegally possessing marijuana inside a federal prison after being sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Georgia Bureau of (GBI) case into theft of 8.9 million dosage units of Hydrocodone results in multiple warrants, illegal pot grows in Colorado Springs and El Paso County
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- Commercial air tour operators Miami Seaplane Tours and Wings are taking their flights to a new level in Biscayne National Park. Air tour management agreements were recently signed that will protect park resources and visitors. The agreements are the result of a collaborative process among the National Park Service (NPS), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and operators.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - The Houston man convicted of creating and distributing videos depicting the torture and killing of puppies, chickens and kittens has been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Brent Justice, 55, was found guilty on three counts of producing and one count of distributing what is referred to as “animal crush videos" following a one-day bench trial May 23, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Mark M. Beatty, 57, of Wellston, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today for violating the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act by purchasing human remains of Native Americans. The case is the first criminal enforcement of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act in the Southern District of Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Jennifer Parker, Intermountain Region Chief of Concessions, 303-969-2661. MEDIA16- 45. WEST GLACIER, MONT -National Park Service (NPS) Intermountain Regional Director Sue Masica announced today the selection of Swan Mountain Outfitters -Glacier Division, LLC as the concessioner for guided interpretive...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: MOOSE, WY -Park rangers have recently responded to several incidents involving rescue and medical assistance of visitors, including two major rescues this last week.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Allegheny 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 18, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced today that the Civil Rights Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts has opened an investigation into whether there have been violations of a federal civil rights law by the town of Dudley, Mass.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Zakee Stuart-Holt, 34, of Manchester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to a federal indictment charging him with one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl and one count of money laundering, announced United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Donnie Bell was sentenced to 97 months and one day in prison today after pleading guilty to assaulting a person assisting a federal officer in the performance of official duties and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Brian...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- Commercial air tour operators Miami Seaplane Tours and Wings are taking their flights to a new level in Biscayne National Park. Air tour management agreements were recently signed that will protect park resources and visitors. The agreements are the result of a collaborative process among the National Park Service (NPS), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and operators.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Today, federal, state and local authorities arrested seven Madisonville, TX, residents charged in connection with a methamphetamine trafficking operation announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division, and Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw.
