News from June 2016
By USDA Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Georgia Community was First in Nation to Offer USDA Rural Housing Loan Guarantees
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Rolando Cantu, 40, of Hobbs, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 151 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his conviction on a methamphetamine trafficking charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Carter Watts, Jr., Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of unlawfully receiving supplemental security income benefits, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay $15,456 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An electrical engineer from Glendale who was found guilty of violating the Economic Espionage Act for stealing and distributing trade secrets belonging to his former employer was sentenced today to federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: On Thursday, June 16, Ride The Rockies Bicycle Tour will be traveling over Trail Ridge Road through Rocky Mountain National Park. Please be prepared for heavy cycling traffic with the potential of delays during the morning and early afternoon hours. Approximately 2,500 cyclists are expected to participate.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Grab your magnifying glass and binoculars and explore nature! On June 10-11, Gateway National Recreation Area (Gateway) will participate in the National Parks BioBlitz, BioBlitz is a fun, fast-pace biological survey of a park's creepers and crawlers, plants and pollinators, mammals and more! The National Park Service is celebrating its 100th birthday with more than 100 BioBlitzes around the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ferguson Pierce, 52, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Farmington, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an aggravated sexual abuse charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Pierce will be sentenced within the range of 210 to 262 months in prison followed by not less than five years of supervised release. Pierce will also be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: LEXINGTON - The United States Government has sued a Breathitt County ambulance company, its owner, and billing manager for violations of the False Claims Act, a federal law that prohibits people from submitting false or fraudulent claims for payment from the federal government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who was caught with heroin pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. James Lennon Pace, 27, entered his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Obed Wild and Scenic River is proposing to increase the nightly fee rate at Rock Creek Campground on Oct. 1, 2016. At the same time, the park will also add a feature that allows visitors to reserve, in advance, campground sites by phone or internet as well as in person.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Nearly a Dozen Have Been Convicted for Being Part of the Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Statue of Hindu God Ganesha Was Stolen From a Temple in Tamil Nadu in 2006.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Ronnie Lee McCall, 63, of Johnson City, Tenn., was sentenced on June 6, 2016, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve life in federal prison. In the unlikely event that he is released from prison, he was ordered to remain under the supervision of U.S. Probation for the remainder of his life. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Kansas Man Pleads Guilty to Exporting Firearms to Overseas Purchasers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Ronnie Lee McCall, 63, of Johnson City, Tenn., was sentenced on June 6, 2016, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve life in federal prison. In the unlikely event that he is released from prison, he was ordered to remain under the supervision of U.S. Probation for the remainder of his life. There is no parole in the federal system.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: A new ant species was recently described, for the first time, by German researchers from specimens collected in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore). This ant exhibits an unusual behavior: it enslaves other ants.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: The BLM leases parcels for oil and gas development up to four times a year, if lands are available for leasing, based on recommendations and input from the public, industry, tribes and other constituent groups. Before determining which parcels will be included in a lease sale, the BLM carefully reviews...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Employer Name: Barney's Inc. doing business as Barney's Police Supply
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Brandon D. Hayes, 31, of Central Falls, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Providence to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Hayes was arrested in July 2015 by a Rhode Island State Police trooper during a routine traffic stop after the trooper discovered and seized from the vehicle a loaded firearm belonging to Hayes.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Wellfleet, MA-The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service announced $1,067,500 in support of support 50 grants in 27 states, including an award of $30,000 to the Curtis Institute of Music, in collaboration with the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, for the commissioning of a piece...
