News from July 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: Shanksville, PA-Somerset County resident Chuck Wagner, author of the book “Reflections from the Memorial," will be signing books and giving special presentations about his work at the Flight 93 National Memorial Learning Center onJuly 23 and July 24. The event is the first in a new series of book-signing...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter sent to the U.S. Trade Representative today, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and 23 other Senators called for any new softwood lumber agreement with Canada to include strong protections for American lumber jobs and mills.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: I’m driven by a critical mission: to maximize the development and deployment of energy solutions for the benefit of American Indians and Alaska Natives. Our blueprint for fulfilling this mission has three programmatic pillars: Deployment, Innovation, and Policy. They’re equally important, but in this blog post I’m going to focus on the Deployment Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: HONOLULU -- Karen M. Kapua, 53, formerly a lieutenant of the Kauai Police Department, pled guilty today in federal court to one count of stealing $25,000 belonging to the County of Kauai. The theft constituted a violation of federal law because the County of Kauai received federal grants of more than $10,000 annually, including grants from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: RAUL RODRIGUEZ, 40 years old of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Indictment1 with one count of robbery which interferes with interstate commerce, one count of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon announced United...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX - On July 18, 2016, James Toadvine, Jr., 50, of Goodyear, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 12 months in prison. Toadvine had previously pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact with an inmate under his supervision.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A federal jury convicted a high ranking member and a (“hitman") for the Los Zetas drug cartel, of conspiring to commit numerous murders and other acts of violence in Northern Mexico in furtherance of a drug distribution operation announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal jury convicted a high ranking member and a sicario for the Los Zetas drug cartel, of conspiring to commit numerous murders and other acts of violence in Northern Mexico in furtherance of a drug distribution operation announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the arrest and filing of charges against Marcus Stroud, a 19-year-old volunteer...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTOPHER FOGLER, 31, of West Haven, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin that was involved in an overdose death in Milford in January 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MICHAEL DANILOVICH was sentenced today to 25 years in prison in connection with his conviction for 16 counts of racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud, health care fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and money...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Central California Area Office reminds visitors that two electric vehicle charging stations are available to the public at
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Paul Jens Suggs, 20, of Moscow, Idaho, was sentenced today for communicating interstate threats, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced Suggs to 16 months in prison, to be followed by three years supervised release. Suggs pleaded guilty on Jan. 20, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney, Emily Gray Rice announced that Mark Ross, 42, of Gonic, New Hampshire, and Leslie Aberle, 32, of Salisbury, Massachusetts appeared before United States District Court Judge Landya McCafferty and pleaded guilty to distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Kasey Jo Martinez, 32, resident of Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to 40 months in prison, to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release, for money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Sacramento woman was arrested today after a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment on Thursday, July 14, 2016, charging her with possession with intent to distribute hydrocodone and fentanyl, distribution of hydrocodone and fentanyl, and using a cellphone to facilitate...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Trevon Green, age 23, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty on July 18, 2016, to the arson of a Baltimore food market in connection with the April 27, 2015, riots in Baltimore. Green also admitted that he participated in the looting of a liquor store and assaulted the store’s owner.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other members of the aviation community have developed new standards to improve safety at U.S. airports during inclement weather. On Oct. 1, 2016, U.S. airports, airline flight crews, dispatchers, general aviation pilots, and air traffic controllers will ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: Bring your family and friends to celebrate the National Park Service’s 100th birthday at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and Obed Wild and Scenic River from Thursday, August 25 through Sunday, August 28. Free camping has been authorized at the Alum Ford Campground (Big South Fork) and Rock Creek Campground (Obed) as well as for all backcountry permits for these days.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston man, already sentenced to 330 months for one bank robbery, just received another 319-month-term of imprisonment for his role in the armed robbery of a bank in The Woodlands in 2014, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
