News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: Since April of 2017, sixteen Fort Pierce residents have been convicted and sentenced to prison on various federal firearms and drug trafficking charges, as part of the Project Safe Neighborhoods violence reduction program in South Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that, on June 27, 2018, a grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging JOHNATHEN LOPEZ, 28, of Waterbury, with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. LOPEZ was arrested on July 2, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: EASTHAM, Mass. -Summer is here, and Cape Cod National Seashore is again hosting free evening events at the Salt Pond Visitor Center. Join authors, performing artists, historians, and scientists to learn about the seashore’s resources and fascinating stories. Programs are held every Tuesday and Thursday...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: WHITETHORN, Calif. - Outdoor enthusiasts will have the opportunity to watch a full moon rise over the King Range and the Pacific Ocean, in a free, guided hike, offered Friday, July 27, by the Bureau of Land Management and the Lost Coast Interpretive Association.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing to demolish building 69, a WWII temporary barrack building at Floyd Bennett Field. Building 69 is a historic building in the Floyd Bennett Field Historic District.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today that District Judge John E. Dowdell sentenced Jeremy Batey, 44, of Tahlequah, to serve 87 months in federal prison for Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography. Batey must also pay a special monetary assessment totaling $100. After release from prison, Batey must serve ten years of supervised release.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Federal charges were announced Thursday against an Indianapolis-area high school swim coach for allegedly having sex with one of his athletes, and recording child pornography on his cellphone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex M. Azar III, announced the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action involving 601 charged defendants across 58 federal districts, including 165 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.-The Bureau of Land Management is offering a cash reward for information leading to the identification of suspects responsible for recent vandalism in the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited (Credit Suisse Hong Kong or CSHK), a Hong Kong-based subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (Credit Suisse or CSAG), a Swiss-based issuer of publicly traded securities in the United States, has agreed to pay a $47 million criminal penalty for its role in a scheme to corruptly win banking business by awarding employment to friends and family of Chinese officials in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that Chief United States District Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Brandon Earl Ashley, 30, a resident of Semmes, Alabama, to 60 months imprisonment for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that CHARLIE O’BRYANT TERRY, 33, of Henderson, North Carolina was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt to 240 months imprisonment, 24 months on a revocation of supervised release followed by 3 years’ supervised release after the term of imprisonment.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement regarding Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt's long overdue resignation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Manuel Emilio Payano, age 42, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was sentenced to 96 months imprisonment and 3 years supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Cocaine, in violation...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: The sky is the limit at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore). Join park rangers and astronomers from the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society (GTAS) on Saturday, July 14 at the Dune Climb parking lot. On that date, two events will offer you opportunities to focus on the sky. The...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Artist Emily McIlroy joins Glacier National Park for the second artistic residency of the summer. She follows choral artist Matthew Harrison who was in residency for the month of June.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt’s resignation...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: The National Weather Service has issued a Beach Hazard Statement which remains in effect from 5 am Thursday through Saturday afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Brian Cardona, age 21, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced before District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for distribution of over 50 grams of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 5, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a new staff report detailing how the Republican tax law signed by President Donald Trump on Dec. 22, 2017, imposes significant new financial penalties on American...
