News from June 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. -. The Bureau of Reclamation will resume negotiations for a water storage contract with the city of Fernley, Nevada. Under Title II of Public Law 101-618, Section 205(b)(1), Reclamation is authorized to enter into contracts for the use of space in Truckee River reservoirs. Contracts...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that Gregory Ramos, aka Prospect, 24, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested on June 24, 2016 and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: SIOUX CITY, IA - Today the United States Attorneys for the Northern District of Iowa and the Districts of Nebraska and South Dakota met in Sioux City with 60 federal, state and local law enforcement partners with the goal of strengthening relationships among the offices and to develop a greater awareness...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced late yesterday the leader of a Charlotte area heroin distribution cell to 432 months in prison, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Jose Ivan Hernandez, 34, of Mexico, was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release after he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - Arnett Deshaun Brown, 43, last known address 1500 block Woodlawn Drive, Charleston, Ill., has been ordered to serve nine years in federal prison for drug and gun offenses. U.S. District Judge Colin S. Bruce sentenced Brown in Urbana on June 27. Brown was also ordered to remain on supervised release for a period of six years after his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On June 28, 2016, a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Darius Jermaine Blakemore, a.k.a. Tank, 27, of Chattanooga, Tenn., Joshua Corbett, 27, currently of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Jessica Rachels, 25, currently of Chattanooga, Tenn., with conspiracy to distribute...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a roundtable, “Preparing for and Protecting the Nation from Zika. " Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ZELLISHA DEJEAN, age 37, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to one count of health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for engaging in a nearly $3.3 million fraud scheme against a victim who invested more than $8.6 million in his companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Tysin L. Gordon, 30, of Columbus, was sentenced to 96 months in prison in connection with a racketeering case involving the organized criminal enterprise known as the Short North Posse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: The collaboration of local, state and federal law enforcement under the Detroit One initiative has led to the indictment and arrests of two members of the 6 Mile Chedda Grove street gang for a shooting that involved children, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Steven Lee Simmons, 37, a resident of Harney County, Oregon, was sentenced on Monday, June 27, 2016, to four years in prison by U.S. District Judge Michael J. McShane, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, specifically a.22 caliber pistol. Simmons pled guilty on March 28, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Kan., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a large-scale conspiracy that distributed more than 15 kilograms of methamphetamine in St. Joseph, Mo., and across a four-state region.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: The annual Gateway National Recreation Area (Gateway) photography contest will be held during the month of July. For this competition, we are asking you to tell us the story of "I found my park! It's Gateway!" through your pictures. The pictures must be recent (taken within the current year), and should be clearly taken at Gateway.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in support of the freedom to trade...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Chinese national was indicted by a federal grand jury today for his role in an international, multi-million dollar software piracy scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that NOE JUAREZ, a resident of Houston, was sentenced today by U.S. District Chief Judge Sarah S. Vance to serve 365 months in prison for his role in a large-scale drug conspiracy.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Board of Trustees for the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds released their annual reports on the financial health of these important programs-82 days past the statutory deadline set by Congress. This year’s reports found that...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a roundtable discussion on the spread of the Zika virus and examined what the federal government is doing to protect the American people on Wednesday. The discussion came in the wake of funding being voted down by Senate Democrats on Tuesday.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park is experiencing a busy start to the summer season with six Search and Rescues (SARs) and three helicopter rescues in three weeks. In the 24-hour period during which the most recent helicopter rescue took place, three other ground-based rescues of injured parties were also accomplished.
