News from October 2016
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: This school year nearly every fourth grader in Ventura County will have the opportunity for a free field trip to Channel Islands National Park as part of the Every Kid in a Park initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: (SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - - Three men were arrested and five kilograms of cocaine were seized on Saturday in Utica, New York when Special Agents and Officers of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York State Police, and local law enforcement agencies ended a long-term investigation of drug trafficking in...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - Four members of the Gangster Disciples have been sentenced to more than 30 years for robbing a convenience store and a drug dealer. Two of the defendants were previously on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s (TBI) "Top 10 Most Wanted" list. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentences today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Oscar Melsan, 31, most recently of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 240 months in federal prison, following his plea earlier this year to one count of conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Mason Richmond, 31, of St. Louis, MO, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for defrauding the United States Treasury. Richmond’s conviction and sentence arise from his employment at a fraudulent tax return preparation business known as Tax King, LLC.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Grand Teton National Park and National Parks Conservation Association are hosting an evening presentation, "Climate Change Impacts in Grand Teton National Park and the Greater Yellowstone Area" on Wednesday, October 19 at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson.The evening begins with a social...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Robert Meader, age 31, of Liverpool, New York, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani in Scranton on October 7, 2016 to 51 months’ imprisonment for robbing two banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Five Kilograms of Cocaine Seized During Search Warrants in Utica.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha today announced the appointment of Denise M. Barton and Amy Retsinas Romero as Assistant United States Attorneys for the District of Rhode Island.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent George Price has announced that the Nauset Light Beach Bathhouse, Eastham, MA, will close on Friday, October 14th. Seashore staff will disassemble the facility this fall prior to the arrival of the winter storm season.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - A new report from the House Natural Resources Committee Democrats titled “Water Delayed is Water Denied: How Congress Has Blocked Access to Water for Native Families" finds that nearly 48 percent of U.S. homes on Native American land - in contrast to less than 1 percent of U.S. homes...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Kendrick Perry, 23, Brice Keeling, 24, Breon Berry, 25, and Corey Holmes, 27, all of Norfolk, have pleaded guilty to charges related to their respective roles in robbing three AT&T stores in the Tidewater area in early 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - On October 6, 2016, District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced three defendants on their convictions for conspiracy to distribute marijuana from Los Angeles, CA, to St. Thomas, VI, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Clarence Griffin, 44, of Los Angeles, was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Sherlann Simon, 34, of North Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to launder money, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Simon was indicted by a federal grand Jury in Coeur d'Alene on Jan. 20, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on October 7, ALYSSA JELLIFFE, 23, of West Haven, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin that was involved in an overdose death in Milford in January 2015.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Dear Acting Administrator Slavitt: I write regarding a proposed rule by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to remove the pain management dimension from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey for the hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Large precipitation events that occur about every 10 years are a critical source of recharge for replenishing groundwater resources, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of Reclamation.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Elephant Butte, N.M. - The Bureau of Reclamation invites the media to attend a ceremony to celebrate the Centennial of Elephant Butte Dam, which was completed 100 years ago. Officials from Reclamation, the International Boundary and Water Commission, the State of New Mexico, New Mexico’s Congressional Delegation, the Elephant Butte Irrigation District and El Paso County Water Improvement District Number 1 will join us to mark the occasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Ciera McNeal, 29, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Three suspects have been indicted in federal court for their involvement in an identity theft ring where the personal identities of various victims were used to open fraudulent credit card accounts without their knowledge, announced George L. Beck Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
