News from October 2016
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced preliminary results of months of collaboration to develop test projects designed to help address the concentration of noise that some residents face because of adjustments to aircraft flight procedures.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to "Digging History!" a special Junior Ranger program to be held at the Parkway Visitor Center on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016 at 10:00 am. Do you like to dig in the dirt, figure out stories from clues or learn about the past? These...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Tomas Martinez, 27, of Pawtucket, pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal heroin and cocaine trafficking charges. Appearing before U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith, Martinez pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of heroin with the intent to distribute and one count of cocaine with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: St. Tammany Parish Man Arrested and Charged with One Count of Distribution of Child Pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Excavate an edible fossil, become a junior paleontologist, or search for clues of prehistoric life in a national park on National Fossil Day on October 12. Throughout the country, the National Park Service and partner organizations will celebrate with events and programs that promote public awareness and stewardship of fossils.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released unemployment data for September 2016...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Edmund Edward Wilson, age 72, of St. George, Utah, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a real estate fraud scheme, will serve 108 months in federal prison followed by 36 months of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Dee Benson imposed the sentence Thursday afternoon in federal court. Wilson also must pay $12,227,920 in restitution to victims of the fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A Fort Worth, Texas, man was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 30 years in federal prison and 8 years of supervised release for child pornography offenses, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore remains closed to the public based on the potential threat of Hurricane Matthew (in accordance with 36CFR 1.5). This decision is to ensure the safety and protection of the public, park staff, and facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Paul Randolph Beeks, Jr., age 58, of Mt. Airy, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud arising from a scheme to defraud one of his clients of at least $526,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: Defendant Sold Cocaine and Ecstasy. BOSTON - A Southbridge man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with being a felon in possession of a firearm and distributing drugs. Alehandros Medina, 24, pleaded guilty to distribution of cocaine, ketamine, MDMA and Methylone;...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: St. George, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Strip District Office (ASDO) is announcing a public review and comment period for the Uinkaret Mountains Landscape Restoration Project (UMLRP) Environmental Assessment. The public comment period begins October 7, 2016 and ends Nov. 10, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: A man wearing a blue and gray jacket over a dark hooded sweatshirt robbed a bank in Red River, New Mexico on Thursday, October 6, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Jessie Gonzales, a detective with the Tohono O’odham Police Department in Arizona, has received the U.S. Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Community Policing for criminal investigations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that CHERRISE WATSON-JACKSON, a/k/a “Reesie," a former supervisor with the New York City Human Resources Administration (“HRA"), was sentenced in Manhattan federal court today to 23 months in prison for defrauding...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS - The Tombigbee Pioneer Group will demonstrate pioneer era crafts and skills at the Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center, from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm on Oct. 22, 2016. The demonstrations will show the challenges faced and creative solutions developed by those Americans who lived in the area from the 1700s to around 1840.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., announced today that David Whitworth, 44, of Madison, Wisconsin, who was convicted of production of child pornography and receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to 25 years in prison by Senior U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A 45-year old Spring man has been ordered to federal prison for his conviction of possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - McGary Dean Williams, 24, of Woodbridge, was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for his role in the illegal purchase of two guns for cocaine traffickers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was convicted by a jury on October 7, 2016, after a 2 ½-day trial in federal court in Sioux City.
