News from October 2017

By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: On Monday November 6, 2017, Superintendent David Hallac and Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) staff will host an information session about the Seashore’s Commercial Use Authorization program, which permits businesses to provide commercial visitor services.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: A 19-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Central Islip, New York, charging Vincent J. Trimarco, Jr., with conspiracies to commit mail fraud and wire fraud and money laundering, as well as related substantive counts. Trimarco was arrested this morning and will be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge A. Kathleen Tomlinson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: American Sentenced to 20 Years for Joining ISIS.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes an $869,125 civil penalty against Compass Airlines, LLC, of St. Louis, Mo., for allegedly failing to provide flight crews with complete weather information.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Department of the Interior (DOI) released a report today that stated it will repeal the 2010 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) onshore oil and gas leasing reforms and stop developing Master Leasing Plans. Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva condemned the release of the Final Report:...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Atlanta Division Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Two people from Cleveland were indicted for a case involving the straw purchase of a firearm for a felon, said U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman and ATF Special Agent in Charge Trevor Velinor.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Martin Knight, age 38, of Valparaiso, Indiana was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release for one count of possessing child pornography by District Court Judge Philip Simon.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury has found Tammie McConico, a/k/a “Tammie Brown," (56, Orlando) guilty of aiding the preparation of false tax returns. She faces a maximum penalty of 51 years in federal prison. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for January 8, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: (Attend Via Webcast). OCT. 27, 2017 - The U.S. Census Bureau will hold its quarterly 2020 Census Program Management Review on Friday, Oct. 27, from 12:30 to 5 p.m., in the auditorium at Census Bureau headquarters. Agenda topics include high-level program updates, an update on testing, and a review of...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, IL- Recently, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Sean M. Cox recognized Protective Security Advisor (PSA) Kevin C. Pennell, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Southern/Central Illinois, for receiving the InfraGard National DHS PSA of the Year Award. This distinguished award was presented at the 2017 InfraGard National Member Alliance Congress in Dallas Texas on Sept. 24, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: A Flint man pleaded guilty on Oct. 25, 2017, to kidnapping and being a felon in possession of ammunition, Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Victim Severely Beaten While Being Held Captive in U-Haul Storage Locker.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) today announced the signing of an implementing agreement under the U.S. - China Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA) recognizing each other’s regulatory systems with respect to the airworthiness of aviation products and articles.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Anderson, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Kenneth Bearden, age 49, of Anderson, South Carolina, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Anderson to Manufacturing Counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 471, and Conspiracy to Pass Counterfeit...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Martin Knight, age 38, of Valparaiso, Indiana was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release for one count of possessing child pornography by District Court Judge Philip Simon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 55-year-old Mexican National has been ordered to prison following his conviction of assaulting a federal agent, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A federal jury sitting in Laredo convicted Miguel Cabrera-Rangel on June 29, 2017, following a two-day trial.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN -U.S. Attorney, D. Michael Dunavant, Western District of Tennessee, will join the Drug Enforcement Administration on Oct. 28, 2017 for its 14th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The biannual event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at thousands of collection sites around the...

By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Today, Friday, Oct. 27, Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park officially closed for the season to through travel. The most popular destinations for this time of year including Bear Lake Road, Moraine Park, Horseshoe Park and the section of Trail Ridge Road along the Kawuneeche Valley are all open. These are all great areas for hiking and wildlife watching.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: KIMBERLY, OREGON: The Thomas Condon Paleontology Center in the Sheep Rock Unit of John Day Fossil Beds will be open 10 am-5 pm seven days per week throughout the winter, excluding the following holidays.