News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Event: New Orleans Police Department/Youth Basketball Game.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jerod Kernen, 32, of Weirton, West Virginia with illegal possession of a firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Marcus Freeman, 29, of Richmond, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin. Freeman was also sentenced to five years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Former Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Bob Barbee passed away on Sunday, Oct. 2, at home in Bozeman, MT with his wife of 58 years, Carol, by his side. He was 80 years old.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, ID - In the early morning hours of Tues., Oct. 4, the Challis Volunteer Fire Department responded to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Challis Field Office at 1151 Blue Mountain Road in Challis. While the Fire Department worked diligently to suppress the flames, the building suffered extensive damage.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Stole Vehicles and Used the Stolen Identity Information of Victims to Engage in Fraudulent Financial Transactions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office reached a settlement agreement yesterday with the Lexington Chinese School resolving allegations that the school violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide reasonable modifications to students with disabilities.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing titled, “Tribal Prosperity and Self-Determination through Energy Development." Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) joined a panel of expert witnesses to discuss obstacles and potential for energy and natural resource development on tribal lands.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Steamtown National Historic Site, in partnership with the Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Railway Historical Society, will operate diesel-powered "Holiday Express" excursions to Moscow, Pennsylvania on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 25 -27. Phone and in-person reservations open on Tuesday, October 11 at 9:00 a.m.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: The Outer Banks Group is closely monitoring the path of Hurricane Matthew. As of 8:00 am today, regional forecasts show that Hurricane Matthew is projected to approach and impact the Outer Banks at the end of this week. Park staff at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial are currently preparing for potential storm impacts.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - A Boise excavation contractor could have prevented the deaths of two workers and serious injuries suffered by a third after a trench collapse if the company had not allowed federal safety standards to be ignored at a Northwest Boise work site in May.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jose Rios, 23, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 15 years in prison for his conviction on federal carjacking and firearms charges. Rios will be on supervised release for five years after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Rogelio Magana Garcia Jimenez, 44, from Worthington, MN; Saul Piceno Valtierra, 34, from Slayton, MN; Marcus Cervantes Martinez, 34, from Worthington, MN; Javier Martinez, 50, from Worthington, MN; Sergio Lopez-Granillo, 24, from Sioux Center, IA; and Daniel Perez Heredia, 28, from Worthington, MN, have...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA - The Department of Justice and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today the filing of a complaint against NGL Crude Logistics LLC (NGL) and Western Dubuque Biodiesel LLC, and a settlement with Western Dubuque to address alleged violations of the Renewable Fuel Standard.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park sees 10-fold increase in seedling density since 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of New York pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Damien Travis Boddy, age 35, of Silver Spring, Maryland, late on Oct. 3, 2016, to 12 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of an unregistered firearm and to transportation of explosive material with the intent to injure, kill or intimidate.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former president and CEO of the Sherman Oaks-based Morgan Peabody, Inc. brokerage and investment firm was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for federal wire fraud charges stemming from an investment scam in which defendant misappropriated nearly $6 million from more than 100 investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced today that his Office will observe National Community Policing Week through the following special events.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A jury convicted a previously-convicted sex offender yesterday in connection with possessing child pornography.
