News from July 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: A 21-year-old Portland, Oregon, man fell 250 feet into Wheeler Creek drainage at the Pinnacles area at approximately 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 23. Park rangers and an Oregon Department of Forestry wildland fire engine crew responded to the incident and carried the man out of the drainage to the park's ambulance. The ambulance then transported him to the Mount Scott Trailhead area, where an Airlink medical helicopter, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, transported him to a hospital.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: In 2015, Rocky Mountain National Park was the third most visited national park with over 4.1 million visitors. So far this year, Rocky is experiencing a twelve percent increase in visitation from last year. Over the last 100 years, the reasons people visit are the same: to experience nature, to seek...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Armando Gutierrez-Torres, 51, a Mexican national, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., for his conviction on conspiracy charges arising out of a scheme to steal money from the United States by using the identities of others to generate and cash fraudulent federal income tax refund checks. Gutierrez-Torres was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison; he will be deported after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Van S. Lightning, 26, of Youngstown, with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Randolph Reynoso, 25, of Warwick, and Richard Lora, 20, of Providence, were ordered detained today following court appearances on conspiracy and drug trafficking charges. The two men were arrested on Tuesday following an investigation by the FBI Safe Streets Task Force and the Cranston Police Department Special Investigations Unit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a Jefferson County man on multiple charges of receiving and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: Four cold-tolerant faba bean germplasm lines are now available for developing pulse or cover crops that can be rotated with wheat and other cereal grains grown in the Pacific Northwest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: MACON, Ga. - Michael Paul Atkinson, Jr., has been sentenced for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with the federal food stamp program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: More Than $8,000,000 in Cash and Property Stolen.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: Western WY -Teton Interagency Firefighters are monitoring a lightning-ignited fire in Grand Teton National Park on the northwest side of Jackson Lake. The fire is located near the confluence of Berry Creek and Owl Creek, approximately three miles west of the northwest shore of Jackson Lake and six miles south of the Grassy Lake Road.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Adam Bernaix, Edwardsville, Illinois, admitted to a fraud and money laundering scheme involving false invoices submitted to his employer on behalf of a shell company he created.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: FBI Investigating Bank Robbery at CapitalOne Bank Branch in Marrero.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Ronald Bonner, St. Louis, MO, pled guilty to stealing goods from Norfolk Southern Railway trains as they passed through the railroad’s St. Louis terminal. Bonner admitted to two counts of theft from an interstate shipment involving two separate incidents occurring on Oct. 14, 2015...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: On July 25, the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians (Tribe) celebrated the installation of a 1-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) system on its approximately 7,000-acre Reservation in the foothills of the San Jacinto Valley in Southern California. The Tribe invested more than $1 million in the $2.1 million...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and Lands End Fire Protection District have concluded that the July 25 fire at American Pioneer Powder at 1475 Blair Road in Whitewater, Colo., was an accident.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sought answers from Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald on Tuesday about the apparent flow of illicit substances, including illegal drugs, through VA facilities following...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Las Vegas Field Office, is seeking public comments on a proposal to sell 16 parcels, totaling 182.93 acres of public land in Clark County, Nevada. The proposed competitive sale would be by sealed and oral bidding in accordance with the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA). A Notice of Realty Action published in today’s Federal Register opens a 45 day comment period which will close Sept. 12, 2016.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: July 27, 2016 BOS 2016-117. Employer name: Scapa North America LLC, 111 Great Pond Drive, Windsor, Connecticut. What prompted OSHA's inspection: The Hartford Area Office of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration began an inspection of the adhesive tape manufacturer...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: A Youngstown man was named in a five-count indictment, charged with federal narcotics and firearms violations, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
