News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington today sentenced Pedro Garcia (34, Manatee County) to six years and six months in federal prison for knowingly possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the firearm and ammunition involved in the offense.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA- A pilot program for backcountry permit reservations will begin March 15, 2017 for popular backcountry areas within North Cascades National Park Service Complex. Backcountry visitation has increased over the past several years and permits have become difficult to obtain in certain areas...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: FEB 10 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Scott Slagel, 41, of Westerly, Rhode Island was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr., to three years’ probation for operating a butane hash oil lab in his Westerly residence. Slagel pleaded guilty on May 13, 2016, to endangering human life while illegally manufacturing a controlled substance.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: A 60-year-old male suffered a leg injury in a sliding fall on the Twin Sisters Trail earlier today. Because the location of the injured man is just outside the boundary of the park, Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue Team and the Larimer County Search and Rescue Team initiated a unified command for the operation. Rocky Mountain Rescue is also assisting. Park rangers were notified of the injury early this afternoon via cell phone by the man’s hiking partner.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This morning a U.S. Magistrate Judge sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., found probable cause to support a criminal complaint charging Taylor Overton Foster, 28, of White Plains, N.Y., with a phencyclidine (PCP) trafficking offense. Foster was released pending trial to a halfway house and will be under pretrial supervision and other conditions of release.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management, in conjunction with other agencies within the Department of the Interior, will waive recreation-related fees for visitors to public lands on four occasions in 2017- Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 16, 2017), Presidents Day (Feb. 20, 2017), National Public Lands Day (Sept. 30, 2017), and Veterans Day Weekend (November 11-12, 2017).
By DOE Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today announced that the subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, examining the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) reauthorization, budget, spectrum auctions, and proceedings. All three current commissioners are set to testify.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), announced the unsealing of a complaint charging Victor Peterson, 54, with selling fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in the death of a 39-year-old Upper West Side man.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: FT. WORTH, Texas - Seven defendants, including members and associates of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas prison gang were sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge John McBryde. U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas made today’s announcement. In September 2016 they were convicted following a four-day jury trial for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in north Texas from approximately January 2014 to April 2016
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Applications are now being accepted for the 2017 ‘Imi i ka Lama Collegiate Internship Program at Haleakalā National Park. There will be a total of five positions available, in the fields of Endangered Wildlife Management, Facilities Management, Interpretation, and Visitor/Resources Protection. One Team Leader will also be chosen. Students interested in natural resources or education careers are encouraged to apply.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - The Subcommittee on Aviation will begin a series of hearings next week as part of its preparations for developing the next Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill, a key legislative effort in ensuring a modern 21st century infrastructure and transportation policies.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A North Las Vegas man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for possession of a stolen firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are increasing flows from Lucky Peak Dam because of above-normal winter precipitation in the Boise River drainage. Flows through the City of Boise will increase from the current flow of 240 cubic-feet-per-second (cfs) to approximately 750...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement today after Hon. Ann Marie Buerkle was designated to serve as Acting Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael J. Costello, age 42, of Archbald, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to receiving and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK - Thomas A. Burnell, age 34, of Plattsburgh, New York, was charged today with distributing heroin resulting in another person’s death.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement today after Hon. Ann Marie Buerkle was designated to serve as Acting Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 27, of Sterling, a former member of the Army National Guard, was sentenced today to 11 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Buffalo National River Partners, Harrison, AR - Back by popular demand, the Harrison-based modern folk band National Park Radio will return to Steel Creek to play a free concert at 5:00 PM on Saturday, April 22, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: A former Summit County councilwoman was convicted of taking cash bribes in exchange for trying to influence court proceedings and investigations, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
