News from June 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River is celebrating the National Park Service's 100th birthday by paddling 100 miles of the Delaware River this summer. Looking for something fun to do to celebrate Independence Day? Consider signing up for the 100 Mile Paddle on July 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. The stretches...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee took to the Senate floor to highlight the progress being made by coalition forces to degrade and destroy ISIS on the battlefield. Watch Carper’s full remarks here.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: A 34 year old Las Vegas man was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Seattle of three federal felonies arising out of his transportation of two juveniles for the purpose of prostitution and sex trafficking of an adult woman through force, fraud, and coercion, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge L. Scott Coogler today sentenced Aaron M. Richardson (27, Jacksonville) to 343 years in federal prison for his attempt to assassinate United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan and 23 related offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and United States Attorney Walt Green announced yet another conviction arising from Operation Goldy Locks, an extensive investigation into a multi-state heroin enterprise.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich today sentenced Edgar Yanez-Gutierrez (32, Nayarit, Mexico) to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for conspiring to commit money laundering and conspiring to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana. He pleaded guilty on Feb. 24, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: BOISE - The United States Attorney’s Office extends its support to the five-year-old victim of assault, and her family, at the Fawnbrook Apartments in Twin Falls. The United States Attorney’s Office further encourages community members in Twin Falls and throughout Idaho to remain calm and supportive, to pay close attention to the facts that have been released by law enforcement and the prosecuting attorney, and to avoid spreading false rumors and inaccuracies.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today sent a letter to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) requesting a briefing on a current proposal before the commission.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 411,500 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations. Of the total 280,500 metric tons is for delivery during the 2015/2016 marketing year and 131,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Gregory Ramos, aka Prospect, 24, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Honolulu - The timeline for the USS Arizona Memorial dock replacement, scheduled for June 13 through June 26, has been extended to June 28 due to a construction delay. Normal operations are anticipated to begin on Wednesday, June 29. Until then, visitors will not be able to disembark on the Memorial, but they will be taken on a boat ride to observe the Memorial and an interpretive talk will be provided.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - An Elgin resident pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to federal fraud charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Following a plea of guilty, a citizen of Mexico was sentenced in federal court to time-served on his conviction of Re-Entry into the United States after Deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal grand jury has returned a total of seven separate indictments against individuals alleged to have filed multiple bankruptcy cases to prevent creditors from initiating foreclosure proceedings against their properties, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s ongoing, bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess continues to grow as President Obama this week signed two committee-led bills into law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -James Cicala, age 55, of Columbia, Maryland pleaded guilty today to interstate travel with intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Do you have information about recent vandalism along the Chilnualna Falls Trail in Yosemite?
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man was acquitted of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child as a result of a federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota, beginning June 21, 2016 and concluding on June 23, 2016.
