News from May 2017
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: “If you can cross the creek to Roanoke Island, you will find ‘safe haven.’ During the American Civil War, word of a “safe haven" in North Carolina spread throughout the state and attracted thousands of enslaved people to Roanoke Island. Enslaved African-Americans risked punishment, family separation, and even their lives to reach the freedom waiting for them on Roanoke Island.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: For Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JUSTIN PARKER, also known as “Tre," 30, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to a heroin distribution offense.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney G. F. “Pete" Peterman, III announces that Steven Craig Deason, Jr., age 40 of Gray, Georgia, was sentenced today to serve 144 months in Federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervision, for attempted online enticement of a minor and attempted transfer of obscene matter to a minor. Mr. Deason will also be required to register as a sex offender. U.S. District Court Judge Marc Thomas Treadwell handed down the sentence.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior will host four listening sessions in Arizona during the week of May 15th where members of the public; local, state, and tribal elected officials; and other stakeholders can express their views on the future of the Navajo Generating Station (NGS).
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: YREKA, CALIF. - The Bureau of Reclamation, PacifiCorp and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) are seeking applications for funding to implement coho habitat restoration projects within the Klamath River and its tributaries downstream of Iron Gate Dam.
By Homeland Newswire | May 5, 2017
Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Louisville International Airport would like to remind passengers to expect higher than usual passenger volume starting this weekend as travelers return home from the 2017 Kentucky Derby.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Detroit, Michigan man had his initial appearance today following an indictment by a grand jury on May 2, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: DALLAS, Texas - Lee Robertson, 33, and Tasmin Stewart, a/k/a “Taz," 30, both of Baton Rouge, Louisiana were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater stemming from their involvement in a “pill mill" operation, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Lafayette man was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for operating a scheme to take money from the families of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees on the false promise that he would provide the ICE detainees assistance in their immigration proceedings.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: Due to the weather, the West Point Alumni Glee Club will be performing their tribute to Vietnam Veterans at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center located at 1195 Baltimore Pike Gettysburg, PA 17325. Doors will open at 5:30 pm and the concert will start at 6 pm. The performance will take place in the Group Lobby of the Museum and Visitor Center. The concert is free with seating available on a first come, first served basis.
By Homeland Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - A Canadian man made his initial appearance in federal court Thursday afternoon following his arrest for traveling to the United States to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: Peoria, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm sentenced Jordan D. Salem, 25, of Peoria, Ill., to serve 35 years in prison for producing child pornography while registered as a sex offender. Judge Mihm ordered that Salem remain on supervised release for a period of 15 years following the completion of his prison term. Salem pled guilty to the charges on June 28, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. sentenced a Tampa, Florida man to 192 months in prison on production of child pornography charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Cogburn also ordered Richard...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 76-year-old Montgomery man has been convicted on two counts related to an investment fraud scheme involving more than 50 victims and more than $5 million, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: Ely, Nev.--The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a notice of implementation for the Ely District Cave and Karst Management Plan and Environmental Assessment in the Federal Register on May 5, 2017. The Plan will replace the outdated Ely District Cave Management Plan (1986). Revision was needed to bring the plan into compliance with current laws and regulations while providing for site-specific management actions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Johan Rijo-Richiez, age 30, and a citizen of the Dominican Republic residing in Utica, New York, was sentenced today to 35 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute cocaine, illegal firearm possession, and three identity theft-related convictions.
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent letters to the Acting Assistant Administrators and Acting Regional Administrators of 19 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offices to request a briefing from each on President Trump’s proposed cuts to the Agency. The request comes after...
By Homeland Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: As the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) hiring surge becomes a reality under an executive order from President Donald Trump, new hires will focus on civil and criminal immigration enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
