News from July 2016
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today condemned the abduction and murder of three individuals associated with International Justice Mission (IJM), including staff member, Willie Kimani, taxi driver, Joseph Muiruri, and client, Josephat Mwenda, who were abducted in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 23.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Four people were arrested after federal search warrants were executed at homes in West Virginia and Ohio this week as part of an ongoing multi-state drug trafficking investigation, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Potomac, Md.- The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C&O Canal) National Historical Park will celebrate the nation's birthday on July 1st-4th at the Great Falls Tavern located at 11710 MacArthur Boulevard, Potomac, MD. Various ranger programs and activities will be offered to visitors throughout the weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Jerome Robert Barnhart, 36, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 264 months in prison for kidnapping, followed by five years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Tucson, AZ -With the recent increase in monsoon activity, the conditions are optimal for native plant restoration work in Saguaro National Park. To protect and restore native vegetation and restore wildlife habitat, the Park uses ground-based field crews to manually remove and apply herbicides to buffelgrass.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: FBI Jacksonville Division Urges Public to Be Alert.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted a Spanish investor for allegedly covering up an international insider trading scheme that netted more than $4.6 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that two New Ipswich, New Hampshire, residents have been indicted on charges that they conspired to distribute misbranded prescription drugs, including controlled substances, from India.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: On Saturday, July 16, 2016, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites the public to attend An Evening of Music with the Ambassadors.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Sometimes, you find the best things where you may least expect them. In the middle of the Great Plains, amid the waving golden prairie grasses of the Nebraska Sandhills, winds the Niobrara National Scenic River. An oasis in a dry landscape, the sight of the river is a dramatic change.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Glacier National Park Media Release. July 1, 2016. Margie Steigerwald 406-888-5838. Tim Rains 406-888-7895. MEDIA16- 37. Opportunities to learn about Native American language, history, and culture. WEST GLACIER, MONT -Glacier National Park is pleased to announce the Native America Speaks schedule for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that John K. Carrillo, 35, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 72 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay $4,000 in restitution to the victims in the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: FARGO - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on May 12, 2016, approximately 100 local, state, and federal law enforcement agents and prosecutors met in Fargo to discuss investigative and prosecutorial strategies to combat opiate traffickers with an emphasis on fentanyl or analogues of fentanyl. The goal was to fashion an enforcement strategy to reduce the death and injury from opiates that have been plaguing the area.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of July 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) today sent a letter to Theranos requesting information on the company’s failure...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Four family members and drug money laundering associates of convicted drug dealer Marvin Rocedreck Brown were sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette III on June 30, 2016, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Special Agent in Charge Jerome R. McDuffie with IRS Criminal Investigation.
