News from September 2017
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has selected five ideas to receive $20,000 to limit rodents from burrowing into canals, levees and earthen dam embankments. The two top ideas submitted will each receive $5,500. Edem Tsikata of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Lawrence Kearns of Chicago, Illinois, were selected as the top prize winners.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Man Wearing Wig Robs Santa Fe Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former employee of a New York company that invests in, imports and distributes “As Seen On TV" products today admitted trying to sell trade secrets to one of the company’s competitors, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting U.S. Attorney Corey Amundson made the following statement concerning today's arrest of Kenneth Gleason on two charges of first-degree murder by the Baton Rouge Police Department: "My office, together with the ATF and the FBI, will continue to support the outstanding state and local law enforcement efforts in this important matter. My thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of the victims.".
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for participating in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme that filed fraudulent federal income tax returns claiming hundreds of thousands of dollars in refunds.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: In the first year, $1.68 million will fund research for projects in Alaska, California, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Ohio and Virginia. The grants are administered by NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a half-day meeting addressing drugs, violent crime, and public corruption in Indian country will be held in Porcupine, South Dakota, on Thursday Sept. 28, 2017. The event is hosted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources today held a business meeting to advance five nominees to the Senate floor:
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: United States Files Denaturalization Complaints in Florida, Connecticut and New Jersey Against Three Individuals Who Fraudulently Naturalized After Having Been Ordered Deported Under Different Identities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: The FBI is Looking for Information on Albuquerque Bank Robber Who Fled on Sport Bicycle.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Shortly after 1 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 18, 2017 a United States Park Police officer observed a man using a penny to engrave the letters “HYPT MAEK" into the fifth pillar on the north side of the Lincoln Memorial. The man, identified as Nurtilek BAKIROV, 21, of the Kyrgyz Republic...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) today announced that automated screening lanes have been installed and are in use at terminal one’s South Checkpoint. This state-of-the-art technology enhances security efficiency while decreasing the amount of time travelers spend in the security screening process.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court in Johnstown to twelve months, plus one day, to be served concurrently with sentence he is presently serving in Clearfield County, and three years’ supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., with Trade Subcommittee Ranking Members Sen. Bob Casey, D-Penn., and Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr., D-N.J., today called for the administration to act immediately to end foreign labor practices that undercut American workers and cost U.S. jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that BRANDON LISI was sentenced today to 38 months in prison for his role in...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Mesa Verde National Park welcomes painter Carol Chamberland of Albuquerque, New Mexico as its next Artist in Residence. During Carol’s residency, September 18-30, two free public programs will be offered. On Thursday, September 28 at the Mancos Public Library from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Carol will discuss...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Hyunkook Korsiak, 36, of Harpswell, Maine pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to theft of firearms from a federally licensed firearms dealer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for his role in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice Department, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Charles Gardner, the Commissioner of the Yonkers Police Department (“Yonkers PD")...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt today raising serious concerns regarding his decision to place Senior Advisor Albert Kelly in charge of the Superfund management task force.
