News from July 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA- On July 1, 2017 Olympic National Park dispatch received a report from a hiker of a deceased male on the coast near Norwegian Memorial within Olympic National Park. A hasty team comprised of protection rangers, backcountry rangers and fire personnel were sent in on foot to locate the body. The team located the body of William “Dave" Woodson, 60, of Kingston, Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Robert Dion Ables, 40, of Hutchins, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 960 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in March 2017 to one count of receipt of child pornography and two counts of production of child pornography. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that on July 7, 2017, Nicole Lynn Mount, 34, of Lincoln, was sentenced to 10 years (120 months) in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine. Following the prison term, Mount will serve five years on supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: Join Cape Cod National Seashore’s Natural Resource Management and Science staff on Thursday, July 13 for an inside look at plans to restore Wellfleet’s Herring River. The one-hour illustrated program will be held at 7 pm at the Salt Pond Visitor Center auditorium in Eastham.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 143,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico. Of the total 11,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2016/2017 marketing year and 132,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By State Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, this evening made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine that was shipped from California to Springfield, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 30 years imprisonment for six counts of Production of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and one count of Possession of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, followed by a lifetime supervised release, and a $700.00 special assessment, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 38-year-old resident of Houston has been arrested in connection with the submission of falsified funds requests to an investment adviser for the Basilian Father’s Missions of the Catholic Church (BFM), announced Acting United States Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: Cape Cod National Seashore Interim Superintendent Kathy Tevyaw is pleased to announce that the rehabilitation of the historic Salt Pond Amphitheater in Eastham is complete, and public programs are underway. Set alongside the tranquil Salt Pond, the revitalized amphitheater will be the site for family fun, films, traditional illustrated ranger talks, concerts, and other performance events.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: Omaha Man Arrested for Making Threats Against U.S. Senator from Iowa.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that a proposed amendment to the federal marketing order for cranberries grown in the States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and New York (Long Island) did not pass in a referendum held from Jan. 23 through Feb. 13, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democratic Leaders of the Energy and Commerce and Oversight and Government Reform committees today sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking it to examine the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) information technology and information security practices.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: PUT-IN-BAY (OH) - On July 31, 2017 Dan Skoufos will retire from the National Park Service after 22 years, more than two decades spent at his current duty station at Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial here at Put-in-Bay.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Lake Lotawana, Mo., attorney was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a fraud conspiracy in which he and his former law partner stole more than $1.2 million from St. Luke’s Health System, a client of their former law firm.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: MEEKER, Colo. - On Friday, July 7, the White River Field Office will implement Stage 1 fire restrictions for all BLM-administered public lands within the field office. Fire managers make decisions about fire restrictions on moisture conditions and other risk factors such as predicted weather and current fire activity.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: Road construction on Shafer Trail at Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park will result in its closure to all travel weekdays from July 18 through July 28. The road will be open on weekends.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On July 7, 2017, Dr. Jean-Francois Geschwind, age 53, of Westport, Connecticut, pled guilty to four counts of mail fraud arising from a multi-year scheme to unlawfully obtain travel expense reimbursements from his former employer, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Geschwind was employed as a physician in the Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology between 1998 and 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: PINEDALE, Wyo. - In its ongoing effort to provide opportunities for responsible energy development, support the creation of jobs, and facilitate positive economic impacts to local communities, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released its initial environmental analysis of a major natural gas...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: DALLAS -Wesley Michael Woodyard, 66, most recently from Dallas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 87 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud Ace European Insurance Company (ACE) located in London, England of more than $4.6 million from approximately 2002 through 2013, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
