News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: Stone County, Arkansas, Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced to Prison for Instructing Inmates to Assault Another Prisoner.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - John Francis Aragon, 50, of Virginia Beach, pleaded guilty today to charges of coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: Dear Director Saldana: I write to request information on operations allegedly directed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) relating to gun shows. According to a recent report, starting in 2010, ICE apparently persuaded local law enforcement to utilize license-plate readers (LPRs) to record...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: Dear Director Shaub: As the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee with jurisdiction over the Office of Government Ethics, I write today to request your assistance with understanding how your office plans to address the potential for conflicts of interest in the upcoming Administration of President-elect...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Do you love Death Valley National Park? Now you can show your love by volunteering at service days.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: The former Opa Locka City Manager was sentenced to over three years in federal prison for accepting bribes in furtherance of an illegal municipal corruption scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney, the Assistant Director-in-charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Robert Mahon, the Acting Chief of the Clarkstown Police Department (“CPD"), announced...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: SILT, Colo. - Permits for cutting Christmas trees on Bureau of Land Management lands are available in Silt at the Colorado River Valley Field Office, 2300 River Frontage Road.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: The FBI recently released statistics on hate crimes committed in the US in 2015. Hate crimes are one of the highest priorities of the Department of Justice and the FBI because of the devastating impact they have on families and communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A drug trafficker who was a fugitive from justice for six years was sentenced Friday to 27 years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. The defendant also was ordered to forfeit more $13 million in proceeds from his crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2016
News Release: “Come join us as we welcome the winter holidays with songs of the season’," says Shirley Torgerson, Executive Director of the Capitol Reef Natural History Association. This open house celebration will be Friday Dec. 2, 2016 from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 19, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks at the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) Launch Ceremony at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The GOES-R is the nation’s next generation of geostationary weather satellites that will significantly improve the critical oceanic and atmospheric data needed to identify severe weather threats and issue lifesaving forecasts.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2016
News Release: The Chimney Rock Fire was reported November 18. The fire is east side of Station Camp Road, in the Slaven Branch Drainage. The nearest structures are three miles to the north.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2016
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Roberto Ponce-Rocha was extradited from Colombia on Nov. 17, 2016, where he had been arrested for charges arising out of his leadership role in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving the transportation of large-scale quantities of cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine into the United...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2016
News Release: In about two weeks, once GOES-R is situated in orbit 22,300 miles above Earth, it will be known as GOES-16. Within a year, after undergoing a checkout and validation of its six instruments, the new satellite will become operational.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2016
News Release: Yesterday, President-elect Donald Trump announced that U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) would be his choice for U.S. Attorney General. We need an Attorney General who represents the American people’s best interests by fighting to strengthen voting rights, prevent violence against women, and work to ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2016
News Release: Chamizal National Memorial Holiday Closures. Chamizal National Memorial will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016 for Thanksgiving Day to enable our staff the opportunity to spend the day with their families. All roads, trails, and facilities will be closed to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: VALLEJO, Calif., Nov. 18, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that the U.S. Forest Service has identified an additional 36 million dead trees across California since its last aerial survey in May 2016. This brings the total number of dead trees since 2010 to over 102 million ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released a video statement today on the FBI’s newly announced 2015 hate crime statistics as well as on recent media reports of alleged hate crimes and harassment around the country. The statement reminds individuals to report these incidents to both local law enforcement and the Justice Department in order to ensure that career investigators and prosecutors are able to enforce hate crime statutes at the local, state and federal level.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: A Virginia man was sentenced today to 204 months in prison for production of child pornography, enticing minors to engage in sexually-explicit conduct online and recording the acts. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente ...
