News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - The United States Attorney’s Office, in partnership with the Eastern Iowa Heroin Initiative, has scheduled a Waterloo/Black Hawk County Town Hall Meeting on June 8th to discuss the heroin epidemic making its way into Eastern Iowa. Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Deangelia D. Quintana, 30, pleaded guilty today in District Court on St. Thomas to one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: A highly sensitive measurement system for the performance of nanoscale magnetic devices, invented and developed at NIST, was successfully replicated recently by Intel Corporation, enhancing the company's ability to evaluate the tiny structures' suitability for use in future computing. Now scientists from Intel and Stanford University have published their first results from the NIST-model system in the Journal of Applied Physics.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Caitlin Connelly, 31, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to engage in a commercial sex business, was sentenced to time served and one year supervised release by U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: In Del Rio today, 50-year-old Carl Wayne Wiley was sentenced to 571 months in federal prison for attempted murder of a Border Patrol agent announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Rodolfo Karisch, Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent, U.S. Border Patrol, and Christopher Combs, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge of the San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JASON PAUL SMITH pled guilty in Manhattan federal court today to communicating a hoax threat to bomb the Statue of Liberty that resulted in the evacuation of more than 3,200 people from Liberty Island in New York Harbor. SMITH pled guilty to a one-count Indictment before U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Abbey Lawhorn Admits to Possessing Heroin, Illegal Short-Barreled Rifle.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Grand Junction, Colo. - The U.S. Department of Energy announces the availability of the 2015 Annual Site Inspection and Monitoring Report for Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act Title I Disposal Sites and the 2015 Annual Site Inspection and Monitoring Report for Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act Title II Disposal Sites reports.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A local resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute a quantity of cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Used Stolen Credit Card Numbers to Make Fraudulent Purchases and Request Refunds Which Were Deposited into Bank Accounts Set Up by Recruited Individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The sole proprietor of a company that purportedly provided internet research and technology consulting services to the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation (NWCDC) today admitted that she failed to report substantial income she received from the NWCDC, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Resting on supports in the carving shed at Sitka National Historical Park Visitor Center, a giant red cedar log from Prince of Wales Island is undergoing a transformation. Master craftsman Steve Brown and his apprentices TJ Young, Tommy Joseph, and Jerrod and Nick Galanin are busy hollowing out this...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Arco, ID. -Staff from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Park Service (NPS) and Idaho State University (ISU) will host a community day for the public and media onJune 16in Arco and at Craters of the Moon National Monument to highlight research taking place at the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-Dustin Scott Ross, 22, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 52 months in prison for robbing the Arvest Bank on 4548 East 51st Street and the CVS Pharmacy on 4107 South Harvard Avenue, announced Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Chief...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The mayor pro tem of Falfurrias has admitted she knowingly and intentionally aided and abetted an illegal gambling business operation in the state of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Leticia Hernandez Garza aka Letty Garza, 58, entered a guilty plea this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Thomas Vitanovitz, 32, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by information today, with attempted extortion of an alleged drug dealer while working as a Philadelphia Police Officer, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today sent a letter to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Dr. Kathryn Sullivan and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Assistant Administrator Eileen Sobeck urging them to prevent further Army Corps of...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. June 6, 2016 - The parks are announcing potential dates for the upcoming Goliath Prescribed Burn in Redwood Canyon, located in Kings Canyon National Park. With ideal conditions for this prescribed burn being early summer, staff from both parks have been preparing the area and collecting data to ensure the parameters are set for a successful operation.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today on a national press call, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Deputy Administrator Michael G. Whitaker announced a $500 rebate incentive for General Aviation (GA) aircraft owners who equip their aircraft with required avionics technology. Accelerating compliance is critical ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Preparations: Tropical Storm Colin formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, and is predicted to take a northeasterly path over the next few days. Early regional forecasts show the storm producing heavy rains with the potential for localized flooding, sustained high winds, and strong rip currents. Due...
