News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Kenel, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - A defendant allegedly involved in the murder of 7-year-old Kirsten Williams has pled guilty in federal court to a separate charge of unlawfully possessing a firearm. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Timber Lake, South Dakota, man and woman have been indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Aiding and Abetting Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Wakpala, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor and Abusive Sexual Contact with a Minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: PRESS RELEASE. INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh Minkler announced today a collaborative effort between federal, state and local law enforcement in the fight to help reduce prescription and illegal drug abuse in Scott County. Ten individuals were indicted this week and arrested today on drug ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: "THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country. " So wrote Thomas Paine on Dec. 23, 1776 for a pamphlet he entitled The Crisis. It was a bleak time as General Washington was preparing to attack...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Dominic Evans, a/k/a “FlatLine," age 25, of Baltimore, today to 30 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise in connection with his gang activities as a member of the UDH organization, which operates in the Cherry Hill section of Baltimore.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged Lawrence W. Bell, Jr., 30, and Chad A. Titpton, 19, both of Columbus, with charges related to seven bank, restaurant and business robberies in Ohio in an indictment returned in Columbus.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). President Clinton signed FMLA into law on February 5, 1993, allowing workers to take unpaid leave to care for themselves or a sick family member without the fear of losing their jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Philadelphia Field Division announced today the release of “Operation Trojan Horse," which will be a coordinated effort between the DEA and state and local law enforcement agencies in Delaware to combat the current prescription opioid and heroin abuse epidemic.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: Weather depending, the Natchez Trace Parkway plans to conduct the Tishomingo State Park prescribed fire between the dates of February 8 and Feb. 12, 2016. The Tishomingo State Park prescribed fire will help reduce fuel loading around park facilities, and restore the open woodlands that were historically present. The prescribed fire is located at.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: NOAA is seeking proposals from non-federal partners for habitat restoration projects that will improve the recovery and conservation of protected resources, and help promote productive fisheries. The selected projects will not only support species recovery and sustainable fisheries, but will also yield community and economic benefits such as increased resiliency in the face of coastal hazards, and additional business and recreational opportunities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that on February 5, 2016, a jury found Lorenzo Ramirez, age 58, of Rochester, New Hampshire, guilty of three counts of unlawful distribution of heroin and one count of unlawful possession of with the intent to distribute heroin, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1), after a four-day trial in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: MEDORA, ND: The National Park Service (NPS) will hold an open house meeting on Thursday, February 11 to gather public comments on the recently released Environmental Assessment (EA) for the replacement of the North Unit communications tower. The current tower provides communication functions essential...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: Combined federal, state and local effort dismantles prescription drug and methamphetamine distribution cell.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated that yesterday afternoon Mark Stone entered a guilty plea in federal court in Anderson, to Possessing a Firearm After a Felony Conviction, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922. United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain of Anderson accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: A husband and wife from Mentor were charged with tax evasion, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Guy Ficco, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - A defendant allegedly involved in the murder of 7-year-old Kirsten Williams has pled guilty in federal court to a separate charge of unlawfully possessing a firearm. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty plea today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on the National Park Service’s (NPS) announcement today that the maintenance backlog at our national parks has reached a staggering $11.9 billion. Grijalva introduced the Centennial Act (H.R. 3556) last year...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced 10 arrests for drug trafficking charges related to Opana and methamphetamine in southern Indiana. Launched last year, this operation involved state, local and federal law enforcement in attacking the opioid and recent HIV epidemic Scott and Clark Counties.
