News from August 2017
By State Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow the United States and Togo will co-host the 2017 African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum. The Forum, established by AGOA legislation House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) championed in Congress, will explore ways to deepen critical U.S.-Africa trade and investment relationships.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Field Division (“DEA"), Angel M. Melendez, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Immigration...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: Sinaloa Cartel Cell Leader Self-Surrenders. A cell leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel was arraigned in federal court today following his self-surrender to U.S. law enforcement authorities at the Calexico West Port of Entry in California, on July 27. Damaso Lopez-Serrano, aka Mini Lic, 29, is believed...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: Point Reyes Station, Calif. - Point Reyes National Seashore invites you to join the 36th Annual Sand Sculpture Contest. We welcome all ages at this free community event located at Drakes Beach. Create your own sand sculpture or marvel at the works made by participants.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Proctorville, Ohio, couple was sentenced to federal prison today on drug charges, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Charley G. Myers, 37, and Tracie M. Reed, 39, both previously pleaded guilty to distribution of methamphetamine. Myers was sentenced to 10 years and a month in federal prison. Reed was sentenced to nine years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, and Stephen M. Schenning, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced today that Tae H. Kim, age 47 of Wayne, Pennsylvania, entered a guilty plea to separate bank fraud charges filed in the District of Delaware and the District of Maryland, respectively.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Joshua Diaz, 28, a Dallas man who was arrested in June 2016 following a law enforcement investigation into a drug trafficking organization that operated out of the Pleasant Grove, Seagoville and Balch Springs areas, has been sentenced, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, California - Searchers having been looking for 10 days for a couple who disappeared in Joshua Tree National Park with few leads or traces. Rachel Nguyen and Joseph Orbeso entered the park at approximately 6:45am on Thursday, July 27 and have not been seen or heard from since. An extensive search has been going on in the park since July 28 which has included resources from the.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: A 25-year-old member of the Makah Indian Tribe was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 30 months in prison and ten years of supervised release for sexual abuse of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. MITCHEL CANAS pleaded guilty in May 2017, admitting he sexually molested a 13-year-old child. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Benjamin H. Settle ordered CANAS to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Brayan Granados-Betancourt, age 24, and a citizen of Colombia, was sentenced on August 4 to time served (29 days in jail) for transporting two Mexican citizens who had illegally entered the United States from Canada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to drug trafficking and agreed to forfeit the building where his restaurant is located as well as other assets, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. Two co-defendants also entered guilty pleas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - An e-commerce company and its top executive have agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to fix prices for customized promotional products sold online to customers in the United States. Zaappaaz Inc. (d/b/a WB Promotions Inc., Wrist-Band.com and Customlanyard.net) and its president Azim Makanojiya agreed to plead guilty to a one-count criminal violation of the Sherman Act.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is requesting details from naloxone manufacturers on their rebate programs and other steps to help local law enforcement and community groups afford the drug. Costs for naloxone, which can be administered to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, have been rapidly increasing in recent years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Two former deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office were sentenced today for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute marijuana, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rudolph Dwight Hanchard, 40, a Jamaican national living in Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of bribery of a public official and attempt to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, was sentenced to 18 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: SALEM, MA - Salem Maritime National Historic Site announced that the National Park Service and Boothbay Harbor Shipyard have agreed upon final contract modification for Friendship of Salem, allowing completion of necessary repair work. “We're looking forward to having Friendship of Salem back on the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Wilbur Reid, Jr., of Roanoke, Virginia, was sentenced today to 46 months incarceration for possessing heroin, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO: Many areas at Ozark National Scenic Riverways have been reopened following the historic flood that swept through the region at the end of April and early May. While a remarkable amount has been accomplished since that time, there are still some areas that remain partially or totally closed...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- Visitors to Grand Canyon National Park can now learn more about the role wildland fire plays at Grand Canyon. The short film "Living with Fire in the Grand Canyon" highlights the importance of returning fire to Grand Canyon's fire-adapted ecosystem.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: A 25-year-old member of the Makah Indian Tribe was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 30 months in prison and ten years of supervised release for sexual abuse of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. MITCHEL CANAS pleaded guilty in May 2017, admitting he sexually molested a 13-year-old child. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Benjamin H. Settle ordered CANAS to register as a sex offender.
