News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2016
News Release: Two Maryland MS-13 Members Convicted in Racketeering Conspiracy Including Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2016
News Release: Bossier City, Louisiana, Housing Authority Agrees to Pay $120,000 and Implement Reforms to Settle Justice Department Lawsuit.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact analyzing the impacts of approving an exchange of up to 6,000 acre-feet of tertiary treated water for up to 3,000 acre-feet of refuge (or Level 2) water with the San Luis Water District and Panoche Water District. Up to 3,000 acre-feet of Incremental Level 4 water would also be provided to south-of-Delta refuges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated Quincy Alexander, 28, of Brooklyn, New York, was charged today in a two-count complaint filed in federal court with being a felon in possession of a firearm and with possession with intent to distribute cocaine base. Alexander is scheduled to appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy at 4:00 p.m. today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A broker-dealer was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for participating in a five-year insider trading scheme that relied on information stolen from an international law firm and yielded net profits of more than $5.6 million, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2016
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury found Rodane Lamb (26, Gainesville) guilty of conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Dec. 16, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2016
News Release: SEPT. 30, 2016 - This report provides on the revenues, expenditures and composition of assets of the largest defined benefit public employee pension systems for state and local governments. This report produces three tables: Tables 1 and 3 include data on cash and security holdings and Table 2 provides data on earnings on investments, contributions and payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury today convicted U.S. Postal Service employee Lori A. Parry, age 44, of Baltimore, today on charges related to her fraudulent receipt of over $50,000 in federal worker’s compensation benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2016
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA - Antonio Glen Boleware, a 39-year-old convicted sex offender and former Marine, was sentenced in federal court today to 158 months in prison for child pornography-related offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2016
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -Lake Mead National Recreation Area's seasonal fire restrictions will be lifted Sept. 30, and the trails that were closed for the summer will reopen Oct. 1.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2016
News Release: On Saturday October 15th, from 11am to 4pm, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites you to attend and participate in the living history event called “Election Day 1860." Participate in a national Presidential Election and cast a ballot to change the course of history. Each of the presidential...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney, Deborah R. Gilg, announced that on Sept. 30, 2016, Zachary A. Olson, 27, of Lincoln, was sentenced to nine years and two months (110 months) in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine between October of 2014 and October of 2015. Following the prison term, Olson will serve five years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department and U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that the Bossier City Housing Authority (BCHA) has agreed to pay $120,000 and adopt new policies and practices to settle a lawsuit alleging that it discriminated on the basis of race and disability in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The settlement must still be approved by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2016
News Release: SILT, Colo. - Two Bureau of Land Management-administered areas north of Rifle will be seasonally closed to motorized vehicles beginning this fall to improve hunting opportunities.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2016
News Release: Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the draft Regional Mitigation Strategy (RMS) for the Northeastern National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) and is inviting public comment on the document. By providing a robust 90-day comment period, the BLM hopes to continue working with all interested parties to develop a transparent, balanced, workable, and reasonable mitigation framework.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 30, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | Sept. 30, 2016 BOS 2016-156
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Ahmad Sayed Hashimi, aka Jimmy Hashimi, of Woodbridge, was convicted yesterday evening by a federal jury on charges related to his role in beating and kidnapping his ex-girlfriend, in addition to leading drug distribution conspiracies.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: During the October From Shore to Sea Lecture, Dr. Daniel Muhs, research geologist with the United States Geological Survey (USGS), will discuss new discoveries and research into the estimated arrival and evolution of mammoths on the Channel Islands.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Antwon Pitt, 22, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to a charge of second-degree burglary stemming from a break-in he committed last fall of an apartment where a woman was sleeping, U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 LOS ANGELES – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced a new partnership between the DHS Blue Campaign - the unified voice for DHS’s efforts to combat human trafficking - and six law enforcement, first responder and public safety agencies in Los Angeles to raise awareness about human trafficking.
