News from May 2017
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: John Gherini, great-great-grandson of Santa Cruz Island ranch owner Justinian Caire, will share images and stories of Santa Cruz Island during the June From Shore to Sea lecture.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Irvington, New Jersey, man appeared in federal court today to face allegations that he possessed a firearm as a previously convicted felon, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park (ADIP) programs with the public throughout 2017. In addition, the community is invited to lend a hand to save native rainforest through the park’s Stewardship at the Summit (SAS) volunteer program.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: Fritch, Texas - Exciting news continues to come out of Lake Meredith National Recreation Area. The Park issued two Commercial Use Authorizations (CUA) to allow Wright-On Bait, Tackle and Watercraft Rental the ability to sell bait, tackle, camping supplies and rent boats at the Sanford-Yake boat launch area.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) - BLM Alaska Fire Service will conduct air simulations in the Chena Lakes Recreational Area tomorrow. This annual exercise combines a multitude of BLM AFS aerial firefighting resources and brings them together to recreate attacking a wildfire using mostly aviation assets. The air...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: HONOLULU - Pablo M. Rivera, age 41, of Honolulu, Hawaii, pled guilty today in federal court to one count of wire fraud. According to court documents, from July 2014 to January 2017, Rivera, the Chief Financial Officer of the University of the Nations (UOFN), defrauded UOFN of $3,096,241 through a scheme that involved Rivera submitting false invoices for construction related projects on UOFN’s campus.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: As Cultural Resource Program Manager for Gettysburg National Military Park, Winona Peterson’s work is filled with passion and personal commitment to ensuring the park’s cultural resources are preserved for today’s visitors and visitors in generations to come.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - Thursday marks the fifth and final sentencing in a series of federal prosecutions aimed at a drug trafficking ring which operated in the Gulf Coast states. Kendall Lewis, age 27, of Lecanto, Florida, appeared before a Chief U.S. District Judge and was sentenced to 90 months imprisonment, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent-In-Charge Brad L. Byerley and Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Rockland couple has been arrested and charged today with engaging in a scheme to embezzle more than $2.7 million from Bank of America using fraudulent donations to non-profit organizations. A third person, who was previously charged in a criminal complaint, was also charged in the indictment unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 33-year-old resident of Corpus Christi has pleaded guilty to possessing a controlled Substance with the intent to distribute and one count of receiving a misbranded drug in interstate commerce, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By State Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is asking visitors to be careful around work areas as cleanup and improvement work will begin Saturday, May 19, at the Rice Canyon Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area east of Susanville.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) are recirculating for public review the Biological Resources portion (Section 3.5) of the draft Initial Study and Environmental Assessment (IS/EA) and proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: Defendant previously deported four times. BOSTON - A Brazilian man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported. He was previously deported four times between 2003 and 2013. Waldier Desouza-Gomes, 35, a Brazilian national residing in...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Logan August, 30, of Bakersfield, and Derrick Penney, 34, of Star, Idaho, former deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Caleb Andrew Bailey, age 31, of Waldorf, Maryland, pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegal possession of unregistered machine guns, unregistered short-barreled rifles, unregistered destructive devices, and possession of child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Archie Ray Arbogast, of Dunmore, West Virginia, was sentenced today to six months incarceration for illegally possessing a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: Law enforcement training available. SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE/ALEXANDRIA/LAKE CHARLES/MONROE, La.: Members of the public join with law enforcement across the country for National Police Week - May 13th through May 21st - to honor law enforcement officers who made the ultimate sacrifice, as well as the family...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two Alvin residents have been ordered to prison for their involvement in transporting undocumented immigrants, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Guadalupe Segovia, aka “Sleepy," 44, of Mesquite, Texas was sentenced last week by Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn to 240 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in October 2016 to one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
