News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ashan M. Benedict, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"), and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the Police Department for the City...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: Central Ore. - Annual campfire restrictions went into effect June 1, on portions of the Deschutes, John Day and Crooked Rivers, as well as on BLM-administered lands along Lake Billy Chinook. The number one goal of the BLM is promoting safety, and the river canyons present a combination of limited access...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired an oversight hearing held by the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to examine the U.S. Department of the Interior’s $11.7 billion budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2018, a reduction of more than $1 billion compared to the current fiscal year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Dominick Larenzo Johnson, age 30, of Greenville, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville to felon in possession of a firearm, a violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). United States District Court Judge Timothy...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, voted to confirm Brock Long, President Trump’s nominee to become the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which leads the federal government’s emergency management and prevention efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An East Orange, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to file false federal income tax returns on behalf of inmates at the Essex County Correctional Facility, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Shreveport man pleaded guilty Monday to possessing a pistol even though he was previously convicted of a felony.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: Summer is approaching and with the warmer weather comes increased risk to visitors along the California coast where dangerous rip currents can lead to dire circumstances if you aren’t informed. The National Park Service (NPS), the U.S. Coast Guard, the National Weather Service (NOAA), San Francisco Police...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: UPDATE. The charges against the defendant in this case, Hamidur Rashid, were dismissed on Nov. 20, 2017. Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Christian Schurman, Acting Director of the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (“DSS")...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Six Wichita area residents were indicted Tuesday on federal identity theft charges, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - On June 19, 2017, Beatrice Denise Welsh, 40, of Parker, Ariz., a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 42 months in prison. Welsh was found guilty by a federal jury of assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 9 months in prison and three years’ supervised release, consecutive to the 120 months sentence and supervised release provision he is serving currently from the District of Maryland, on his conviction of attempting to obtain contraband in prison, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: ST. LOUIS - - James Shroba, Special Agent in (SAC) of the St. Louis Division Office, announced that on Friday, June 16, 2017, Rodney B. Smith, 43, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to 147 months in the Bureau of Prisons for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in the St. Louis Metropolitan...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Alexis Vlachos, 40, of Montreal, Quebec, was recently extradited from Quebec to the District of Vermont to face multiple federal firearms charges, including exporting firearms from the United States into Canada without a permit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Possession of an Unregistered Firearm and Possession of a Stolen Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution at McDowell pleaded guilty today to possessing a weapon in prison, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Christopher Williams, 32, entered his guilty plea to possession of a weapon by an inmate of the institution.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: Summer is approaching and with the warmer weather comes increased risk to visitors along the California coast where dangerous rip currents can lead to dire circumstances if you aren’t informed. The National Park Service (NPS), the U.S. Coast Guard, the National Weather Service (NOAA), San Francisco Police...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: As Republicans continue to work to right the many wrongs of Obamacare, one thing remains clear: The status quo is unacceptable.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
News Release: JUNE 20, 2017 - The summary provides quarterly estimates of state and local government tax revenue at a national level, as well as detailed tax revenue data for individual states. This report produces three tables: Table 1 and Table 2 include income and sales data and Table 3 provides tax collections by state.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 20, 2017
Release: COLONIE, N.Y. - The number of passengers expected to fly this summer is expected to be the highest in years with more than 2.5 million passengers per day expected to pass through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints.
