News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Baden, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of mail fraud and tax fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 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 sentenced in federal court today for throwing Molotov cocktails at the local congressional office of U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: Steven F. Iobst, deputy superintendent at Yellowstone National Park, received the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Meritorious Service Award during a recent event at Old Faithful. As the second highest honor bestowed by the Secretary of the Interior, the Meritorious Service Award is given to employees who make exceptional and continuing contributions to DOI or one of its bureaus.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Raymond Lee, 50, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribute, 100 kilograms or more of marijuana and money laundering conspiracy, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) today issued the following statement after a settlement was announced in the Volkswagen emissions scandal.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the sentencing of a Roanoke man who previously pled guilty to a federal firearms charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Suleiman Pasha, age 33, of Columbia, Maryland, today to eight years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, in connection with a bribery and drug conspiracy in which he bribed letter carriers to divert packages of marijuana sent through the mail and deliver the packages to him and other co-conspirators. Judge Motz also ordered Pasha to forfeit $14,700.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: Shanika S. Minor Added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has designated the nation’s newest national natural landmark - Mount Howard-East Peak National Natural Landmark in northeastern Oregon. The site is an outstanding example of Montane Grasslands.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: Company Ordered to Forfeit All of its Assets.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: For a promising pathway to treating Alzheimer's patients, "aim here." That's what National Institute of Standards of Technology (NIST) researchers advised collaborators hunting for molecules that, by linking to a normally occurring enzyme, rev up the brain's capacity for clearing cholesterol-a boost associated with improvements in memory and other benefits in animal studies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Wilfred Wylie, 35, of Buffalo, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit money laundering, was sentenced to 63 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: Coeur d’Alene, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Coeur d’Alene Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet on Thursday, July 7, at the Coeur d’Alene District Office located at 3815 Schreiber Way in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The business meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude by 3:30 p.m. A forum to hear public comment on issues related to the agenda will be held from 1-1:30 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON -The National Park Service (NPS) has concluded a three-day symposium in Santa Fe, New Mexico to celebrate the iconic design unique to national parks as part of its ongoing centennial celebration.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after voting against a partisan measure that fails to combat the public health threat posed by the Zika virus in a responsible way.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Chaz Lloyd, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for conspiring to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine and at least 100 grams of heroin in Western Pennsylvania, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: As the boating and hunting seasons get underway in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve and other areas within the National Park System in Alaska, visitors are reminded that a recent court case has not changed the regulations which govern activities on navigable waters.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee; Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), ranking member of the EPW Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management and Regulatory Oversight; Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), chairman of the EPW Subcommittee on ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO: To improve the overall health of the Big Spring deer herd, managed deer hunts will be conducted in October and November 2016 at Big Spring. These hunting opportunities are being extended to special groups of the nation's population, our youth and military service members with related injuries.The...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has designated the nation's newest national natural landmark - Mount Howard-East Peak National Natural Landmark in northeastern Oregon. The site is an outstanding example of Montane Grasslands.
