News from February 2016
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Stoystown, PA: "Through Their Eyes," to be installed at the recently opened Learning Center at Flight 93 National Memorial on March 5, 2016. This exhibit includes children's images, words, and objects left at the Flight 93 National Memorial as tributes from 2001 to 2016. Visitors to the exhibit will be able to view never before seen tributes left by children who visited the Memorial.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Samin Chang, 38, of New York, NY, was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Providence, RI, today on charges that he allegedly participated in a conspiracy to house numerous sophisticated indoor marijuana grow operations inside a converted Providence mill building and a Providence residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Feb. 25, 2016 - Laquanda Boyce,33, of Nashville, Tenn., was sentenced today to serve five years in prison for her role in attempting to bribe the victim of a shooting, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Boyce pleaded guilty on September...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced today Tequan Joseph, 23, to 34 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to ship firearms with obliterated serial numbers, unlawful transportation of firearms, and a Middle District of Florida charge of...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Reaches Agreement with the City of Miami and the Miami Police Department to Implement Reforms on Officer-Involved Shootings.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office has approved and signed a final Environmental Assessment to implement the Bark Beetle Salvage project in northwest Fremont County.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Thursday, March 3, to examine implementation of existing free trade agreements with The United States’ trade agreement partners. The hearing, titled “Free Trade Agreement Implementation; Lessons from the Past," will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: School Locked Down When he Brought Loaded Pistol in Backpack.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Romelly Dastinot a/k/a “Marcus -, " 35, of Lewiston, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Defendant Tells Disbelieving Teller: "Quit Stalling".
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 9:30 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing at which Secretary of State John Kerry will testify. The hearing is entitled, “Strengthening U.S. Leadership in a Turbulent World: The FY 2017 Foreign Affairs Budget." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released a new policy to reduce a common hazard to migratory birds and other wildlife that can become trapped and die in uncapped pipes on public lands. When fully implemented the new guidance could save more than 100,000 birds a year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - On Feb. 23, 2016, PATRICK SAMIR ASFOUR, age 39, of Palm Coast, Florida, pled guilty to traveling interstate to commit violence in furtherance of a drug offense, possessing marijuana with intent to distribute, and carrying a gun during a drug trafficking crime, announced...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE:Enjoy an early taste of spring at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore's annual Maple Sugar Time festival.In addition, to the free, ranger-led tours of the sugaring operation at historic Chellberg Farm, a pancake breakfast will be available for purchase from the Chesterton Lion's Club. The farm will be bustling with maple sugaring activities from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on the weekends of March 5 &6 and March 12 &13, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: A California man who distributed pure methamphetamine in Iowa and laundered some of the proceeds to a Mexican bank account was sentenced Feb. 22, 2016, to 22 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: William B. Aossey, Jr., age 74, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the founder of Midamar Corporation (Midamar) and ISA, Inc. (d/b/a Islamic Services of America, Inc.), who was convicted in July of last year of 15 counts of conspiracy, making false statements on export certificates, and wire fraud, was sentenced today to serve two years in federal prison. The corporate entities founded by Aossey were also sentenced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Bycatch can also occur when fishing gear harms or kills marine mammals, seabirds, corals, sponges, sea turtles, or protected fish.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - On Feb. 23, 2016, DANIEL JOHNSON, of Bethany, Oklahoma, was charged by complaint in the Western District of Oklahoma with manufacturing counterfeit currency.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Ross Edward Paulson (60, Wittenberg, WI) to 20 years in federal prison for attempted sexual enticement of a minor. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the cellphone and laptop he had used to facilitate the offense. Paulson pleaded guilty on Nov. 30, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that seven individuals have been arrested following a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking in the Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas.
