News from February 2018
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management in New Mexico invites visitors to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Trails System Act, by collecting three new passport stamps. The long-standing and widely-embraced passport program gives visitors a popular way to celebrate the area’s three...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY- Women’s Rights National Historical Park announces a unique opportunity to learn about the remarkable life and legacy of Solomon Northup. On February 18th, the park will host a special talk with Melissa Howell, a great-great-great granddaughter of Northup. Ms. Howell will share a glimpse...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Jackson, TN - Four West Tennessee residents have been indicted on conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base (crack cocaine); distribution of and possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine; and conspiracy to commit money laundering. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the indictment today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY-- What better way to celebrate Black History Month and the Harlem-Renaissance writer Langston Hughes-affectionately known as Shakespeare in Harlem- than two, hour long, one-person-dramatic renditions of Langston Hughes’ poems and short stories at Women’s Rights National Historical Park...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: National Parks of Eastern North Carolina Superintendent David Hallac invites the public to visit with staff on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands, where he will review visitation patterns and park activities during 2017 at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn., - February 5, 2018 - Robert Ellis Waddey, 23, of Nashville, Tennessee, was sentenced today to serve five months in prison for communicating a threat by interstate commerce, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee. Chief U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, ...
By State Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
Release: The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 as amended (TVPA) requires that the Secretary of State submit a list of countries that are determined to require special scrutiny to Congress and provide an Interim Assessment of the progress made in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) by the countries...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeking Information on a Bank Robbery in Fort Lauderdale on Friday.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The second community snow shoe hike will be in Lamoille Canyon near the vicinity of the Talbot Trail Parking Area located in the Ruby Mountains at 6:00p.m., Saturday, February 10th. If weather conditions do not allow for a snowshoe hike, a hike will take place.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jason Delaney Kiplinger, age 36, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2, punishable by not less than 10 years and up to life imprisonment, up to a $10,000,000.00 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Pennsylvania man who owns a company called Horseshoe Hill Outfitters pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Kansas to violating the Lacey Act, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOSHUA JOHNSON, age 37, has pleaded guilty to one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm in violation of Title 18, U.S.C. Sections 922(g)(1). The defendant faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in the Bureau of Prisons, 3 years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY -Women’s Rights National Historical Park is proud to share in the nationwide celebration of Frederick Douglass’ 200th Birthday. On Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. join Nathan Richardson and Melinda Grube as Frederick Douglass and Elizabeth Cady Stanton while they discuss Mr.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeking Information on a Bank Robbery in Hialeah on Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Texas Judge Arrested and Charged With Bribery.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: G. Clayton Grigg Named Assistant Director of Laboratory Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough today ordered a Sherman, Ill., man, Joseph J. Chernis, IV, to serve 37 months in federal prison for failure to adequately remove and dispose of asbestos material, violations of the Clean Air Act, at the former Pillsbury Mills facility in Springfield.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on Feb. 2, ONEL ARANA-GERVACIO, also known as “Arana Ricardo Leon Cepeda," 44, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to heroin trafficking and immigration offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Robert Ellis Waddey, 23, of Nashville, Tennessee, was sentenced today to serve five months in prison for communicating a threat by interstate commerce, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee. Chief U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, Jr. also ordered that at the conclusion...
