News from May 2017
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1,347,957 visitors to New River Gorge National River, Bluestone National Scenic River, and Gauley River National Recreation Area spent $58,604,300 in communities near the three parks in 2016. That spending supported 877 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economies of $67,089,900. The parks span four counties in southern West Virginia: Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh, and Summers.
By State Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. President: Every day, all around the world, American diplomats should go to work confident that the United States government is doing everything possible to keep them safe. However, over 100 days into your Administration, in the office most directly responsible for their safety-that of Assistant...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, NH - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Jason Ponder, 36, an inmate who had been at the Federal Correctional Institution in Berlin, New Hampshire, was sentenced to eight months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing contraband in the prison. Ponder...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Pedro Triminio-Caballero, age 41, and a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today to time served (54 days in jail) for illegally re-entering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Timothy Justin George, 27, of Gloucester County, was sentenced today to six years in prison and 10 years of supervised release for distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A South Carolina man was arrested today on bank, wire, and mail fraud charges in connection with a “synthetic identity" fraud scheme that defrauded financial institutions of more than $340,000, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that Shylene Lopez, former Police of Puerto Rico (POPR) officer with the Carolina Drug Unit, has pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the civil rights of a juvenile arrestee. According to an indictment unsealed in September 2016, Lopez and co-defendants...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that G. Steven Pigeon, 56, of Buffalo, NY, was charged by complaint with unlawfully soliciting a campaign contribution from a foreign national and conspiracy to commit such an offense. The charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: Vicksburg National Military Park is recruiting local students, ages 16 and up, who would like to participate as volunteers in the park’s Summer 2017 Living History Program. There will be four program weekends throughout the summer. June 17-18, July 1-4, July 22-23, and August 5-6.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office is considering a proposal to relinquish 700 acres of a federal land withdrawal currently administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) near Fox, Alaska. The BLM has scheduled a May 18 public scoping meeting to provide information and seek public input on the proposal.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that James Robert Dowty, age 27, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, was found guilty of Second Degree Murder and Discharge of a Firearm during the Commission of a Crime of Violence at the conclusion of a federal trial in Rapid City, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on Friday, May 5, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Colombian man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to a federal immigration crime.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Keith Derwin Freeman, 43, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 15 months incarceration and ordered to pay a $3,000 fine for distributing heroin, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced nearly $3.9 million for 13 projects designed to stimulate the use of high performance supercomputing in U.S. manufacturing. The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Advanced Manufacturing Office's High Performance Computing for Manufacturing...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge John E. Steele today sentenced Tacuma Ivan Horrobin (36, Lehigh Acres) to eight years in federal prison for drug distribution and firearm offenses. He pleaded guilty on January 9, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two men who participated in a heroin conspiracy in the Huntington area between 2014 and 2016 pleaded guilty today to federal drug charges, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Mark Steven Bush, Jr., 29, of Detroit, entered his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. Tiquan R. Lang, 22, of Port St. Joe, Florida, entered his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Larry Stinson, Jr., 34, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today in federal court to 72 months incarceration for heroin distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: Public Meetings Announced for Next Segment of Beach Drive Rehabilitation.
By DOL Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: The Honorable Lamar Alexander. Chairman, Committee on. Health, Education, Labor & Pensions. U.S. Senate. Washington, DC 20510. The Honorable Orrin Hatch. Chairman, Committee on Finance. U.S. Senate. Washington, DC 20510. Senators Alexander and Hatch, In light of reports of ongoing, secret negotiations...
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The California Trail Interpretive Center presents a temporary exhibit, “EIDOS: Contemplating the Pioneer Experience," by San Francisco Artist Ann Belden. EIDOS commemorates the Trail Center’s 5th anniversary taking place this year.
