News from April 2018
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: Pipestone National Monument Guest Speaker Series.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, April 21, to encourage all Americans to visit their national parks, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will waive the entrance fee to enter Point Park, atop Lookout Mountain.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - United States District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Anuj Sud, age 40, of Hyattsville, Maryland, to two years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and a $50,000 fine, for violating the Travel Act by committing bribery conduct. Sud solicited and accepted bribes in the performance of his official duties on the Prince George’s County Board of License Commissioners (“Liquor Board").
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced the retirement of Assistant U.S. Attorney James G. “Jim" Cowles Jr., who served in the Western District of Louisiana for more than 31 years. Cowles was honored today at a retirement ceremony and reception held at the Tom Stagg U.S. Court House in Shreveport.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: The historic bell at St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site tolled 39 times at 7:01 PM on Wednesday evening April 4, part of a nationwide commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King., Jr. The civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner was 39-years-old when he was shot and killed at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that John Hayes, 53, and his wife, Plabpleung Hayes, 50, of New Ipswich were sentenced today for participating in a scheme to distribute misbranded prescription drugs that they obtained from India.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: Benjamin G. Greenberg, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Robert F. Lasky, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce the latest case to arise from the ongoing Opa Locka municipal corruption investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: A former police officer with the Village of Biscayne Park had his initial appearance today on an indictment in Miami for deprivation of civil rights under color of law against two individuals on separate occasions and for falsifying records in a federal investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - This afternoon, the Bureau of Reclamation will increase flows below Iron Gate Dam to reduce the risk of disease for coho salmon in the Klamath River. Beginning late this afternoon, flows below Iron Gate Dam will increase from approximately 1,800 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 6,030...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Jeffrey Allen Burgess has been sentenced in federal court to three years’ probation, to include the following special conditions: four months of home detention; continued alcohol treatment through Pyramid Healthcare, Inc., or as directed by the U.S. Probation Office; 50 hours of community...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: ROSWELL, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Haystack Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Area will be closed from 1 p.m. on April 18, to 5 p.m. on April 23 for an American Motorcycle Association National Trials event. Haystack Mountain OHV Area is located approximately 20 miles northeast of Roswell, on U.S. Highway 70.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Ray Harris, Jr., 24, of St. Croix, was sentenced on April 5, 2018 for conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: Margaret “Meg" Gallagher has been named as the new branch chief for the National Park Service (NPS) Aviation Program, succeeding Jon Rollens, who retired at the end of 2017. Meg is currently the acting aviation branch chief, having previously served as the national helicopter specialist for the NPS Aviation Program.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: As evening approaches Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore), we are reminded of an easily overlooked resource found throughout the country, the night sky. At the National Lakeshore, this resource, located far from sources of urban light pollution, provides visitors an extraordinary...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: Clifford Riheem Elisah Bright, 29, of Trenton, New Jersey, was charged yesterday by indictment with transporting firearms from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to New Jersey while engaged in the business of dealing in firearms without a license announced United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. Bright...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: David J. Miller, 45, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to 124 months in prison for stealing over $3.5 million from the City of Miami Beach’s bank account through unauthorized electronic transfers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Brownsville, Texas man has been indicted for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the indictment today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement on the latest NAFTA discussions...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Noel Rodriguez, age 56, formerly of Dover, Del., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Andrews to 13 months of imprisonment and ordered to pay $145,480 in restitution. The sentencing came after Rodriguez pleaded guilty to one count of federal program theft on Nov. 20, 2017.
