News from April 2018
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) announced today Carlsbad Caverns National Park will modify its entrance fees to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs to enhance the visitor experience. Effective Jan. 1, 2019 the entrance fees to the park will be $15 per person (ages 16...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced today the arrest of a California man accused of using social media to communicate threats against a member of the United States House of Representatives.
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 EPA 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 Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: WYOMING - The Bureau of Land Management reminds people planning to drive on public lands this spring that it is illegal to travel off existing roads in a motorized vehicle. This is in keeping with the Department’s goal of shared conservation stewardship.

By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, this evening made the following statement...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Defendant Also Admits Robbing Two Other Banks.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: As Americans submit their 2017 tax filings, they can wave good-bye to the old tax code, making way for a new tax code fit for the 21st-century economy. Check out these recent op-eds and news stories of leaders praising the sweeping benefits of tax reform - including higher wages, business investment, and more money in the pockets of American workers and families...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Yesterday afternoon, Michael J. Baxter, 49, of Grand Ridge, Florida, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court in Panama City to 5 years in prison after being convicted on January 25 of falsifying records to obstruct a federal investigation. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Charles Poltenson, age 28, of Salina, New York, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for sexually exploiting three children.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: South Florida Certified Public Accountant Indicted for Tax Fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: RIDGELAND, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway invites visitors to enjoy the talents and sounds of local musicians at the Parkway Information Cabin on April 21, 2018, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. The Natchez Trace String Band, a small group of local acoustic musicians, will fill the cabin with the sounds of traditional folk, country, and bluegrass music. Visitors are welcome to stop by for a few minutes or bring a chair and stay awhile.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Patrick Morgan Schiro, a resident of Rockville Centre, New York, and the founder of Black Rock Morgan LLC (BRM), was sentenced by United States District Court Judge LeShann DeArcy Hall to 28 months’ imprisonment, with restitution amount to be determined, for...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: An East Cleveland man was indicted in federal court for a carjacking in Cleveland Heights and an armed bank robbery in Richmond Heights.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Antoinette Mitchell-Brown, Seconey Brown, and Anthony Atkinson Attempted to Steal More than $700,000 from Bank’s Clients.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Susquehanna Supply Company, Inc., of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on April 10, 2018, by U.S. Magistrate Judge William I. Arbuckle to pay a fine of $250,000 for willfully committing an OSHA violation that resulted in an employee’s death.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - Today, 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...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Today, 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 force...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a man from Maurice was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for submitting false receipts in order to draw more than $1.2 million from a bank line of credit.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Conspiracy Trafficked Over 50 Grams of Methamphetamine from Tennessee and Kentucky into SW Virginia.