News from June 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: On May 27, 2017 fishing for White Sturgeon at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area was opened for the first time in years. Fishery managers in Washington state and British Columbia began sturgeon hatchery programs in the early 2000s in response to a decades-long decline in the white sturgeon population...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Hartford, Conn. - Aurelle Huckabee, 22, of Waterbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl to an overdose victim. The sentence was announced by Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Grand Canyon National Park fire managers-working with resources from Sedona Fire Department, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Rocky Mountain National Park, Zion National Park, Saguaro National Park and Kaibab National Forest-are continuing operations on the Long Jim III Prescribed Fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former Clearfield, Pa., resident was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on charges of false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE -Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Jonathan Cruz-Marte, age 34, formerly of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced on Friday to serve 55 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute over a kilogram of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Precias K. Freeman., age 35, of Lyman, South Carolina, pled guilty today in federal court in Anderson, to a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute hydrocodone, a violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, Joseph Valerio, of Smithtown, New York, was sentenced at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, to 60 years’ imprisonment for the production, transportation, receipt and possession of child pornography. The sentencing proceeding was held before United States District Judge Joseph F. Bianco, who also ordered Valerio to serve a lifetime term of supervised release to follow his prison sentence. Valerio will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joe J. Zambrano, 55, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to six months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for his conviction on a misdemeanor charge of assaulting, resisting and impeding a federal officer in the performance of their official duties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: CASPER Wyo.- The 37th annual re-ride of the Pony Express National Historic Trail will pass through Casper on Friday, June 9, at approximately 2 p.m. at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
Release: LINTHICUM, Md. - The number of passengers expected to fly this summer season is expected to be the highest in years with more than 2.5 million passengers per day expected to pass through Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced yesterday that Patrick J. Brooks, II, 37, formerly of Boscawen, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for possession of oxycodone with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Juan Rojas, 32, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was sentenced to six years in federal prison for his participation in two...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: RAPID CITY, S.D. -- Reclamation and the South Dakota Army National Guard are in year four of a five year agreement permitting the Guard access to Reclamation lands at Belle Fourche Reservoir to conduct Operation Golden Coyote. This is a military training exercise and runs from June 10 through June 24.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: On Saturday, June 24, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will host a special living history program at Point Park about the 31st Iowa Infantry and their participation in the Iowa state elections just before the Battle of Lookout Mountain.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park visitors can now purchase a one day entrance pass or weekly entrance pass online. Visit go.nps.gov/rockyfees and follow the prompts. Your email confirmation will serve as your pass. Print out your email receipt, or show park staff at the entrance station your email confirmation on your mobile device. Take a screen shot of your email if you are concerned about your cellular coverage.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s June 2017 Total Water Supply Available (TWSA) forecast for the Yakima Basin indicates the water supply will fully satisfy senior and junior water rights this irrigation season.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Federal inmate Deldrick D. Jackson and his fiancée Kelly M. Bass pleaded guilty to conspiring to assist inmates to escape from the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. Jackson and Bass conspired to provide escaped inmates with transportation to and from USP Atlanta in exchange for a fee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Justin Brooks, age 28, of Rensselaer, New York, was sentenced today to 3 years of probation, with 6 months of home detention, for conspiring to distribute oxycodone in Albany County.
