News from July 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON -The National Park Service invites visitors of all ages to join in the celebration of its 100th birthday throughout the month of August.With special events across the country, and free admission to all 412 national parks from August 25 through Aug. 28, the NPS is encouraging everyone to #FindYourPark / #EncuentraTuParque for the centennial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Earlier today, 34-year-old Luis Armando Ontiveros of San Antonio was sentenced to 145 months in federal prison followed by a 30 years of supervised release for receiving of child pornography announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Vernal, Utah- Contractor W.W. Clyde will begin work to pipe the lower 3.5 miles of the Steinaker Service Canal Aug. 15, 2016. This project is a joint effort between Bureau of Reclamation, who is providing the materials and construction management, and the Uintah Water Conservancy District who contracted to install the materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Louisville, Kentucky, woman was sentenced today in United States District Court by District Judge David J. Hale to eight years in prison, followed by tens years of supervised release, for conspiracy to sex traffic a minor, announced U. S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Defendant misrepresented his mental condition to qualify for benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: FBI Announces Executive Appointments. FBI Director James B. Comey has announced the following leadership appointments: W.L Scott Bean, III Named Assistant Director for Information Technology Infrastructure Division. Mr. Bean most recently served as the special agent in charge of the Administrative Division...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, David Shepard, Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Special Agent in Charge CJ Porter of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man has been sentenced to 75 months in federal prison for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Tyler Konigsmark, age 20, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, appeared today in federal court in Cedar Rapids for a detention hearing. Konigsmark was ordered held without bond pending further proceedings.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Federal charges were filed this afternoon in connection with the intentional destruction of a security gate at the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Pittsburgh Division headquarters, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection (USPIS), and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: PUEBLO -The Pueblo Police Department (PPD), the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, and the Office of the District Attorney for the Tenth Judicial District have been partnering with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United States Attorney’s Office to disrupt gang activity, violent crime, and narcotics distribution in southern Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Agustin de Jesus Aguirre, 28, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today to ten years in prison and five years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine and unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Aguirre to forfeit $4,250 in drug proceeds and a Smith and Wesson, 9mm pistol. Aguirre pleaded guilty on April 19, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama- Roberto Anguiano (24), Deedre D. Diaz (22), Mario Verduzco (20), and Angela P. Quach (26) all from Laredo, Texas, were arrested in Chambers County on July 7, 2016 for their roles in a drug operation that involved the possession of and conspiracy to distribute fourteen (14) kilograms of cocaine, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. These arrests are the result of an investigation that includes numerous agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Prosecution Brought Pursuant to Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: A three-phase trail maintenance project will temporarily close sections of the 1.3-mile Tower Trail while park staff apply a sealant to the paved trail around the base of Devils Tower. Park visitors will be able to walk the open sections of the trail while some approaches to climbing routes will be limited or may need to be temporarily closed during the project. Check at the visitor center or the climbing registration office for specific route information.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON- The National Park Service (NPS) is celebrating its centennial and inviting you to “Find Your Park" with one summer concert series in two great parks. Carter Barron and Fort Dupont have a long, local history of memory-making, spouse-meeting, open-air entertainment. The summer concert series...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: It's really hard to hear what the brain is saying. Neural impulses -- currents of ions moving through channels between the brain's 100 billion neurons at a potential of about 0.1 volt -- produce magnetic fields in the range of a trillionth of a tesla, about a 100 million times weaker than Earth's magnetic field.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a former corrections officer at the Federal Correctional Institution in Talladega to one month in prison for accepting a bribe to provide a cell phone to an inmate, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General Special Agent in Charge Robert A. Bourbon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Scranton has indicted Marcos Osorio Villalba for illegally re-entering the United States after having been previously deported.
