News from August 2017
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: On the weekend of August 26 and 27, 2017 from 11 am to 5 pm, experience a Historic Bread and Baked Goods Sale sponsored by the Harpers Ferry Park Association. The public is invited to purchase (first-come, first-served) fresh baked sour dough, leaven rolls or street corner food, and large soft pretzels-just...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: AUG. 17, 2017 - The U.S. Census Bureau’s International Data Base update provides revisions for 16 countries and areas. Revised estimates and projections are available for American Samoa, Angola, Botswana, Burma, Guam, Iran, Jordan, Liberia, Mali, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Tunisia, United States, U.S. Virgin Islands and Zimbabwe.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two Detroit, Mich., men were sentenced in federal court today for robbing a Springfield, Mo., jewelry store.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: A long-time Bellevue investment advisor was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to nine years in prison, three years supervised release, and $3,660,216 in restitution for wire fraud and making false statements, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. CHRIS YOUNG YOO, 44, pleaded guilty...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian national was indicted today in federal court in Boston in connection with using gift cards to withdraw over $6,000 from bank accounts that did not belong to him.

By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and Hawaii Hydrogen Carriers (HHC) are collaborating on a new generation of hydrogen powered forklifts thanks to DOE’s Small Business Vouchers (SBV) Pilot.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former city attorney of Manhattan pleaded guilty today to federal child pornography charges, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Defendants Fraudulently Submitted Reimbursement Claims for School Meals That Were Never Served.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Arches National Park will offer a special presentation to share findings from the recently completed Ethnographic Overview and Assessment of Arches National Park.

By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Michael Stevens has worked his share of demolition projects across the DOE complex.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former senior vice president of sales at Cinelli Iron & Metal Co. (CIMCO) today admitted participating in a 17-year conspiracy that defrauded customers out of millions of dollars, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.

By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - INTERPOL Washington, the U.S. National Central Bureau (USNCB), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are urging the public to help identify an unknown suspect wanted for questioning in an unsolved case of child sexual abuse and exploitation.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: As part of the National Park Service Traffic Safety Coalition’s “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" initiative, park rangers, in cooperation with Colorado State Patrol and other agencies, will conduct a sobriety checkpoint at Colorado National Monument in the early evening of Saturday, August 20th. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Defendant was ordered to pay more than $500,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Following a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey, a federal jury has convicted Hugh Michael Glenn, 47, of Dallas, Texas, of two child pornography offenses. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: We have heard and take very seriously the concerns expressed by the public and elected officials regarding the proposed August 26 Patriot Prayer First Amendment event at Crissy Field. Our highest priority is to ensure public safety, while honoring our obligation to uphold one of our nation’s most cherished Constitutional rights, the First Amendment right to freedom of speech.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Gettysburg National Military Park invites the public to view the 2017 Solar Eclipse on the Gettysburg battlefield. This unique celestial event is anticipated to begin at approximately 1:15 PM, obscuring 78% percent of the visible sun. Viewing stations will be set-up at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center, as well as at Auto Tour Stop 15, near the High Water Mark, on Hancock Avenue.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Anthony Arroyo and Maria Maybelene Arroyo pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to filing false tax returns, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf. The plea was accepted by the Honorable William H. Orrick, U.S. District Judge, following the June 16, 2017, filing in federal court charging the Arroyos with filing false tax returns.

By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - The driver of a tractor-trailer carrying 23 illegal aliens, and a passenger, were arrested on criminal charges Wednesday on eastbound Interstate Highway 10 near the city limits by special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt with the National Park Service today announced the distribution of an additional $21 million in historic preservation grants to every U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the U.S. territories, and partnering nations as well as $4.6 million...