News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Fayette County resident has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of 10 years on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DA’QUAN JOHNSON was sentenced on Friday, May 20, 2016, in White Plains federal court to a prison term of 30 years for crimes committed as part of a Yonkers-based street gang, the “Grimy Motherfuckers" (“GMF")...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: A criminal information was filed charging John E. Moon, 69, of Bowling Green, with conspiracy and wire fraud, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Cleveland Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and the City of Page are seeking your input regarding the development of a Master Plan for the Horseshoe Bend Overlook. Your ideas will help shape the future of Horseshoe Bend.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a former Anchorage resident and former municipal prosecutor was sentenced to 160 months in prison for perpetrating a massive wire fraud and money laundering scheme encompassing $52 million. This is the largest wire fraud and money laundering conviction by amount ever prosecuted in Alaska.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Release Date: May 24, 2016. Contact: Kelly Carroll. Phone: 671-333-4050. Park to Host Memorial Day Flag Display. Asan, Guam -War in the Pacific National Historical Park will host a commemorative flag display at Asan Beach on Saturday, May 28 until Tuesday, May 31 in observance of Memorial Day. As part...
By State Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s announcement he will fully lift the ban on arms sales to Vietnam...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An El Monte man who pled guilty to four separate crimes related to gang activity has been sentenced to serve 210 months in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: THREE RIVERS, Calif. (May 23, 2016) -A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey and National Park Service shows that thinning forests with prescribed fire can reduce the effects of drought. Climate change is expected to amplify drought conditions in California so using science to better understand the impacts of drought is of great importance to resource managers such as the National Park Service.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Monte A. Cason of the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General, Dallas Field Office, announced that a former employee of a halfway house in Albuquerque, N.M., has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing six female inmates who were under his custodial authority.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced today that three pulse flow
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management's Northern California District Resource Advisory Council's June 23rd Video Television Conference subgroup meeting has been postponed. The subgroup meeting is being postponed to allow time for the results from the envisioning meeting to be compiled and once complete, they will be shared electronically with the council subgroup.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced that ALI REZA PARSA, a Canadian-Iranian dual citizen and resident of Canada, was sentenced on Friday, May 20, 2016, to three years in prison...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring with another man who devised a plot to detonate a vehicle bomb at Fort Riley military base near Manhattan, Kan., Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Spokane- Today, Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Larry Gutierrez, age 50, of Bremerton, Washington, pled guilty to the criminal charge of production of child pornography. United States District Judge Salvador Mendoza, Jr. accepted Gutierrez’s guilty plea and scheduled a sentencing hearing for Aug. 23, 2016, at 11:15 a.m. in Spokane, Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Two St. Clair County residents were indicted on May 3, 2016, for methamphetamine-related offenses, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Prosecuted Under “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone released the following statement on the introduction of bipartisan legislation and a bipartisan manager’s amendment to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act...
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today passed three bills to boost public safety and increase transparency at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
