News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, which resulted in the murder of a Mexican national, Oscar Adan Martinez-Gaxiola.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
News Release: The results of a two-decade long study of wolf populations in Alaska’s Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve have yielded new insights into how species management programs in adjacent areas affect protected wolf populations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Gabriel Rodriguez, 39, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 kilograms or more of marijuana before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years in prison, a maximum sentence of 40 years, and a fine of $5,000,000.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
News Release: MOOSE, WY - Grand Teton National Park is hosting a public open house on Tuesday, July 11, at the National Museum of Wildlife Art regarding the construction of a roundabout on US Highway 26/89/191 at the busy Gros Ventre Road and Sagebrush Drive intersection in the southern area of the park. Construction...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration today announced that the TSA Pre✓® program has reached a milestone with more than 5 million travelers enrolled. TSA Pre✓®, which opened its first application center in December 2013, now has more than 390 application centers nationwide, including locations at 44 airports.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced today that Keith Hagen, age 49, of Sisseton, South Dakota, was found guilty of several counts of fraud by a federal jury on June 28, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
News Release: Thurmond, WV - The National Park Service (NPS) at New River Gorge National River, National Coal Heritage Area, the Thurmond Performance Team, and Operation Lifesaver are hosting the fourth annual “Thurmond Train Day" in the historic railroad town of Thurmond, West Virginia, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm on...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced today that a former executive board member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe was sentenced in federal court to 20 months of imprisonment.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Join the BLM Campbell Creek Science Center and Alaska Native Plant Society on Thursday, July 13 at 6:00 pm for an evening celebrating native plants and the life of Verna Pratt.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Hall, 41, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a mandatory minimum 10 years in prison, a maximum of life and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Minneapolis, Minnesota, man made his initial appearance in federal court, following an indictment being filed against him by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
News Release: Thousand Oaks, CA - With the new moon that evening, the Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower nearing its peak, and the total solar eclipse the next month, the National Park Service is excited to present its annual summer Night Sky Festival in the Santa Monica Mountains on Saturday, July 22.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Gabriel Rodriguez, 39, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 kilograms or more of marijuana before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years in prison, a maximum sentence of 40 years, and a fine of $5,000,000.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
News Release: GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Saturday and Sunday, July 8 and 9, the National Park Service will commemorate the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into the Great War in 1917. Visitors to the Eisenhower National Historic Site will encounter living historians portraying members of the Allied forces and those of...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - A Jamaican national with pending felony charges was arrested June 16 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) deportation officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Tyler Carender was arrested this morning on federal charges that in the fall of 2016 he committed three arsons involving buildings at the St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and the Oak Crest Middle School, all located in Encinitas.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
Release: EAST ELMHURST, N.Y. - A Florida man was caught trying to carry a loaded gun past the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at LaGuardia Airport on July Fourth, the second gun catch within a five-day span at the busy New York airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Methamphetamine, was sentenced on June 27, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for attempting to entice an undercover officer, whom he believed was a 14-year-old girl, to meet for illicit sex.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- The National Park Service announces a solicitation for award of up to three contracts to provide logistical services in support of administrative river trips along the Colorado River within Grand Canyon National Park.
