News from May 2017
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: (Martinez, CA) - The John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, CA, features a new exhibit, In the Footsteps of John Muir, by Scottish photographer Ken Paterson. The exhibit is on display in one of the bedrooms of John Muir’s Victorian home. Ken Paterson will give a special talk about the inspiration...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Clifford D. Johnson, announced that Rodoundy Smith, age 31, of South Bend, Indiana was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, after a two-day jury trial before United States District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced on May 23, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By State Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) joined Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats Subcommittee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and Committee Vice Chairman Paul Cook (R-CA) in introducing H.Res. 355 to condemn the Manchester terror attack and reaffirm America’s unwavering support for the people of the United Kingdom.
By Homeland Newswire | May 24, 2017
Release: Office of Public Affairs. Contact: 571-227-2829. “Over the past year, TSA has been adjusting screening procedures at select U.S. airports on a trial basis in an effort to improve screener performance at the checkpoint. There are no changes to what is allowed in carry-on bags. Travelers at select test...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Mehul Chandubhai Patel, a/k/a "Mike Patel," 31, of Battle Creek, Michigan, was sentenced yesterday for lying to Labor Department investigators about the wages paid to his staff. The charges stem from Patel’s violation of minimum wage rules in connection with two hotels he operated in Battle Creek and Coldwater, Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: He and Co-Defendant Also Sentenced for Insurance Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 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 Serious Bodily Injury.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. President: The law requires, and it is your obligation under the law, to pay the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) cost-sharing reduction payments. Equivocation on this matter destabilizes the market and hurts American families by directly increasing their health care costs. Cost-sharing reduction...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Romanian man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield in connection with an ATM card skimming scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Keyser, West Virginia woman was indicted on May 16 by a federal grand jury on charges she failed to register as a sex offender, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Experience your national park through art! Join us at Mound City on select Tuesdays this summer for Art in the Park with teacher Maryjo Flamm-Miller. Learn about different artists, art styles, and art techniques each week! Then make art yourself - paint, sculpt, draw, collage. The class is FREE for all participants. Supplies will be provided.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former aide at a Lawrence public school pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to drug charges involving kilos of cocaine and thousands of oxycodone pills.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that today Chief United States District Court Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Aren Lee Perryman, aka Filthy, age 32, of Spokane, Washington, to a 30-year term of imprisonment after pleading...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Lance Hardiman, Justin Pressley, and Rodrick Berklery of Longs, South Carolina, were charged in a 8-count federal indictment arising from the armed takeover of the South State Bank in North Myrtle Beach on May 4, 2016, and the ensuing high speed chase and exchange of gun fire that followed.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Enrique S. Cavazos and his Wife, who Pleaded Guilty to a Money Laundering Charge, will Forfeit Proceeds of their Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Activities, including Property, Vehicles, Cash and Other Assets Valued at more than $1,883,500.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAMON L. KILLINGS, also known as “Blade," 39, of Bridgeport, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, G. F. “Pete" Peterman, III, announced today that an indictment was returned by a grand jury sitting in the United States District Court in Macon, Georgia on May 11, 2017, which charged 16 defendants with drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: For 2017, the outlook calls for a 70 percent percent probability of 5 to 8 tropical cyclones, which includes tropical depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes. An average season produces 4 to 5 tropical cyclones.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A gang member who sold crack-cocaine for the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips was sentenced today to 112 months in prison, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
