News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Urban Oshea, II, age 48, of Florence, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Florence, for Conspiracy to Manufacture and Pass Counterfeit Securities, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska -New websites for the National Park Service - Alaska Region are launching this week in time for the Service’s 101st anniversary on August 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Sold hundreds of kilograms of heroin and cocaine in Indianapolis area.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: PUT-IN-BAY, OH - Seniors 62 and older who want a Senior Pass can still obtain one at Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial on South Bass Island. “We just received an additional one thousand passes this past Saturday," said Superintendent Barbara Fearon. “The Park wants to be able to accommodate as many seniors as possible before the price increase begins on Monday." The Park had less than 80 passes before the new passes arrived.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Lakewood man was indicted today by a federal grand jury on fraud charges.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Today, the Energy Department (DOE) announced $13.4 million in support of five new cost-shared, community-based projects focused on energy efficient mobility systems including connected and autonomous vehicles and alternative fuel vehicles and infrastructure including natural gas, propane, biofuels, hydrogen, and electricity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: A Garfield Heights man was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for using a firearm to rob the Key Bank on Turney Road, said Justin E. Herdman, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: 10 Face Federal Charges, and 5 Face State Charges as U.S. and Local Authorities Dismantle Opioid and Crystal Meth Drug Ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - E-commerce company Custom Wristbands Inc. (aka Kulayful Silicone Bracelets, Kulayful.com, Speedywristbands.com, Promotionalbands.com, Wristbandcreation.com and 1inchbracelets.com) and its top executive Christopher Angeles have agreed to plead guilty for conspiring to fix prices for customized promotional products sold online to customers in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - John Charles Fortner, 39, of Chillicothe, was arrested yesterday afternoon when he met up with an undercover officer who he believed would connect him to children in order to engage in sexual conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 31-year-old Mexican National who was residing in Illinois has been ordered to federal prison for assisting a South Texas drug trafficking organization, announced DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division, Steven Whipple and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Juan Carlos Gamez-Herrera pleaded guilty April 25, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Oscar Garcia Garcia (33, Tampa) to 30 months in federal prison for stealing firearms from a federal firearm licensee. He pleaded guilty on May 15, 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Ross: We write to you regarding the Department of Commerce’s (Commerce) policy of the use of union official Leave Without Pay (LWOP) for political campaign activity. The procedures by which federal employees request LWOP, and by which managers and supervisors consider these requests,...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Effective 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday Aug. 23, 2017, fire restrictions under Fire Restriction Order-UTY002-17-001 will be lifted for the following areas.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative will sponsor Start-Up Alley at Solar Power International (SPI) in Las Vegas, Nevada from September 10-13. SPI is an annual solar energy conference and trade show that attracts over 18,000 professionals and 600 business from across the solar energy industry. The partnership will enable emerging solar companies to display their cutting-edge technologies at a special spot on the show floor.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - An illegal alien from Honduras living in North Texas was sentenced Monday to 17 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Future food crops will need to make and deliver their own natural pest controls, suggested internationally acclaimed chemist John A. Pickett during his 2017 Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Sterling B. Hendricks Memorial Lecture.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a former Morgan City Post Office custodian pleaded guilty to stealing from U.S. mail.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Kennesaw, GA- On Sept. 12, a public meeting is scheduled at Marietta High School Performing Arts Center (1171 Whitlock Rd, Marietta) from 5:00 - 7:00 pm by Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Superintendent Nancy Walther. The purpose of the meeting is to gain input from the public concerning...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation has begun its annual “flip-flop" operation in the Yakima Basin by gradually reducing flows out of Keechelus and Cle Elum reservoirs in the upper Yakima River basin and increasing flows from Rimrock Reservoir. This operation will affect flows in the Tieton and Naches rivers, and Kachess Reservoir flows into Lake Easton in the upper basin.
