News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Yvon Juteau, 32, a non-Indian man who resides in Rancho de Taos, N.M., was sentenced this afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 30 months in prison for his conviction on an assault charge. Juteau will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Luray, Virginia: Shenandoah National Park will honor America’s Wilderness heritage during its 17th annual Wilderness Weekend, September 9 and 10, 2017. Celebrate Wilderness by viewing Shenandoah’s Wilderness from Skyline Drive, hiking a Wilderness trail, joining a ranger program, learning how to use...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Beginning Sept. 1, Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest will restrict campfires to developed campgrounds and picnic areas only until further notice.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
Release: LAS VEGAS - Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (LAS) today announced that automated screening lanes have been installed and are in use at Terminal 3. This state-of-the-art checkpoint technology enhances security efficiency while decreasing the amount of time travelers spend during the security screening process.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Fair Saint Louis is returning home and will mark the Grand Opening of the new Gateway Arch experience. After four successful years at Forest Park, Fair Saint Louis will return to its original home since 1981 at the Gateway Arch, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. The 2018 Fair will coincide...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Representatives from numerous federal and state law enforcement agencies have formed a working group to investigate and prosecute illegal activity related to Hurricane Harvey.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Owner of Engineering Firms and CPA Charged in Hawaii with Tax Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that four individuals associated with drug trafficking in Kodiak have been indicted by a federal grand jury for various drug trafficking and related crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announces the return of an Indictment charging five Brazilian citizens with crimes related to a bank card skimming ring that was uncovered earlier this month.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"),, announced today the arrest of JAMIE FRIERSON in connection a robbery spree involving...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Roseburg, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management, Roseburg District is issuing an amendment to the temporary emergency closure of public lands in Douglas County, Oregon. This closure affects public lands within and adjacent to the Horse Prairie fire, on lands administered by the BLM.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: On September 16 and 17, the National Park Service will sponsor its 21st annual World War II living history weekend at the Eisenhower National Historic Site. The public is invited to tour World War II encampments of over 700 living historians portraying Allied and German troops. The camps are authentically recreated by over 90 living history units and include original World War II vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeks the Public’s Assistance in Identifying South Side Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose Dejesus, 35, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin and being a felon in possession of ammunition before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Benjamin G. Greenberg, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Katherine Fernandez Rundle, State Attorney, Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office; Adolphus P. Wright, Special Agent...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - David McShan, 39, of Steubenville, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 74 months in prison and eight years of supervised release for his role in running a Steubenville-area heroin-trafficking ring.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: The concept of a federal wealth transfer tax system dates back to 1797 when its revenue was primarily used to finance wars or prepare for the threat of wars. Fast forward to recent history where the federal wealth transfer tax system is made up of the federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes. Proceeds are lumped into Treasury’s “general fund" used for federal government spending.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Eleasar Rodriguez-Torres, a/k/a “Rogelio Rodriguez-Martinez," of Doylestown, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about July 31, 2017, Rodriguez-Torres, an alien, and native...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jonathan Jacome, age 27, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, Cindy Jacome, age 28, of West Hazelton, Pennsylvania, and Melissa Castiglione, age 30, of Mountain Top, were indicted on August 8, 2017, by a federal grand jury on fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering, and obstruction charges. The case was unsealed on Aug. 30, 2017.
