News from April 2017
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. April 20, 2017 - It is with great excitement through a new partnership with the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Hanford, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are now Weather Ready Nation Ambassadors.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Scott Hartvig McDowell, 49, of Anchorage, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to serve four years in prison for his conviction for bank robbery, followed by three years of supervised release. McDowell was also ordered to pay $2,700 in restitution.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Dear President Trump: Your meeting with China’s President Xi comes at a critical juncture in U.S.-China economic relations. This week’s meeting presents an important opportunity to address serious issues in the economic relationship between our countries. While we recognize that many U.S. companies...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statement in response to Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL) and Congressman David Schweikert’s (R-AZ) proposed amendment to the American Health Care Act (AHCA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that REYNALDO BRAN FONSECA, age 36, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a three-count Indictment charging him with illegal reentry of a removed alien and possession of firearms by an illegal alien.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: ANCHORAGE - A new National Park Service report shows that 2.78 million visitors to national parks in Alaska spent nearly $1.3 billion in the state in 2016. That record visitation and spending supported 18,000 jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - The United States Attorney’s Office today announced a settlement with the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago to ensure accessibility of polling sites to persons with disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Michael Thomas Smith, 47, of Cedar Hill, MO, the former Chief of Police of Byrnes Mill, Missouri, was indicted on four counts of wire fraud as part of a scheme to steal from criminal suspects and defraud Byrnes Mill and Jefferson County of his honest services.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Nicholas Graham, 46, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of aiding and abetting a bank robbery by use of a dangerous weapon, was sentenced to 84 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Joseph P. Geraci, Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, ID-- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Coeur d’Alene District is seeking nominations for 7 positions on its Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the BLM on public land issues. As published in a notice in the Federal Register, the BLM will accept nominations through May 30, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Tourism to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area supports 3,419 local jobs, a new federal report shows, indicating a 40 percent increase since 2015. Spending in local communities by park visitors also increased 40 percent last year to exceed $240 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - The owner of Tinkle Management Inc. (TMI) has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of wire fraud and money laundering, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. John Blake Tinkle, 60, of Tomball, pleaded guilty Sept. 29, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The owner of The Skin Cancer Medical Center in Encino has paid the United States nearly $2.7 million to resolve allegations that he submitted bills to Medicare for Mohs micrographic surgeries for skin cancers that were medically unnecessary.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A gang member who pleaded guilty to a racketeering conspiracy and use of a firearm resulting in death was sentenced today to 30 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Fairbanks, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent in Charge, Ryan Noel, announced today that four Point Hope residents were sentenced in Fairbanks by Senior U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline for charges stemming from their involvement in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Robert James Tyndall, 45, of Canada, was charged today by indictment with coercion and enticement of a minor, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. According to the indictment, from on or about Aug. 13, 2012, to on or about July 12, 2013, Tyndall, using the internet, knowingly persuaded, induced and enticed a minor under the age of 18 to engage in sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Attorney General:. On April 9, 2014, the House Committee on Ways and Means voted to send a letter to the Department of Justice referring former IRS Exempt Organizations Division Director Lois G. Lerner for criminal prosecution. As indicated in the attached letter, the Committee’s nearly three-year...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Bureau of Reclamation Acting Commissioner David Murillo announced the appointment of Alan Mikkelsen of Montana as Reclamation's Deputy Commissioner.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - On Saturday, April 22, Yellowstone National Park, concessioners, and community partners will observe the 47th Earth Day. All events are free to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Raymond VanBuskirk, 45, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon, was sentenced to six months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
