News from April 2018
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: MOOSE, WY- The National Park Service announced yesterday that Grand Teton National Park will modify its entrance fees beginning June 1, 2018 to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs that enhance the visitor experience. Effective June 1, the park entrance fee will be $35 per vehicle, $30 per motorcycle or $20 per person, and an annual park pass will cost $70.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A methamphetamine dealer from South Charleston was sentenced today to 8 years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jamie Harmon, 38, previously pled guilty to distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Honduran national was sentenced today to 288 months in prison for kidnapping his former girlfriend in Kansas City, Missouri, and raping her while they traveled to New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND- Dennis Wayne Stryjewski, 46 years old, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced before Hammond District Court Judge Philip Simon on his plea of distributing heroin, announced U.S. U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: MACON: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that a Grand Jury, sitting in Macon Georgia, has returned indictments against twenty-eight defendants. An indictment is only an allegation of criminal conduct. All of the defendants are presumed innocent until...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Yesterday, as the Department of Justice recognizes the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the nationwide rollout of an initiative aimed at increasing awareness and reporting of sexual harassment in housing. The announcement includes an interagency task...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A task force designed specifically to reduce homicides and other violent crime in Birmingham held its first meeting today at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: TUPELO, MS: Due to the potential for a severe weather forecast on Saturday, April 14, 2018, the BioBlitz and Wildlife Festival outdoor activities at the Tupelo Visitor Center are cancelled.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on April 10, 2018, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Shane A. Tillman (age: 33) of Antigo, Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Today, near the 50th Anniversary of the enactment of the Fair Housing Act, Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced settlement of a federal civil rights lawsuit against the owners, builder, and designer of the Ashlynn Estates, a three-building...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Luray, Virginia: The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that Shenandoah National Park will modify its entrance fees beginning June 1, 2018 to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs that enhance the visitor experience. Effective June 1, 2018 the park entrance fee will be $30 per vehicle, $25 per motorcycle and $15 per person. These fees are good for 7 days. An annual park pass will cost $55.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Renwick Haddow misappropriated investor funds and made false and misleading representations to investors in Bitcoin Store, Inc., Bar Works Inc., and related entities he controlled.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - The Transportation Security Administration today announced the deployment of the latest checkpoint screening technology to Santa Fe Regional Airport (SAF).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MISAEL BERNAL, age 33, a citizen of Guatemala, pled guilty yesterday to a one-count indictment for violating the Federal Gun Control Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that RENWICK HADDOW has been extradited to the United States from Morocco...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
Release: BOSTON - TSA officers at Logan International Airport (BOS) discovered a loaded firearm at the security checkpoint on Thursday evening.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: David Bowdich Named Deputy Director of the FBI.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: CONTACT: press@oc.usda.gov. Washington, D.C., April 13, 2018 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer today announced the government of Argentina has finalized technical requirements that will allow U.S. pork to be imported into Argentina for the first...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Emerson Isaac Hernandez-Turcios, 26, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 21 months in federal prison followed by one year of supervised release for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens within the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Mike...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco resident Jin Ming Yan was charged today in a criminal information with evading federal income taxes, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf.
