News from April 2018
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Gettysburg, Pa. (April 13, 2018) - Due to the forecast for high winds this afternoon, the National Park Service will not conduct a prescribed fire at Gettysburg National Military Park today. South Confederate Avenue and Sickles Avenue will be closed throughout the day for continued preparations for the planned prescribed fire on Saturday, April 14.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Environment hearing on “High Octane Fuels and High Efficiency Vehicles: Opportunities and Challenges:"
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: A Ravenna man was charged in federal court after defrauding an insurance company out of approximately $94,000.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: YAKIMA, WA - The Bureau of Reclamation and Washington State Department of Ecology have released a supplemental draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for projects at Kachess and Keechelus reservoirs being developed under the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI, OH ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has again cited Ohio roofing contractor Benny’s Roofing LLC for exposing employees to falls, and other safety hazards. Benny’s Roofing LLC faces proposed penalties totaling $138,394.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - House and Senate Democratic Committee health leaders called on the Trump Administration to withdraw a proposed rule that would encourage the sale of junk health plans that will undermine consumer protections, sabotage the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces, and expose consumers to...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, appeared on PBS NewsHour to talk about agriculture trade and his meeting with President Trump.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: The Detroit One collaboration of local, state, and federal law enforcement has led to the guilty plea of a Detroit man for conspiring to rob patrons of Detroit-area casinos at gunpoint that evolved into armed carjackings and identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
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: Jackson, Miss - Johnnie Lee Luckett, 45, of Jackson, pled guilty today, before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate, to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: CONRAD DEWAYNE WEBB, 53, of Glenrock, Wyoming was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on April 6, 2018 for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Webb was arrested in Glenrock, Wyoming. He received twenty-four months of imprisonment, to be followed by thirty-six months of supervised release. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated this case.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: For Heroin Distribution. 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. Stryjewski was sentenced 63 months imprisonment and 3 years...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Glacier 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 or $30 per motorcycle. An annual park pass will cost $70.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Glacier National Park invites community members to discover the healing power of nature by celebrating Park Prescription (Rx) Day, April 29. Park Rx Day is part of National Park Week taking place from April 21 through April 29.
By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement on the U.S. and its allies’ strikes in Syria...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, NY - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 23-count indictment charging four defendants with conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin and 400 grams or more of fentanyl. Charged in the conspiracy are...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Theodore Martin, age 54, and his wife, Arminda Martin, age 47, formerly of York County, Pennsylvania, were indicted by a federal grand jury for mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, New York, Eric Erb, a former investment adviser and hedge fund manager, was sentenced by United States District Judge Arthur D. Spatt to 57 months’ imprisonment to be followed by 3 years’ supervised release. In August 2017, Erb pleaded guilty to wire...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of Justice recognized Tina L. Fox, State Director of Victim Services for the Tennessee Board of Parole, with the National Crime Victim Service Award during the annual National Crime Victims’ Service Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining the potential for high octane fuels and the vehicles designed for them. Members looked at the impact of a potential transition to high octane fuels and vehicles on refiners, biofuel producers, automakers, fuel retailers, and consumers.
