News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: FBI Announces Results of Operation Cross Country X.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced a new rule that will provide regional fishery management councils with more flexibility in catch limits. The rule is aligned with a provision in the Committee’s H.R. 1335 (Rep. Don Young, R-AK), the “Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act.".
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: FBI Announces Results of National Child Sex Trafficking Operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - Omar Faraj Saeed Al Hardan, the 24-year-old Houston resident charged with attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, has pleaded guilty.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: Yuma, Ariz. - Reclamation’s Yuma Area Office (YAO) is temporarily establishing a traffic detour beginning Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016 on Strand Avenue. The detour will direct traffic away from a bridge crossing that spans the Main Outlet Drain Extension (MODE) canal near the levee road as it enters into the Cocopah Bend RV & Golf Resort area. (See attached Strand Avenue Detour map at
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: EL PASO - Samuel Velasco Gurrola, 41 years old, faces mandatory life in federal prison after a jury convicted him this afternoon of his role in a murder-for-hire
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Former Sheriff’s Deputy Mark A. Cowden, 51, of Weirton, West Virginia, was convicted by jury today of using excessive force against an arrestee, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, of the Northern District of West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Kentucky man was sentenced today to two years in federal prison and ordered to pay $789,472 in restitution for defrauding the Veterans Health Administration, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Phillip M. Henderson, 51, of Olive Hill, was previously found guilty by a federal jury sitting in Huntington following a five-day jury trial. The jury required only an hour of deliberations before finding Henderson guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Paul D. Martin, 46, of Kearney, Nebraska, was sentenced on Oct. 17, 2016, to 11 months incarceration by United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp, for selling misbranded products containing ingredients that increased the risk of cancer. Martin...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: El Día de los Muertos, also known as All Soul's Day, has roots in many traditions including the customs of native residents, mission-era Jesuit and Franciscan priests, Spanish colonists, Mexican settlers, and even citizens of the United States arriving in the 19th century. "Tumacácori is proud to celebrate this beloved holiday with friends, neighbors, and visitors from around the world." says Superintendent Bob Love.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management announced the finalization of three rules today designed to ensure the accurate measurement, proper reporting, and accurate recordkeeping of oil and gas produced from Federal and Indian leases in order to ensure that the royalties due are paid.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - DEA reprises this weekend one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday October 22 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their unused, unwanted prescription medications at one of 4,700 collection sites nationwide. The service is free of charge, no questions asked.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: Sentence Includes Extra Time forJail Escape.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Randolph man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to two bank robberies.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern States Office has posted the proposed list of parcels for the upcoming quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale, scheduled for Dec. 13, 2016. Thirty-five parcels consisting of 1,676.29 acres will be offered for lease in Arkansas (1 parcel, 35.57 acres), Mississippi (1 parcel, 40.03 acres) and Ohio (33 parcels, 1,600.69 acres).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public input on a proposal to transfer certain lands to the State of Montana to satisfy the obligation made by Congress to the State of Montana under its Enabling Act of 1889. The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Michael “Guantes" Acosta was sentenced this morning to twelve years’ imprisonment for his role in a 2013 jewelry robbery, a high-speed chase and crash that ended in Oakland, Calif., and a scheme to prostitute an underage female victim against her will for 30 days, announced United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A former deputy with the Bullitt County, Kentucky, Sheriff’s Office was sentenced today to 27 months in federal prison and one year of supervised release, by United States District Judge David J. Hale, for willfully depriving a county resident of his constitutional rights, announced...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: Arches and Canyonlands national parks are expecting record visitation during the fall recess of Utah public schools, October 20 - 23, associated with the annual Utah Educators Association (UEA) Convention and Education Exposition. Officials are advising visitors to expect heavy traffic, crowded trails, and limited parking.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2016
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Regional Director Lorri Lee has selected Rob Skordas as the new Deputy Regional Director for Power and Infrastructure in Reclamation’s Pacific Northwest Region. Skordas began his new position October 17. He replaces Terry Kent, who will retire at the end of this year.
