News from May 2017
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: POCATELLO, ID - The Bureau of Land Management Pocatello Field Office and Upper Snake Field Office will be issuing firewood cutting permits June 1 through Nov. 30, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was charged Wednesday in federal court in Boston with sex trafficking.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: “Please join in the new programs and special events that best suit your family on the trails and the green spaces, in the shade gardens and the galleries. You can experience history, explore literacy, learn about citizenship and encourage wellness at your national park." All NPS programs are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. More information is always available from a park ranger at the Arch Information Desk or the Old.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Miguel David Ayala, 38, of Cynthiana, Kentucky, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury of pharmacy robbery and possession with intent to distribute Hydrocodone pills.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) held two public meetings earlier this week in preparation for the next phase of work on Beach Drive. The three-year construction project remains on schedule with the first segment of construction, between Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway and Park Road/Tilden Street NW, concluding mid to late summer. Stay up to date by visiting go.nps.gov/beachdrive and signing up for Nixle alerts by texting BEACHDRIVE to 888777.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Derrick Pitts, 46, Shawn Cunningham, 46, and Travel Jefferson, 36, all of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Carl R. Bonser, age 56, of Lehighton, Pennsylvania, pled guilty today before United States District Judge James M. Munley to making false claims against the government. Bonser is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 1, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: Today, SHAWN N. ANDERSON, Acting United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), announced that defendant QIRAN LI, age 31, from Susupe, Saipan, was sentenced in District Court to an 18-month term of imprisonment, to be followed by two years of supervised release...
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2017
Release: NEW YORK - The Transportation Security Administration and American Airlines jointly launched two new automated security screening lanes in Terminal 8 at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) earlier this week, introducing state-of-the-art checkpoint technology to the American Airlines terminal...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Deanna Roberts has been sentenced to eleven years and three months in federal prison for illegally injecting persons with liquid silicone and for introducing liquid silicone that was obtained by fraud into interstate commerce. One woman died approximately 36 hours after Roberts performed the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that an Arkansas man has pleaded guilty in federal court to making bomb threats to the Cedar County Courthouse in an effort to cancel his own court hearing that he feared would send him to jail.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: Today, SHAWN N. ANDERSON, Acting United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), announced that defendant JINGBO CHEN, also known as Jingbo San Nicolas or “Kim," age 43, of Navy Hill, Saipan, was sentenced in District Court to a thirty (30) day term of imprisonment...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the father of a man convicted of leading a large-scale drug-trafficking conspiracy in Columbia, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for threatening the attorney who represented one of his son’s co-defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: Over 50 Arrested in Merced County Gang Enforcement Action on May 10, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: BISMARCK, N.D. -- The Bureau of Reclamation would like to notify the public that discharging and/or possession of "Fireworks" is illegal on all U.S. Bureau of Reclamation land as per the Code of Federal Regulations (43 CFR Part 423.30).
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson announced today that U.S. District Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced JIMMY R. DAVIS, age 29, of Zachary, Louisiana, to serve thirty (30) years in federal prison following his convictions for distribution of child pornography and transferring...
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: Las Vegas - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Las Vegas Field Office, is seeking public comments on a proposal to sell 17 parcels, totaling 81.25 acres of public land in Clark County, Nevada. The competitive sale would be by sealed and oral bidding in accordance with the Southern Nevada Public Land...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Pennsylvania man was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with failure to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to an Intimate Partner.
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is inviting applications for grants to support economic development in rural communities.
