News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced today Pedro Beltre Guzman, 35, of the Dominican Republic to 32 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by an illegal alien. Judge Gomez ordered Guzman to pay a $100 special assessment and perform 200 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and David Shepard, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced today that a federal jury found James Edward Watson, Jr., 30, of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced that on Sept. 13, 2016 AARON LAMBERT, age 33, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 846, and money laundering in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1957, as contained in an Indictment filed in October 2015.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: Dear Governors McAuliffe and Sandoval: I write today regarding the recent cyberattacks on American political organizations and state election systems and to make sure you are aware of the valuable tools that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has to offer to address these threats to our country.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: DAYTON - Chase A. Crump, 27, of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 48 months in prison for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Andre Kirkland, 52, of Cleveland, Mississippi was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Oxford on Sept. 1, 2016, on charges that he defrauded Medicare and Medicaid by signing up patients for hospice care who were not terminally ill, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis, FBI Special...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: Homestead, FL: The National Park Service (NPS) has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Cape Sable Plugs Restoration -Phase II project. Southeast Regional Director Stan Austin approved the FONSI based on the environmental assessment (EA) recommended by Everglades National Park Superintendent Pedro M. Ramos.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday spoke about an amendment she introduced to S. 2848, the Water Resources Development Act, that would facilitate a life-saving road for the isolated community of King Cove, Alaska. The amendment in identical to legislation she introduced in July and is cosponsored by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: Norteño gang member admitted selling drugs and firearms to undercover agents.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments, with assistance from the San Juan County Economic Development and Visitor Services, are pleased to welcome the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park Centennial Band to San Juan County. The band’s programming provides the music of New Orleans and the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: A Fairbury, Nebraska man was sentenced today to 35 years’ in federal prison for his participation in a child exploitation enterprise, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today delivered the following remarks at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Centennial Conference in honor of the ITC’s 100th anniversary and its invaluable work in support of free and fair trade.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Criminal Indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in Scranton on Sept. 13, charging federal prison inmates, Miguel Grado, age 26 and Rafael Torres-Villanueva, age 43.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that GARY WAYNE WILDER, age 36, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, pled guilty to DRUG CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1), and 841(b)(1)(C) and a DRUG FORFEITURE.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 23-year-old Tyler, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: W&M Announces Markup of Tax, Trade Enforcement Legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on Aug. 29, 2016, Michael E. Fisher was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison by Chief United States District Court Judge Christina Reiss.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Greene County, Mo., Deputy Sheriff was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | Sept. 14, 2016
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: Thousand Oaks, CA - A study published today found that the amount of light pollution produced within Southern California’s three coastal National Park Service units has not significantly changed, and in one case has decreased, over the past two decades.
