News from October 2017
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: YUMA, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Yuma Field Office plans to conduct a prescribed burn approximately 15 miles north of Yuma, near Senator Wash Reservoir. The burn may be conducted as early as Oct. 24, though the exact start date and time for the burning operation is dependent upon appropriate weather conditions.
By State Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today convened a hearing on authorizations for the use of military force (AUMF). Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis testified.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Hot Springs, Arkansas - If you have ever wondered what it was like to be a hiker or explorer, a fur trapper or soldier, or perhaps what it was like to be a member of the upper and middle class centuries ago, then “Historic Specters Haunt Bathhouse Row" is the program for you.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - A 46-year-old woman from Mountain View was arrested Friday night for driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park and refusing to provide a breath sample. Her name is being withheld during the preliminary investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet to discuss recreation, access and transportation issues at its next meeting in November.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: To honor those who have served in our armed forces, all national parks are waiving entrance fees on Veterans Day weekend, including Point Park, which is part of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Mohammed Akram, 29, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to two counts of misbranding food before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charges carry a maximum penalty of six years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Sentencing has been scheduled on Mar. 5, 2018, for Matthew J. Higgins-Vogt, 25, of Decatur, Ill., who today pled guilty to his role in the April 2015, armed robbery of the Circle K convenience store and murder of 19-year-old Paige Mars, also of Decatur.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management has rescinded the fire prevention order that was issued June 30.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Kansas Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Glenna Elswick Admitted to Purchasing Firearms for her Son; Lying about Purchases.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Dominican national was extradited to the United States over the weekend for his alleged role in a drug trafficking organization responsible for over 16 kilograms of heroin that were seized in New Jersey and New York, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEVEN SIMMONS pled guilty in Manhattan federal court today to conspiring to commit securities fraud and wire fraud. Between 2013 and January 2017, SIMMONS solicited more than $6 million in investments...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: More than two dozen arrests; dozens of kilos of fentanyl & cocaine seized.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former resident of Aliso Viejo who submitted fraudulent bills to insurance companies that sought well over $8 million for tests and services that were never performed was sentenced today to 97 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Update on the Release of the FBI’s JFK Assassination Files.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY-The BLM Utah State Office will host three public scoping meetings in a continued effort to engage the public in the land use planning process for Greater Sage-grouse habitat. The BLM invites members of the public to attend meetings from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the following dates and locations:.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement on reports that Secretary DeVos is considering providing partial relief who were defrauded by predatory for-profit colleges, including...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal prosecutors on Friday charged a Vestavia Hills physician with illegally prescribing controlled substances, including opioid painkillers, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton.
