News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Adrian D. Briggs, 21, was convicted today by a federal jury on charges of carjacking and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A previously convicted felon and alleged supporter of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (“ISIS") was arrested yesterday on a charge related to his acquisition of a firearm, three weeks after he was released from state prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway will host a living history encampment representing the expedition of Hernando de Soto on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. The encampment will be set up outside of the Parkway Visitor Center from 10 am to 3 pm. Through stories, demonstrations, and hands-on activities...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: The attached provides information about fires in Glacier National Park and surrounding areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Charles Dwight Stout, III, 19, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury and charged with obstruction of justice, announced Jack Smith, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. The charge relates to the ongoing investigation into the vandalism of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro on July 10, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Richard Michael Colbert, 56, of Pensacola Beach, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $3.7 million in restitution for conspiracy to commit bank and mail fraud, false statement to a federally insured financial institution, nine counts of money laundering...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH - Twenty-eight defendants in the North Texas area have been charged in a federal criminal complaint, and partially unsealed Friday, with felony offenses stemming from their role in a methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin conspiracy that operated in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: MOOSE, WY-Closing dates for seasonally operated facilities in Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway are as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Philip Drake Kneeland, 34, d/b/a Tobacco Distress, Inc., at mile 91.5 of the Sterling Highway in Soldotna, Alaska, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for distributing Spice and possessing a firearm in furtherance of Spice trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Defendant Posed as Business Rep to Traffic in Fake “Nike" Sneakers, “UGG" Boots and “NFL" Jerseys.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a proposed rule that will provide for faster approval of small-scale exports of natural gas, including liquefied natural gas (LNG), from U.S. export facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Bobby Mataara Owens, 40, of Turangi, New Zealand, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to transporting child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - Patricia Parsons, 49, of Brighton, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to a one-count criminal information charging her with aiding and abetting solicitation to commit kidnapping. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty plea today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Low lake levels on Diablo Lake in Ross Lake National Recreation Area will limit accessibility for boaters after the Labor Day weekend. Seattle City Light will begin drawing down Diablo Lake on September 5, 2017, ultimately lowering the lake to approximately 1193 feet, about 9 feet below normal operating...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: FBI Offers Reward After Dawson Bank Robber Connected to Incidents in Atlanta Area.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: PUT-IN-BAY, OH - Nearly 104 years ago, on Sept. 11, 1913, the remains of midshipmen Henry Laub and John Clark and Lt. John Brooks were moved from DeRivera Park to a crypt beneath the rotunda of Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial. On September 8-10, the National Park and its partners...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: SHASTA LAKE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will transition Sept. 5, to its winter tour schedule at Shasta Dam. Tour times will be 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Julian Campbell, 23, of Chicago was sentenced to 40 months today in U.S. District Court for his role in stealing more than $150,000 in luxury handbags from Saks Fifth Avenue at Plaza Frontenac. Campbell is the sixth of eight defendants to be sentenced in U.S. v. Dejaun Wingard et al. An additional five defendants await trial in U.S. v. William Curry et al.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced federal criminal charges against JEREMY RICHARD LUNDIN, 30, for operating a Ponzi scheme through which he stole more than $1 million from individual investors. LUNDIN, who was charged via a criminal information, will make his initial appearance in U.S. District Court at a later date.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on a federal judge’s flawed decision to rule against the Obama Administration overtime rule. The updated overtime rule would help provide economic security for millions of working families by making 4.2 million low-wage workers eligible for overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours a week.
