News from July 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - Summer school students from Rocky Mountain Middle School in Cowley, Wyoming, recently took part in a Bureau of Land Management hands-on educational program on public land just north of Cody.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: MS-13 Gang Members Indicted in New York for Murder of Four Young Men in Park and Killing of Rival at Deli.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JAQUAN MCINTOSH, a/k/a “BJ," a member of the violent “2Fly YGz" (“2Fly"), a violent street gang that operated in and around the Eastchester Gardens public housing development (“ECG") in the Bronx, was...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Vice President of Porter Drywall and Black Star Drywall, Inc. was sentenced in U.S. District Court to five years of probation and ordered to pay more than $25,000 in restitution to the IRS for filing a false income tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - ROBERT SHANE APGAR, 33, of Oklahoma City, has been charged with falsely and maliciously reporting that his estranged ex-wife intended to blow up the Grady County Courthouse and with child exploitation and child pornography crimes, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Two men and one woman were indicted today in connection to five cell phone store armed robberies in the Las Vegas area, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Paul Wheeler (34, Tampa) to four years in federal prison for wire fraud. The Court also ordered him to forfeit $848,136.04, which is traceable to proceeds of the offense, and to pay restitution to his victims.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, July 29, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will present artillery programs near the King Monument, on Battleline Road, in Chickamauga Battlefield. Programs will begin at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, and 3:30 pm and will last approximately 30 minutes. Visitors should pick up a map to the program location inside the visitor center or to drive to Tour Stop 2 and follow the event signs for parking.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS. July 19, 2017 - The U.S. Census Bureau is now accepting applications for approximately 125 temporary positions that will support the address canvassing operation for the 2018 End-to-End Census Test in the Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, W.Va., area. Address canvassing will allow...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury in Dallas returned a one-count indictment last week charging a Dallas attorney and his assistant with conspiracy to commit marriage fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Moses Okot, 29, of Portland was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Okot pled guilty on March 29, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Yancy Kevon Wilson, age 23, and Randy Jones, Jr., age 23, both of Kershaw County, were sentenced yesterday afternoon in federal court for various charges stemming from the June 23, 2015, armed robbery of Sandhills Bank in Bethune, South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of opening mail matter by postal service employee, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: The price of the America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Senior Pass will increase from $10 to $80 on Aug. 28, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: “Since its entry into force in 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, has transformed the U.S. and North American economy. It has reduced barriers to our exports and allowed American businesses to sell their goods and services more freely and competitively to markets around the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the results of the July 2017 Federal Grand Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - DREW BLANTON, 35, and MARLAND GENE HADLEY, JR., 28, have been charged in separate indictments with bank robbery, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: "Sinful Innocence" talent agency used as front for prostitution ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BESIM MURIQI, 32, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 42 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing oxycodone.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of the Interior and the National Park Service announced today $13.3 million through the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program to assist 22 cities in 17 states with projects to plan, build, and enhance parks and other outdoor recreation facilities in underserved...
