News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: FBI Seeks Albuquerque Man Charged with Bank Robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) conducted its third annual auction of Federal crude helium at the Amarillo Field Office, under the terms of the Helium Stewardship Act (Act) of 2013. The BLM offered a total of 400 million cubic feet (MMcf) from the Federal Helium Reserve near Amarillo, representing 40 percent of the total volume the BLM will make available from the Reserve in Fiscal Year 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: Gang Members Killed Four Men in Central Islip and Brentwood Between 2013 and 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: Participants: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Wage and Hour Division; the New York State Workers' Compensation Board.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that, on July 25, 2016, Jacobina Carter, a.k.a. “Peaches," 41, of Brattleboro, Vermont, was sentenced to 42 months in prison, having pled guilty to the charge of distribution of heroin. Senior United States District Judge William K. Sessions III, sitting in Burlington, also sentenced Carter to 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A 25-year-old Cypress man has been ordered to prison for more than 11 years following his conviction of distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Jimmy Ortiz pleaded guilty Aug. 21, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Brok Chase, age 29, of Fort Drum, New York, was sentenced today to serve a total of 50 years in prison as a result of his guilty plea to four counts of sexually exploiting a young child for the purpose of producing images of the abuse.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking applications for funding to help support the development of advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals and biobased products.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Evan Megeath, 33, of Strasburg, Virginia, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that MICHELLE LEA DAVIS, age 38, of El Reno, Oklahoma, pled guilty to POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Teresa Malone, 54, of Carthage, Mississippi has been charged with paying kickbacks to former Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner (MDOC) Christopher B. Epps in exchange for receiving a consulting agreement involving the MDOC and its operations, announced Acting United States Attorney Harold Brittain and FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Donald Alway.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: July 31 is World Ranger Day, celebrated annually to commemorate rangers and other protected area workers killed or injured in the line of duty, and to honor the commitment of rangers to protecting the world’s natural and cultural treasures and serving the public.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: On July 18, Brenda Cate concluded her Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) experience at Obed WSR. A Special Education Teacher at Midtown Elementary School, in Harriman, Tennessee, Brenda worked as Obed’s 2016 TRT, where her main focus was to help find ways to offer inclusive programs for persons of different abilities. She created a new on-site program, which highlights the plant and animal diversity of the park, and will allow park staff to meet the needs of more students.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: A Vinton woman who possessed methamphetamine with intent to distribute pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that the former executive director of the Morgan City Housing Authority and three former employees were sentenced for a conspiracy related to theft of half a million dollars.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management today announced a Notice of Intent to conduct an environmental review for a proposed oil and gas production well in the 23 million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). If approved, the Greater Mooses Tooth-2 (GMT2) project would be the second oil and gas development project authorized on Federal lands in the NPR-A.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: Tucson, AZ-Saguaro National Park and the Federal Highway Administration are preparing to begin a project to rehabilitate and resurface Kinney Road withinthe park's west Tucson Mountain District. The project will be complete by December 1st, 2016. Visitors should expect some limited road closures, detours, and minor traffic delays en route to the Red Hills Visitor Center, which will remain open throughout the project.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Lafayette Buddhist monk was sentenced to 30 months in prison for wrongfully taking more than $263,000 from his own temple.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: Join fisheries biologist Dr. Greg Skomal on Tuesday, August 9 at 7 PM at Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham for a presentation about white shark research off the coast of Cape Cod. Skomal will share how tracking technologies are expanding our understanding of these animals. This is a free but ticketed event, and space is limited. Call Salt Pond Visitor Center at 508-255-3421, ext. 0 to reserve your seat.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Mark Longoria, 53, of Houston, Texas has been charged in a Criminal Information with conspiracy to pay bribes to former Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) Commissioner Christopher B. Epps, announced Acting United States Attorney Harold Brittain and FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Donald Alway.
