News from December 2016
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: DENVER - The Bureau of Land Management today approved a coal lease modification that will allow Twentymile Coal to access an estimated 340,000 additional tons of federal coal from its existing underground Foidel Creek Mine, 20 miles southwest of Steamboat Springs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Three individuals were indicted today in an indictment alleging that they organized and ran an illegal high-stakes sports betting operation, in part by utilizing a website on the internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, this Office filed a civil complaint against Barclays Bank plc and several of its United States affiliates (together, Barclays), alleging that Barclays caused billions of dollars of losses to investors by engaging in a fraudulent scheme to sell residential mortgage-backed...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Reginald Barton, age 30, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was sentenced today to 15 years’ imprisonment by Chief United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement that the United States is bringing a World Trade Organization (WTO) enforcement action against China for breaching its tariff-rate quota (TRQ) commitments for rice,...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An El Sereno man and former 18th Street gang member has been sentenced to 24 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a federal drug trafficking offense and admitting he murdered a man who had failed to pay “taxes" to the Mexican Mafia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: Travis James Stevenson, 33, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on Dec. 21, 2016, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Stevenson was arrested in Laramie, Wyoming. He received 30 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment. This case was investigated by the Laramie Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Rose Umana, age 49, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Dec. 21, 2016, by United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo to 36 months in prison for making false statements relating to health care matters, engaging in monetary transactions involving criminally-derived property, and identity theft.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced appointments of members to its citizen-based Rocky Mountain Colorado Resource Advisory Council, which advises the agency on public land management issues in portions of southwest, central, and eastern Colorado. The RM RAC is composed of members with diverse interests and backgrounds.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: Peninsula, Ohio - Out-of-town visitors now make up about 20 percent of Cuyahoga Valley National Park users, and more Northeast Ohioans are discovering the national park in their own backyard.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: Eddie Baez, 31 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Indictment with one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine within 1000 feet of a playground and one count of attempt to...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: Washington - The Obama Administration announced today that the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is taking action against the European Union’s (EU) unfair trade practices that discriminate against U.S. beef imports. Acting on the request of the U.S. beef industry, USTR has scheduled...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Mark Corum, 60, of Sacramento, was arraigned today in Sacramento on an indictment charging him with distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By State Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement on the postponed United Nations Security Council vote on Israeli settlement activity...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: Dear President-Elect Trump: I write to you today to thank you for taking steps to personally remedy the unacceptable, fraudulent treatment of former students of Trump University, and to encourage you to ensure that former students deceived by for-profit universities receive the relief they are entitled...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: On January 14th, 2017, Big Bend Conservancy and Big Bend National Park will host a grand opening ceremony for the Fossil Discovery Exhibit.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: Due to recent snow events, Mount Rainier National Park anticipates opening the snowplay area at Paradise this Friday, December 23. The Jackson Visitor Center will also open for daily operations starting Wednesday, December 21 through Monday, January 2.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: “Defense! Defense!" may be the rallying cry from cybersecurity teams working to thwart cybersecurity attacks, but perhaps they should be shouting “Recover! Recover!" instead. Attackers are increasingly racking up points against their targets, so the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST ) has published the Guide for Cybersecurity Event Recovery to help organizations develop a game plan to contain the opponent and get back on the field quickly.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Lionel Nelson Williams, 26, of Suffolk, was charged today with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Williams was arrested yesterday in Suffolk and will have his detention and preliminary hearings on Tuesday morning at the federal courthouse in Norfolk.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Derrell Lee, 25, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today for his role in a scheme to defraud TD Bank through the cashing or attempted cashing of fraudulent checks in Vermont using the stolen personal information and bank...
