News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that GARRICK JONES, age 38, and RESHAD FRANK, age 39, both of Reserve, pled guilty yesterday to charges relating to narcotics trafficking, illegal possession of a firearm, and retaliation against a witness.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS - Bow drills, wool blankets, and tin plates- before modern technology, ingenious inventions and remarkable skills were important for the survival of the American Indians and boatmen who set up camps along the Old Trace. Today, people camp at Natchez Trace Parkway campgrounds just to have fun.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: A man who drove by a house in Waterloo, Iowa, and fired a gun twice at the detached garage was sentenced yesterday to more than three years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Defendant previously deported four times. BOSTON - A Honduran national was indicted yesterday in federal court in Boston on a federal immigration charge. William Maradiaga-Oseguera, 32, was indicted on one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. According to court documents, on Aug. 29, 2017...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An owner of a Fairfax gaming center was sentenced to prison today for obstructing justice and making false statements involving international terrorism.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS - The Tombigbee Pioneer Group will demonstrate pioneer era crafts and skills at the Parkway Visitor Center, from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm on Oct. 28, 2017. The demonstrations will show the challenges faced and creative solutions developed by those Americans who lived in the area from the 1700s to around 1840.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Anthony J. Fountain, 23, of Pensacola, was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty on July 20 to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and two counts of distributing methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By State Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the President’s reported decision not to recertify Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following President Trump’s decision to default on the Cost-Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments that help millions of Americans purchase health insurance...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Awards honor outstanding contributions towards the National Park Service mission.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Democratic Forum on “Addressing the Long-Term Effects of Football-Related Brain Injuries:"
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: The National Park Service is planning five prescribed fires this fall at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Approximately 950 acres are expected to be burned as a tool for the park's long-term restoration and hazard fuel reduction efforts.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Beginning in Jan. 1, 2018, the FAA will require newly designed aircraft to be quieter which will help toward lowering noise around airports and surrounding communities. Called “Stage 5 Airplane Noise Standards," this FAA rule ensures that the latest available noise reduction technology is incorporated ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Arches National Park officials plan to remove cottonwood trees in the visitor center parking lot and around the building to prevent infrastructure damage.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: CLEVELAND, Ohio - Four men from Akron, Ohio, have been indicted in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DONALD HUGHES, 42, of Groton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 12 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Arnoldo Mendoza Lepez, 45, of Littlefield, Texas was sentenced this morning before Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 405 months in federal prison following his guilty plea to his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: FBI is Seeking Information About a Bank Robbery in Tamarac.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: Due to concerns about low river flows impeding salmon migrations, Olympic National Park is closing the Quillayute, Dickey, and Hoh River mouths to fishing beginning Monday, October 16 until further notice. This closure includes portions of each river within the boundaries of Olympic National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Defendant Fled to Florida, Was Later Arrested by U.S. Marshals.
