News from May 2016

By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces that the bidding period is now open for a business opportunity (Prospectus) for recreation development and operation

By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE -United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced today that Alex Velasquez-Avila, of Honduras, pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported and was sentenced to time served. Velasquez-Avila was arrested on March 3, 2016.

By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Myrick Clift Beasley, 56, of Las Vegas, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for mail fraud in connection with a scheme to obtain goods and services on credit using the stolen identities of legitimate, inactive businesses.

By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: DEA and local partners seize more than 140 pounds of meth from Brooklyn Center home.

By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comment on a plan to build a network of fuel breaks spanning 400 miles in the Soda Fire burn. Although some of this work has already started on an emergency basis, the BLM is assessing the environmental effects of the project.

By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Ranger of the Year for 2015 works in the Grand Junction Field Office.

By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: FBI Assisting with New York Cold Case Homicide.

By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an eight count superseding indictment charging Daniel G. Sasiadek, 61, of Buffalo, NY, with production of child pornography and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced today that GREGORY RORKE was sentenced to two years in prison for his scheme to defraud investors in his company, Navagate, Inc. (“Navagate"), of more than $3 million dollars. RORKE pled guilty on May 7, 2015, to one count of securities fraud and one count of wire fraud before U.S. District Court Judge Katherine Polk Failla, who also imposed today’s sentence.

By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: GRAND COULEE, Washington - On May 28, Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center will begin its extended summer season hours, along with its Laser Light Show which plays nightly through the end of September.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: Used Tribal Council Credit Card for Personal Expenses.

By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of May 16.

By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Aleksey Sosonko, age 35, of Owings Mills, Maryland, today to 14 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy, kidnapping, and brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, in connection with the robbery of a jewelry store, including a home invasion robbery, carjacking and kidnapping.

By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, California -.
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has announced a hearing for Thursday, May 19, 2016, at 10 a.m. in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining H.R. 3299, Strengthening Public Health Response Act."
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: Arches and Canyonlands national parks are preparing for a busy Memorial Day weekend, and are advising visitors to expect heavy traffic, crowded trails, and limited parking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: A Former Police Officer and a Tech Worker Who Promoted and Facilitated Illegal Distribution of Prescription Drugs Get Prison Terms.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita who lived in base housing at McConnell Air Force Base was charged Friday with sexually abusing two teenage girls, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.

By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: Defendant is One of 34 Individuals Charged as Part of Investigation into Methamphetamine Trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
By EPA Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of May 16.