News from July 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Mark your calendar for the 2017 Port Oneida Fair at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) where history comes alive at six historic sites. Friday and Saturday, August 11-12, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Port Oneida becomes a lively fun-filled location once again. This two-day event includes rural history demonstrations, activities, and special events each day. The event will end Saturday night with solar viewing and an astronomy party.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - A man charged with fatally shooting Memphis Police Department Officer Sean Bolton was sentenced today for being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition and armed carjacking. The defendant, Tremaine Wilbourn, 31, has pending state charges for capital murder. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentencing today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: A Broward County, Florida tax return preparer pleaded guilty today to conspiring to file and filing fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Jackson, TN - A Lake County man has been indicted on federal drug charges. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the indictment today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that THOMAS HEAPHY, JR., 42, of East Moriches, N.Y., waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to conspiracy and tax offenses stemming from his role in a securities fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSON CO, TN - On Saturday, July 8, 2017, Tyler Noe was bicycling on the Natchez Trace Parkway near the park’s northern terminus. A black Volvo passing the bicyclists struck Noe, causing serious but non-life threatening injuries. The Volvo failed to stop and left the scene. A bicyclist wearing a camera recorded video of the incident.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Defendant helped three previously-sentenced codefendants fraudulently obtain over $2.1 million from his bank.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement this morning after the Senate rejected the so-called “skinny" Trumpcare amendment...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management is issuing a Notice of Intent to initiate the public scoping process for a Lease by Application (LBA) for a coal lease in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Alaska State Troopers and National Park Rangers were able to land at the crash site last night and recover the body of the pilot, which was flown to the Medical Examiner's office in Anchorage.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) introduced the Border Security for America Act. The bill includes a provision by Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) preventing federal agencies from impeding U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) activities pertaining to illegal border crossings on federal lands. Chairman Rob Bishop, an original co-sponsor of the bill, issued the following statement.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Savannah River Site (SRS) conducted an emergency response exercise on active shooters this month that will yield important lessons learned.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement this morning after the Senate rejected the so-called “skinny" Trumpcare amendment...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Florida Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Using Stolen IDs to File Fraudulent Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Fairfield man for an armed car-jacking in Birmingham’s Avondale community in March, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge David W. Archey.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump appointed Department of Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly as the new White House chief of staff...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Subcommittee on Environment Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Inspector General today requesting a review of Administrator Scott Pruitt’s frequent travel to his home state of Oklahoma at the taxpayers’ expense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Hayward Tarver, 38, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, before U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charges carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Fairfield man for an armed car-jacking in Birmingham’s Avondale community in March, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge David W. Archey.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Janeski, age 38, of Edison, New Jersey was sentenced on July 27, 2017, by United States District Court Judge Yvette Kane to serve 360 months’ imprisonment for sexual exploitation of a child.
