News from December 2017
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: The holiday season is a great time to visit Rocky Mountain National Park. In addition to beautiful scenery, wildlife viewing and a variety of winter recreational activities to do on your own, some terrific programs and activities with park rangers are offered. Expect areas like Bear Lake to be busy over the holiday weekends.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: Today, federal authorities arrested 35-year-old Evelyn Gonzalez of Glendale Heights, IL, on federal drug trafficking charges, bringing the total number of those arrested over the past week in connection with this distribution operation to 14, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash and Special Agent in Charge Karen I. Flowers, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Joe William Cooper, age 59, of Konawa, Oklahoma pled guilty to Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, and up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Avelarto Lopez Garcia, age 22, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to time served (29 days in jail) for illegally re-entering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Prince George Kelly (36, Apollo Beach) to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison for possessing ammunition as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered him to serve three years of supervised release and to forfeit the ammunition seized in the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that two Shawano men were recently sentenced to prison sentences after convictions for firearms offenses in Northeastern Wisconsin. On Dec. 12, 2017, Gary W. Hancock (age: 24) was sentenced to 15 months in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Joseph Brown, 49, of North Franklin, Conn., was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Andrew W. Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: At the request of U.S. national security and law enforcement agencies, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is using its existing authority under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations § 99.7 - “Special Security Instructions" - to address concerns about unauthorized drone operations over seven Department of Energy (DOE) facilities.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 13 individuals to serve on the National Watermelon Promotion Board. Members newly appointed to serve three-year terms are.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) on Friday released the conference committee report of H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a comprehensive tax overhaul bill that will reduce a typical American family’s taxes by more than $2,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who pleaded guilty to robbing an armored vehicle and stealing 18 firearms, including a silencer, from a gun store, was sentenced today to 63 months in prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Dec. 14, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Andie Nikolany-Geigel for interference with commerce by threats or violence, using a firearm during a crime of violence, and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury has found Gustavo Enrique Llanos Miranda (62) and Jair Mendoza Montoya (49), both of Colombia, South America, guilty of conspiring to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine on board a vessel subject...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: Point Reyes Station, Calif. - Park Superintendent Cicely Muldoon announces the twentieth year of shuttle bus transportation beginning Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017, and running through late March 2018. "Winter is a wonderful time not only to watch the annual Pacific gray whale migration from Alaska to...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 17, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a letter sent to the Oversight Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee suggesting that the General...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.- Construction will begin as early as Jan. 2, 2018 at the Hermit Road interchange to resurface and improve the Hermit Road and Village Loop intersection. This is the first part of a 2018 Federal Highways Administration project to improve several intersections and about 15 miles of roads in the park. The road improvements will help preserve and extend the life of existing roads. Work will be completed by Fann Contracting, Inc of Prescott, AZ.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 DHS Continues to Raise Security Standards Across the Board WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C., Dec. 15, 2017– U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Forest Service presence in Southern California has increased, as nearly 982 personnel are now engaged in the effort to fight raging fires and save lives. Critical fire weather conditions continue to threaten large portions of ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Dec. 15, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue hailed President Trump’s release of the Unified Agenda and the results of regulatory reform efforts undertaken since the Executive Orders on Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs and Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda were signed nearly a year ago.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: Recent studies have concluded that the international trade in counterfeit and pirated goods are a multi-billion dollar industry globally that continues to grow. Trademark counterfeiting, copyright piracy and other forms of intellectual property rights (IPR) infringements are found in virtually every ...
