News from October 2016
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: Given the current predictions for the track of Hurricane Matthew, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Wright Brothers National Memorial, and much of Cape Hatteras National Seashore will remain open today. Due to the continued Hyde County mandatory visitor evacuation of Ocracoke Island, National Park Service (NPS) visitor services on Ocracoke will remain closed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on October 4, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: Lakenya Anderson, 37 of Nashville, Tennessee, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Kevin H. Sharpe, to serve 12 months and one day in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Anderson was also ordered to pay restitution of $4,000.00 to the IRS.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: On Saturday, Oct. 22, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Troop 1A of the Arizona Rough Riders Historical Association will commemorate the birthday and accomplishments of President Theodore Roosevelt and the contributions of northern Arizona's all-volunteer "Rough Riders" of the Spanish-American War of 1898.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: Earlier today, Alexey Barysheff of Brooklyn, New York, a naturalized citizen of the United States, was arrested on federal charges of illegally exporting controlled technology from the United States to end-users in Russia. Simultaneously, two Russian nationals, Dmitrii Aleksandrovich Karpenko and Alexey...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to add two quantitative fit-testing protocols to the agency's Respiratory Protection Standard. The protocols would apply to employers in the general, shipyard and construction industries.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - John Allen Pierceall, 55, of Denver, Colo., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 77 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on bank robbery charges. The sentence was imposed based on Pierceall’s guilty plea to robbing three banks, two in Colorado and one in New Mexico, between Aug. 2014 and Aug. 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Oct. 3, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - John Allen Pierceall, 55, of Denver, Colo., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 77 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on bank robbery charges. The sentence was imposed based on Pierceall’s guilty plea to robbing three banks, two in Colorado and one in New Mexico, between Aug. 2014 and Aug. 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General Loretta Lynch today met with Deputy Chief Carmen Best and Mergitu Argo, chair of SPD's East African Advisory Council, as part of National Community Policing Week and the Obama Administration's commitment to building stronger relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Accel Services LLC.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Benjamin Joseph Shook, 43, originally of Hall County, Ga., was sentenced on Oct. 6, 2016 by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve life plus five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Enrique Miramontes, 42, of Hobbs, N.M., pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Eyal Katz, 38, of Israel, pleaded guilty today to charges related to his role in an immigration fraud and money laundering scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A West Los Angeles man who was the owner of a medical supply company has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in a scheme that fraudulently billed more than $4 million to Medicare.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: Inspection site One Wood Hollow Road
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that he, along with representatives from the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), the medical field, and representatives from the community, will host a number of education forums to discuss how best to confront the epidemic of opioid abuse that is ravaging so many of our communities, and the federal government’s response.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for violating the civil rights of others by leading a conspiracy to deface The Islamic Center of Springfield with graffiti and burn two copies of the Qur’an.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has opened a statewide investigation into the conditions in Alabama’s prisons for men. The investigation will focus on whether prisoners are adequately protected from physical harm and sexual abuse at the hands of other prisoners; whether prisoners are adequately protected from use of excessive force and staff sexual abuse by correctional officers; and whether the prisons provide sanitary, secure and safe living conditions.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: Harkers Island, NC -Effective immediately (October 6, 2016), until further notice, Cape Lookout National Seashore is 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. However, the park's visitor centers and administrative office on Harkers Island and in Beaufort will remain open through today.
