News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, TENN. - Joey Edward Holmes, 39, of Johnson City, Tennessee, was sentenced April 6 by U.S. District Judge R. Leon Jordan to serve 100 months in federal prison. Upon his release from prison, he will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for five years. Holmes was also ordered pay $200 in special assessments.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: CURRIE, NC - Moores Creek National Battlefield will be hosting its annual Junior Ranger Day on Saturday, April 15th, 2017. The event is free to the public. It will begin at 10:00am and continue until 4:00pm. Visitors are encouraged to check in at the Visitor Center when they arrive.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
Release: SEATTLE - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Port of Seattle are asking travelers to get their game plans ready for a busy spring break at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The peak spring break travel period starts Thursday, April 6 and goes through the following weekend.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management is announcing an extension of the scoping period for the Ambler Road Project to Jan. 31, 2018, for a total of 338 days of scoping.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Outer Banks Group Superintendent Dave Hallac has announced that the Bodie Island and Cape Hatteras Lighthouses will be open for climbing this year from Friday, April 21 through Monday, October 9. Ticket sales begin daily at 9 am with the last tickets sold at 4:30 pm at each site.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal jury this afternoon convicted a Hermosa Beach couple of a host of charges related to their participation in a scheme that filed fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service seeking millions of dollars in refunds and used bogus financial instruments as a way to pay off debt.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Logansport man pleaded guilty Thursday to distributing methamphetamine in Many, La., and kidnapping a victim in east Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WILLIAM T. WALTERS, a/k/a “Billy," was found guilty on all 10 counts of conspiracy, securities fraud, and wire fraud charges after a four-week trial before U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel relating to his scheme to commit insider trading from 2008 through 2014, principally relating to securities of Dean Foods Company (“Dean Foods" or the “Company").
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Abel Lopez, 31, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court to bank robbery charges. His plea agreement includes a recommendation that Lopez be sentenced within the range of 27 to 33 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) today requested that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence provide a public estimate of the number of communications involving U.S. persons incidentally swept up under FISA Section 702.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On April 6, 2017, Gerald N. Holden, age 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 160 months in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Holden will be required to serve a five-year term of supervised release following his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOSE MANUEL MAZON DE-DIOS (“MAZON"), age 32, of Mexico, was charged today in a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Skagway - The Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park museum on Second Avenue will close temporarily for upgrades Monday, April 17 through Friday April 21. The museum will reopen on Monday, April 24.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Scott Lampert, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human (OIG...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Philadelphia Field Division announced today that the DEA will sponsor a play entitled Off-Script for the students of Cornell High School in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania as part of the DEA’s ongoing 360 Strategy to address prescription opioid and heroin abuse in Western Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: New Jersey Feedstock Processor Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Commit Biofuel Fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Following a month’s worth of Natural Resources Committee hearings in which Republicans and their invited witnesses argued falsely that major environmental deregulation is the only way to improve our nation’s infrastructure, Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today asked where the Republican infrastructure plan is hiding and why the GOP is using infrastructure as the latest cover story for its unchanging pro-polluter agenda.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: On Friday, April 21 at 1:00 p.m., Antietam National Battlefield will hold a ceremony to rededicate the historic Burnside Bridge. This ceremony is open to the public and will be held at the bridge. Speakers will include officials from the National Park Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Memphis man has been sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for committing an armed robbery affecting interstate commerce. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentencing today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS: In celebration of the National Park Service’s National Park Week, the Natchez Trace Parkway will host a BioBlitz and Wildlife Festival at the Tupelo Visitor Center on Saturday, April 22, 2017, from 9:30 am-4:00 pm. The BioBlitz and Wildlife Festival provide a great opportunity to celebrate...
