News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that PABLO TEXIDOR, 40, of West Hartford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to importing a tableting machine and tableting dies to manufacture fake oxycodone pills that contain heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Wednesday, August, 30, 2017, Michael Leeper, 41, of Tigard, Oregon, pleaded guilty in United States District Court to intentionally accessing the Columbia Sportswear Company’s network without authorization in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1030.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: A Lorain man and an inmate at a federal prison in New Jersey were indicted for their conspiracy to commit murder for hire and to distribute cocaine, law enforcement officials said.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today urging the agency to go further in evaluating whether credit monitoring services used by private and public entities in response to data breaches provide effective consumer...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: MEEKER, Colo. - Starting on Sept. 11, 2017, the Bureau of Land Management White River Field Office will temporarily close access to the East Four Mile and South Orientation Recreation Sites in Canyon Pintado Historic District for about four to six weeks. These sites are located at mile posts 61.3 and 52.8 along State Highway 139.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A grand jury returned an indictment here today charging the former controller of a company in Kechi with embezzling more than $175,000, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is hiring.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: The notes of Taps have filled the air in Gettysburg every evening this summer as the famous 24-note call was sounded in honor of those who have served our nation. The Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania in partnership with Taps For Veterans and Gettysburg National Military Park invite the public to attend the closing ceremony for One Hundred Nights of Taps in the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg at 7 pm on Labor Day, September 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Aug. 30, 2017, Daniel James Lusk, 26, formerly of Burlington, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 60 months in prison for felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Lusk will serve three years of supervised release and pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: An Akron man was indicted for trafficking heroin and cocaine, said Justin E. Herdman, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt today raising serious concerns over the lack of transparency at the Agency. The letter was signed by Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY).
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced two hearings as part of the committee’s continuing “Powering America " series. The series provides committee members the opportunity to explore the challenges of electricity markets and to consider reforms related to electricity generation, distribution, consumption, and grid resiliency.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Aug. 30, 2017 - Anthony Allen, of Memphis, Tenn., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court, to assaulting a federal law enforcement officer and to federal firearms violations, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jack Smith of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg man was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for a gun crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Tyrese Antonio McMillon, 32, previously pleaded guilty to a single-count indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: All visitor services and facilities at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial are reopening at normal hours on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Release Date: Aug. 31, 2017. Contact: Kelly Carroll. Phone: 671-333-4050. September Public Programs at War in the Pacific National Historical Park. Sept. 2, Saturday: at Ga’an Point and September 9, Saturday: at Asan Bay Overlook - “Art in the Park". Learn to paint during our artist led painting...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: The attached t provides information about fires in Glacier National Park and surrounding areas.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The National Park Service is seeking volunteers for a work project in the Blacktail Plateau area of Yellowstone on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017. In observance of National Public Lands Day, the largest single-day volunteer effort on public lands, the park will waive its entrance fee for all visitors.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Wednesday, August, 30, 2017, Michael Leeper, 41, of Tigard, Oregon, pleaded guilty in United States District Court to intentionally accessing the Columbia Sportswear Company’s network without authorization in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1030.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt today raising serious concerns over the lack of transparency at the Agency. The letter was signed by Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY).
