News from September 2016
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: The Outer Banks Group, which includes Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial, encourages all fourth graders to visit these national parks this year as part of the Every Kid in a Park program. The program gives fourth grade students...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Abner Joe, 54, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was arraigned today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., on an indictment charging him with assaulting a federal officer. Joe entered a not guilty plea to the indictment and was released pending trial to a halfway house and will be under pretrial supervision and other conditions of release.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: Tropical Storm Hermine is expected to impact Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial tomorrow evening through Saturday evening.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that TROY KENDRICK, JR., age 33, GARRICK JONES, age 37, TRAVIS CARTER, age 37, MICHAEL SANDERS, age 34, and RESHAD FRANK, age 38, all of Reserve, were charged today in a nine-count Indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - - Jawan Long, 32, and Lance Harper, 24, both of Brooklyn, New York, were sentenced today for possessing crack and heroin with the intent to distribute the drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: Defendant Used a Neighbor’s Non-Password Protected Wireless Router to Access and Download Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment today against Gary Lee Ortiz, 41, of Auberry, charging him in connection with a large-scale marijuana cultivation operation located near Mill Creek in Fresno County in the Sierra National Forest Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez today sentenced Marco Asala-Belgar, 35, of the Dominican Republic, to 21 months’ imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release for misprision of a felony. Judge Gomez also ordered Asala-Belgar to pay a $100 special assessment and perform 200 hours of community service.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will award more than $36 million in annual funding to organizations in 11 states and Puerto Rico, as part of its efforts to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers. The five-year funding agreements will support Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers, which provide a wide range of services to small and medium-sized manufacturers in every state and Puerto Rico.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: BLACKFOOT, ID - An impressive number of eastern Idaho 4-H club members recently jumped at the chance to train a wild horse yearling to prepare for the Eastern Idaho State Fair in Blackfoot. On Sunday, Sept. 4, around 1:00 p.m. in the West Events Arena at the Eastern Idaho Fairgrounds, 4-H members ages...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: A former school bus attendant who enticed three minors pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Stevie McDonald (41, Winter Haven) has pleaded guilty to making false statements in a mortgage loan application. He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: Travis Clark, director of OSHA's Corpus Christi Area Office signs alliance renewals with Consul of Mexico Juan Carlos Cué Vega in Brownsville, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: Romanian Hacker “Guccifer" Sentenced to 52 Months in Prison for Computer Hacking Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that KALI IRONS, age 39, of Luling, LA, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Eldon Fallon to three years of probation, which is to include six months of home confinement, after she pled guilty to one count of filing a false tax return.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: Through the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program, NOAA awarded 32 grants to nonprofit organizations, aquariums, universities, and coastal state, local and tribal governments that are members of the National Marine Mammal Stranding Network.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court on Aug. 30, 3016, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced JOHN ABNEY SR., 54, of Pollocksville, North Carolina, to a total term of 300 months imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA -United States Attorney Walt Green announced that on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, LAGUARDIA COSTON, age 29, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge James J. Brady to theft of government funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641. During...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: Due to Hyde County's mandatory visitor evacuation of Ocracoke Island, all Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) visitor services on the island are suspended and facilities are closed. This includes the Seashore's campground, visitor center and bookstore, the lighthouse, all beach access ramps and off-road vehicle routes on Ocracoke Island. These closures are effective at 5:00 p.m. today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: St. Croix, USVI -District Court Chief Judge Wilma A. Lewis on Wednesday sentenced Carl Hansen, 56, of St., Croix, to four years of probation for using a phone to facilitate a drug felony, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Chief Judge Lewis also ordered Hansen to serve the first six months of his probation on home detention, pay a $100 special assessment, and perform 200 hours of community service.
