News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KUWAN RUSS, 37, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah A. L. Merriam in New Haven to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic County man who was previously sentenced for wire fraud was charged today with using telephone dating services to lure and defraud multiple women after he escaped from a halfway house and later, while being on federal supervised release, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The State of the Park report captures the current state of affairs for the Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway). This report summarizes and communicates the overall park conditions for natural and cultural resources, infrastructure, and visitor experience in a concise way for the public. Its purpose...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Four Month Construction Project will Bring Improved Picnic Areas and Beach Access.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Henderson, Nevada, man today admitted his role in a stock market manipulation scheme that artificially inflated the stock price of four publicly traded companies through manipulative trading and other fraudulent means, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Mark Caron, 53, of Burlington, was sentenced to twenty-five months imprisonment by United States District Judge Geoffrey Crawford. The term of imprisonment will be followed by a three-year period of supervised release by...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Richard W. Szpyt, a/k/a “Zip," 57, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 15¾ years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. Szpyt pled guilty to the charge on June 2, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that FELICIA ANN BREEDLOVE, age 45, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 2 years of probation and a $500.00 fine for OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL, a Misdemeanor, in violation of Title 47, Section 11-902(A)(1) of the Oklahoma Statutes, and Title 18, United States Code, Sections 7(3) and 13.
By State Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House of Representatives today passed Rep. Ted Yoho’s (R-FL) H.R. 5484, the State Sponsors of Terrorism Review Enhancement Act, which strengthens congressional oversight and extends the time a designated country must refrain from sponsoring terrorism - from six months to 24 months - before the president can remove it from the official list of State Sponsors of Terrorism.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green of the Middle District of Louisiana announced that RAPHEW T. REED, JR., age 31, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been convicted of false representation of a Social Security number, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B), and...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Starting in the mid-1980s, a young man named Stephen Cabrinety filled his home with video games and software. He piled unopened boxes to the ceilings-everything from early word processing programs such as WordStar to vintage releases of Pong, Doom and SimCity. Although at the time some might have thought...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will host the International Food Assistance and Food Security Conference in Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 10 to Oct. 11, 2016. The theme of the conference is “Food Assistance in the Fight Against Extreme Poverty.".
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury today convicted Jemel Maurice Lyles, a/k/a Michael Anderson, Anthony Alva and Tony Alva, age 35, of Beltsville, Maryland, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and money laundering, arising from a scheme in which he fraudulently received $72,000 from a victim after falsely promising to assist the victim to obtain $1 million in financing for a day care center.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The public is invited to celebrate the BLM Campbell Creek Science Center’s 20th anniversary and National Public Lands Day with a family-friendly fall festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, September 24.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Charles Pinckney National Historic Site will host its 19th Naturalization Ceremony on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Approximately 120 individuals from countries all over the world will be sworn in as America's newest citizens. This annual event marks National Citizenship Day and kicks off National Constitution Week. The event is free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green of the Middle District of Louisiana announced that RAPHEW T. REED, JR., age 31, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been convicted of false representation of a Social Security number, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B), and...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation will temporarily close one of the Highway 39 northbound lanes on American Falls Dam Sept. 20 to perform crane work to lift and replace a bulkhead gate on the dam, weather permitting.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 192 months imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: HAGERSTOWN, Md.-The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (NHP) will transition from an honor box system to an online only reservation system for all of its current fee drive-in camping locations. These locations include Antietam Creek (Towpath Mile 69.6), McCoys Ferry (Towpath Mile 110.4)...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Victim Was Stabbed Several Times. WASHINGTON - Carlton Hammond, 28, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 18 years in prison on charges stemming from the slaying of a man in a broad daylight attack that took place in Northwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips announced. Hammond was...
