News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ARTURO CASTRO, 52, of Wilmette, Illinois, pleaded guilty yesterday in Bridgeport federal court to one count of use of an interstate facility to persuade a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - A hiker descending Lady Mountain, slipped near the summit, and fell approximately one hundred feet, into a narrow rock ravine. A friend, who witnessed the fall, reported the accident to Zion Dispatch at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday, June 6, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND - The Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Clifford D. Johnson, announced that Adam Russell Hegyi, age 30, of Crown Point, Indiana was charged with transferring obscenity to a person under 16 and online stalking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: James Sexton Lied About Working While Receiving Disability Benefits.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Responses to Ranking Member's multiple information requests to GSA have been incomplete or systematically ignored
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Cornelia Tom Tapaha, 41, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced today in Santa Fe, N.M., to 24 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for her conviction on an assault charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - William James Peddicord, 31, Jammie Lee Moore, 45, John-Kiet Dinh Nguyen, 30, and Drew Kendall Frost, 38, were sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater for their roles in trafficking methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - As part of an Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act land conveyance to Eklutna Inc., the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has issued an updated navigability determination for the upper Knik River, finding that the river is navigable from Friday Creek to the Knik Glacier (the portion of the river commonly considered to constitute the upper Knik River).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - David H. Bentz, 46, of Norwell, MA, is scheduled to be sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence on September 8, 2017, having pleaded guilty to traveling interstate for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. Bentz pleaded guilty on June 2, 2017, before U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Armed Robbery Took Place on Holiday Morning.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: In 2016, Rocky Mountain National Park was the fourth most visited national park with over 4.5 million visitors. This visitation represents a 32 percent increase since 2014, and a 40 percent increase since 2012. Over the last 100 years, the reasons people visit are the same; to experience nature, to seek solitude, to enjoy scenic grandeur, to watch wildlife, and to partake in outstanding recreational activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - On June 5, 2017, Jordan Lee Etzel, 25, of Fort McDowell, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake to 41 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. He had previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Keith Delee Ordered Held in Custody Pending Trial.
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: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Stephen Adonis Conley, age 30, also known as "Steph," of Muskegon Heights, Michigan was sentenced to the maximum possible sentence of 10 years in federal prison for possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon, Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney imposed a three-year term of supervised release that will commence once Conley is released from imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Kan., man was sentenced in federal court today for a carjacking that ended in a multiple-vehicle collision with injuries and the death of the car owner’s dog.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced that SHALOM LAMM pled guilty to conspiracy to corrupt the electoral process, in connection with an election in Bloomingburg, New York. LAMM pled guilty earlier today before United States District Judge Vincent Briccetti in White Plains federal court.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, hosted a roundtable entitled, “A Historic View of the Clean Air Act: Providing the Way for Cleaner Air, Innovation, and Economic Opportunities. " Below are Senator Carper's opening remarks, as prepared for delivery. Participant biographies and remarks are also available below.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today following news that health insurance provider Anthem will pull out of Ohio’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 10 a.m. in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Promoting Security in Wireless Technology."
