News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 34-year-old Dallas man has been sentenced to federal prison in connection with a Denton County highway expansion project in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Washington - La Plaza Market LLC, operating out of California, has posted a $75,000 cash surety bond with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Water will not be available at Devils Garden Trailhead or Picnic Area from approximately Sept. 24, 2017 through November 4, 2017 due to replacement of the area’s water tank.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The United States Attorney’s Office reached a settlement agreement today with the Park School, resolving allegations that the school violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by discriminating against a student with a disability.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Led by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), 29 U.S. Senators sent a letter to U.S. Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a former 17 year veteran police officer with the Fairview Township Police Department, Tyson Baker, age 43, of Etters, York, Pennsylvania, was convicted on Sept. 14, 2017, on charges stemming...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Manel Smith, age 40, of New Jersey, was sentenced on Sept. 13, 2017, by United States District Court Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner to 120 months’ imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Washington, D.C., lawyer pleaded guilty today to distributing videos of child sexual abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: The Defendant Used Counterfeit Court Orders to Get Websites Containing Unfavorable Postings About His Company De-Indexed From Google Search Results.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Nicole Perry, 22, of Berwick, Maine, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: MILLS, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation will be lowering the water level in Alcova Reservoir as the 2017 irrigation season draws to a close. The annual drawdown of the reservoir will begin on Sunday, Oct. 1.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: St. Augustine, FL - Castillo de San Marcos National Monument will reopen to the public on Saturday, September 16. Normal hours of operation are 8:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Due to storm damage, no public restrooms are available at this time.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: After the widespread devastation Hurricane Irma wreaked on Florida last weekend, unmanned aircraft - more popularly, drones - have been invaluable in supporting response and recovery efforts in the battered Sunshine State.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Man in Black Long-Sleeve T-Shirt Robs Albuquerque Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Ivania Ortiz, also known as “Ivania Reyes" and “Lisset Oz," 32, originally from Nicaragua, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 33 months in federal prison for her role in a conspiracy involving fraudulent purchases in North Texas using counterfeit bank cards, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Beginning in October of 2017 and continuing through April of 2018, Montezuma Well and Tuzigoot National Monument will be hosting bird walks.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The White Pine County Commission Wednesday proclaimed September 30 National Public Lands Day - the declaration coming one day after the Lund Town Council expressed support for this year’s event, the cleanup of an illegal dumpsite south of the community.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Shreveport man pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing a sawed-off shotgun hidden behind a wall.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was convicted by a jury Thursday for receipt of child pornography found on his laptop computer, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada, Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI’s Las Vegas Office, and Sheriff Joseph Lombardo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Following a few passing storms over the weekend, some of the smoke in the Treasure Valley has cleared and blue skies have begun to return. This is a welcome relief from the past 7-10 days, when air quality conditions in Idaho ranged from unhealthy to very unhealthy. The smoke and unhealthy...
