News from September 2016
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Skagway - Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park will join thousands of public land sites nationwide in celebrating the 23rd annual National Public Lands Day. On September 23 the park is hosting a clean-up and invasive weed pull at the historic Slide Cemetery and the Dyea Campground.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: This week, a Vero Beach husband and wife pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import controlled substances, commonly referred to as “bath salts" and “molly," from China into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI - Michael Hudson, 53, of Cincinnati, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court today on one count of wire fraud and one count of filing a false federal income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) relative to a scheme to defraud Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. (“Frisch’s") by embezzling funds in excess of his authorized pay and compensation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) delivered remarks today at a press conference with members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) regarding the deaths of unarmed African American men at the hands of law enforcement. Congressman Conyers also joined members of the CBC in sending a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch expressing deep concerns. The letter to the Attorney General can be viewed here.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Tim Rains 406-888-5838. MEDIA16- 50. Fee Free Saturday At Glacier National Park. Parks Celebrates National Public Lands Day and the First Annual Bike Your Park Day. WEST GLACIER, MONT -The entrance fee for Glacier National Park will be waived on Saturday, Sept. 24, in recognition of National Public...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Dane Gillis (59, Leesburg) to 30 years and 5 months in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity, soliciting an undercover federal agent to commit kidnapping, and transmitting interstate commerce threats to kidnap and injure a former co-worker. The Court also ordered Gillis to forfeit the electronic devices that he had used to commit the offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released the following statement after a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel issued a report finding that the European Union (EU) and several of its member states have continued providing substantial, illegal subsidies to large civil aircraft maker Airbus...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent George Price announced that the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Herring River Restoration Project has been signed by Michael Caldwell, Regional Director for the National Park Service (NPS) Northeast Region. RODs are formal decision documents resulting from National...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced today that the federal grand jury has returned a twenty count indictment charging nine people with various offenses. Eight are current or former members of the Omaha Tribal Council and one is a current employee of the tribe. Jessica Webster-Valentino (age...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal prosecutors today charged a Hoover man with receiving and reselling misbranded male enhancement drugs from China that could cause serious side effects in men taking medications containing nitrates, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Justin D. Green.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: MONTICELLO, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Monticello Field Office is seeking public comment on an environmental assessment (EA) analyzing a proposed ROW application for road repair from San Juan County. The purpose of the proposed ROW is to authorize San Juan County to re-route a portion...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A United States Postal Service employee was charged today in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with viewing child pornography on USPS computers.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Kevin Mokhtari (619) 546-8402 Sherri Hobson (619) 961-0287.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal jury in Los Angeles has convicted the owner of a medical clinic for his role in a health care fraud scheme and for filing false income tax returns.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, today issued the following statement in response to the Department of Education’s decision to terminate federal recognition of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS)...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: "100 Art Works Celebrating 100 Years".
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Leaders of Public Safety and Civil Society Organizations Met to Strengthen Relationships and Build Trust in the Communities They Serve.
By State Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the United Nation’s General Assembly meeting on antimicrobial resistance...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - The owner of a transportation company that bused Chicago public school students spent corporate money to purchase and renovate a $500,000 home in the city’s Oakland neighborhood and illegally deducted the funds in U.S. tax filings, according to a federal indictment unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A United States Postal Service employee was charged today in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with viewing child pornography on USPS computers.
