News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Antwon Willis, 46, of Richton Park, Illinois was sentenced before Judge Jon E. DeGuilio, for conspiracy to distribute Heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Brewster man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for assaulting a Park Ranger on a Cape Cod National Seashore beach in Eastham, Mass.
By State Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed, as amended, the Department of State Operations Authorization and Embassy Security Act (S. 1635). The legislation authorizes critical embassy security enhancements to protect U.S. personnel overseas, improves Committee and Inspector General oversight of the State Department, and streamlines and modernizes key aspects of the Department’s bureaucracy.].
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Chenhsin Chan, a/k/a Paul Chan, has been found guilty of 30 felony counts following a three-day jury trial, in connection with his online marketing and sale of dietary supplements containing ephedrine in violation of a federal ban.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Ever wonder what it means to be Denali National Park and Preserve’s “Dandelion Queen?" Join her crew and other park staff for “Dandelion Demolition 2016" on Saturday, June 4 to celebrate National Trails Day.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that THOMAS GORDON, age 32, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute over one kilogram of heroin.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas - Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area’s developed campground -- Red Rock Campground -- is scheduled to temporarily close from May 31 to Sept. 2, 2016 during this low-usage period.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: A Lake Worth resident pled guilty for his participation in a mail fraud scheme involving rental property takeovers.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- On June 4, a group of partners, including the National Park Service, will officially celebrate the grand opening of the Backbone Trail, a 67-mile trail that stretches from the city of Los Angeles to Ventura County.
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) issued the following statement after the Energy & Water Appropriations bill failed by a vote of 112-305.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: The south section of the Lily Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park is being repaired. The section of the trail along the south shore of the lake to the south loop junction will be closed through October, while a boardwalk is being constructed.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal grand jury has returned a six-count indictment that charges Tom Begaye, Jr., 27, with murder, kidnapping and aggravated sexual abuse offenses arising out of the alleged abduction and murder of an 11-year-old Navajo child on May 2, 2016. U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division, and Director Jesse Delmar of the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety announced the filing of the indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the sentence of a Roanoke man who previously pled guilty to a federal methamphetamine charge.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - A Delaware man was sentenced yesterday to 180 months in prison for receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Charles M. Oberly III of the District of Delaware.
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today introduced three targeted pieces of legislation that would improve the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANSCA), assist the Alaska Mental Health Trust, and reconstitute the Alaska Land Use Council. These bills reflect Murkowski’s continued efforts to protect and advance her home state’s priorities.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) will again be hosting their successful barn restoration workshop on June 13-18 at the John Burfiend Barn on Port Oneida Road, four miles north of Glen Arbor, Michigan on M-22. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the partnership between the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Settles Employment Discrimination Lawsuit Against Lubbock, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX- Yesterday, Mitchell Clawson, 30, of Whiteriver, Ariz., a member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 188 months in prison. Clawson had previously pleaded guilty to one count of abusive sexual contact.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - The Berkeley County, West Virginia Sheriff’s Department is embracing a new resource that will enhance efforts to reduce the number of drug overdose deaths in the region, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Cooperative Effort by the National Park Service, San Francisco Zoo & Gardens, Yosemite Conservancy, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish & Wildlife, and NatureBridge Includes a New Permanent Breeding Center at the Zoo.
