News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to mail fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) workers kicked off the first-ever demolition of a vitrification facility in the DOE complex on Sept. 11.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CALIF.-A powerful storm system brought heavy rains and wind to Death Valley National Park yesterday. Extremely high winds in the Cow Creek administrative area blew the roof off of a historic office building dating back to the Civilian Conservation Corps era of the 1930s. Windows were blown out of four vehicles belonging to staff living at Cow Creek. Roofs of five other buildings at Stovepipe Wells were also damaged.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, offered two amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017 (NDAA) that would reform the way union activity funded by taxpayers is used by federal employees. The amendments would also provide needed transparency regarding the total hours federal employees spend conducting union business instead of the duties for which they were hired.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today testified on the need for strong enforcement of U.S. trade laws, in a hearing of the International Trade Commission.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that Rodney G. Hiner, 59, of Omaha, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha for possessing child pornography. Chief Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Hiner to 18 months of imprisonment. After his release from prison, Hiner will begin a five-year term of supervised release and be required to register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The park hosted 916,166 visits in August 2017. This was the busiest August on record, up 8.93 percent from August 2016, which saw 841,036 visits. The second busiest August was in 2015 and saw 854,408 visits. Visits were slightly down in August 2016 when the South Entrance Station was closed for 6 days due to the Berry Fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, John Stuart Bruce, announced that today in federal court, LIHN VAN NGUYEN, 39, of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to Bank Fraud. Under the terms of a plea agreement, NGUYEN faces up to 30 years in prison, $1,000,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: CHEYENNE - Donald Sample, aka Donald Alexander Sheriff, age 60, of Pocatello, Idaho, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson to serve 360 months (30 years) in federal prison for bank robbery and the use of a firearm, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 132,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: Incident information. Photos of Hurricane Irma damage and response. Atlanta - The National Park Service Eastern Incident Management Team (Team) is in its third day of operation in Atlanta, coordinating the bureau’s response to parks impacted by Hurricane Irma. Resources are mobilizing and en route to...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: (MALTA, Mont.) - The area burned by the July Fire is closed until further notice due to public safety concerns.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: California Resident Sentenced to Prison for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, to examine ways to improve the U.S. tax code’s business provisions and create a healthier economic environment that will encourage job creators to invest in the United States and increase their competitiveness in the global market. The hearing, entitled, “Business Tax Reform" will take place at 10 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 215.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: Faces 10-20 years in prison for being in possession of 500 images and 3 videos of child pornography while on probation for possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine M. Ro (619)546-7937.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Michael J. Heyman (619) 546-9615 and Joseph J.M. Orabona (619) 546-7951.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTOPHER BRYAN COLEMAN, 28, of Waterbury, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of escape from custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Daniel Fitzgibbon, age 47, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to participating in a conspiracy to distribute alpha-pvp, commonly known as “bath salts.".
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared an Environmental Assessment that considers the implementation of a Fish Management Plan at Mount Rainier National Park. The purpose of the plan is to guide management of native and nonnative fish populations in the park.
