News from April 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ahead of President Trump’s signing of an executive order that will try to open up more of our oceans to offshore drilling, weaken safety regulations, and launch a review of all national marine sanctuaries designated in the last decade, Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.) released the following statement condemning the administration’s actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that as a result of a joint ATF-York County Drug Task Force operation in York, Pennsylvania, nine individuals engaging in illegal firearms and drug trafficking have been federally indicted separately...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 69-year-old Corpus Christi man has admitted he possessed child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Youngstown men and an East Liverpool woman were indicted by a grand jury sitting in Elkins on April 18, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - An indictment against an Indiana mother and son charging them with conspiracy and filing fraudulent tax refund claims was unsealed today, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana. A federal grand jury sitting in Hammond, Indiana returned the indictment on April 21.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Defendant Allegedly made Explosive Devices and Threw them at Police causing Injury.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: On April 22nd, Guilford Courthouse National Military Park celebrated Earth Day for National Park Week and partnered with the Civil War Trust for Park Day. Rebecca Lowe, the Centennial Volunteer Ambassador (Student Conservation Association) recruited volunteers from three universities/colleges and high...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Hot Springs, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Keri Burroughs, age 39, of Hot Springs, was sentenced this week to 151 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession With Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Hot Springs.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - It’s easy to spot a VIP in a national park. In 2016, there were 339,662 VIPs, or Volunteers-In-Parks, greeting visitors, building trails, leading programs, performing research, or doing just about any task imaginable. Today, during National Volunteer Week, the National Park Service recognizes the important contributions of all of its volunteers by announcing the recipients of the annual George and Helen Hartzog Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Service.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A southeast Texas man pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: DTO Allegedly Imported Large Quantities of Heroin, Methamphetamine and Cocaine from Mexico, which were Distributed in New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Kentucky and Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On April 29, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., local law enforcement and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its thirteenth opportunity in six years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ronald J. Martinez, 43, a member and resident of Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, N.M., made his initial appearance this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., on assault and firearms charges. Martinez remains in federal custody pending a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing, both of which are scheduled for May 1, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Leslie Woods, 22, Derek Marshall, 24, and Terrell McGee, 26, have pled guilty in the U.S. District Court to two armed robberies and shootings that occurred in Cahokia, Illinois in 2010, United States Attorney Donald S. Boyce announced today. Woods, Marshall and McGee were charged by a federal grand jury...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: This week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its partners are conducting detection research on unmanned aircraft (UAS) - popularly called drones - at Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) Airport.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: A fish called "Coco" is lending a fin and, more importantly, much needed DNA to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ) and Auburn University researchers. The result is the first sequencing of a channel catfish genome and the promise of better products for catfish producers.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, members of Oregon’s Congressional Delegation introduced the bipartisan Community Protection and Preparedness Act (H.R.2223), legislation that creates a new trust fund to help communities prepare for accidents involving rail cars transporting flammable liquids, including crude...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Contact Person: Lance Crick (864) 282-2105.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: POCATELLO - Lucio Juarez, of Burley, Idaho, was indicted April 25, 2017, by a federal grand jury sitting in Pocatello for distribution of and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On April 27, 2017, Jeffery Brian Wills, a.k.a. “Fro", 27, of Greeneville, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, Senior U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 240 months in federal prison following a conviction for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in east Tennessee.
