News from August 2017
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Mesa Verde National Park invites you to join us on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 at the Morefield Campground Amphitheater at 7:30 p.m. for a presentation by photographer Christopher Eaton. This event is free and open to the public.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation proposes to construct a boat launch facility at East Park Reservoir, 75 miles northwest of Sacramento in Colusa County.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that NASER YOUSEF GHEITH, a/k/a “Nick," age 38, from San Francisco, California, was sentenced yesterday for his participation in an international methamphetamine distribution scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - An indictment was unsealed Wednesday charging CHARLES DANIEL LYNN, 34, of El Reno, Oklahoma; ARMANDO TABARES, 30, of Mission, Texas; and JOSE TOMAS CASTILLO-GARZA, 39, currently an inmate in United States Bureau of Prisons custody, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bribery, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Palm Desert man who is accused of running a stock investment scheme that allegedly defrauded more than 90 victims out of more than $1 million has been arrested on federal fraud charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Aberdeen, South Dakota, woman convicted of False Statements was sentenced on Aug. 17, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA - A small fire is active along the Thunder Creek Trail approximately 10 miles from Colonial Creek Campground near Junction Camp in North Cascades National Park. The Thunder Junction Fire was detected Thursday evening and grew to about 2.5 acres as of Friday afternoon.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Grand Teton National Park experienced record visitation August 18-21, as visitors traveled to the park to view the total solar eclipse. Park traffic data collection indicates that compared to the same days in 2015 and 2016, the park saw an approximate 40 percent increase of park visits.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Michelle Dawn Dorsey, Nigel Alan Waddell, and Tyler Josiah Matthews have been arraigned on federal charges of trafficking in heroin. A fourth defendant, Derrik Omar Frazier, was arraigned on July 20, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A Fresno bookkeeper and her associate were arrested today for their roles in embezzling over $1 million from a Fresno business, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An East Wareham man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for drug charges.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Oyster Bay, NY - On Monday, Aug. 21, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site hosted an event for visitors to view the partial solar eclipse that was experienced across North America. Though not in the path of totality, Oyster Bay and Long Island was lucky to have clear weather to view the 70 percent obscured...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: PINEDALE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Pinedale Field Office is inviting families, individuals, clubs and organizations to help cleanup and complete needed maintenance at the Warren Bridge Campground and recreation area on the Green River, north of Pinedale. The cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 9. This event is part of a celebration of National Public Lands Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich today sentenced Clark D. East (59, Sugarland, TX) to 30 months in federal prison for embezzlement from a bankruptcy estate. He pleaded guilty on April 3, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Reginald Kevin Winford (26, Jacksonville) today pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Shreveport man was sentenced Wednesday to 151 months in prison for receiving child pornography.
By State Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, made the following statement regarding today’s Executive Order on Venezuela...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that an Auxvasse, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing 21 firearms and three firearm silencers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RUFUS JOHNSON, age 68, of New Orleans, was sentenced today. JOHNSON and his secretary, JOSEPHINE SPELLMAN, 57, also of New Orleans, pled guilty in the midst of trial for their roles in operating a long-running and extensive bribery and honest services fraud scheme related to JOHNSON’s bail bonds in New Orleans.
