News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2017
News Release: Former Madison County, Virginia Detective Pleads Guilty to Sexually Exploiting Minors.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Mary Mooney, age 58, of Mooresville, North Carolina; James Harding, age 57, of Lawrenceville, Georgia; and Alisa Bivens, age 36, of Gastonia, North Carolina were sentenced last week in federal court in Charleston, South...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Chaoyi Le, 28, of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with attempt to export and send from the United States, seven live ball pythons and three live albino western hog-nosed snakes, contrary to United States laws and regulations. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2017
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - On Aug. 19, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will offer a guided hike in the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument (Monument), highlighting its geologic history and significant paleontological and recreational resources. The three-mile hike will begin at 8:00 a.m. from the second parking lot located near the Monument entrance, and will last approximately three hours.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2017
News Release: ABILENE, Texas - Following a joint law enforcement operation involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the United ...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2017
News Release: Investigation Targeted White Supremacists With Long and Violent Criminal Histories Who Were Selling Illegal Drugs in North Texas Communities.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2017
News Release: A man who robbed a bank, possessed a gun as a felon, and sold heroin causing an overdose, all within the span of one year, pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Aug. 10, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2017
News Release: Contact: Media Inquiries Only. 11 AM. WEST GLACIER, MT. - Interagency fire response continues in Glacier National Park after several fires were sparked following a severe storm with over 150 lightning strikes in Glacier National Park late Thursday afternoon. Aerial resources and fire crews are working...
By State Newswire | Aug 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement in response to President Trump’s comments about possible military intervention in Venezuela...

By Homeland Newswire | Aug 13, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the domestic terrorism in Charlottesville, Virginia.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2017
News Release: The provides information about fires in Glacier National Park and surrounding areas.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2017
News Release: Richmond Riverfront Partners to Host Solar Eclipse Viewing Party on Brown’s Island.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 12, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 DHS personnel have been in contact with Virginia state and local law enforcement to offer any assistance necessary to deal with today’s horrible violent incident in Charlottesville. What we have seen today has no place in our society. DHS will continue to work closely with our state and local partners across the country to counter violent extremism in all forms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2017
News Release: Two former executives of foreign defense contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA) were sentenced on Friday for conspiring to submit bogus claims and invoices to the U.S. Navy in an effort to win contracts and overcharge the U.S. Navy by tens of millions of dollars as part of a years-long corruption and fraud scheme.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2017
News Release: SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. Aug. 12, 2017 - The parks received a report on Friday, Aug. 11, of missing parties last seen in Sequoia National Park on Sunday, August 6.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2017
News Release: 2017 Solar Eclipse Event at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2017
News Release: Tips from Public Lead to Arrest of FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Walter Yovany Gomez.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2017
News Release: STONEWALL, TEXAS - Make plans to join Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park and Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site in celebrating the 109th anniversary of President Johnson’s birth.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle has released the following statement in conjunction with the FBI and DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.