News from June 2018
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Independence Day on Wednesday, July 4th will be celebrated at Saratoga National Historical Park with a 10:00 am Citizenship Ceremony and traditional reading of the Declaration of Independence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Wilmington has returned indictments charging RICARDO NOEL AYALA-AMAYA, age 32, of Honduras, and JOSE ANTONIO DANIA-MALDONADO, age 35, of the Dominican Republic, with Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court in Johnstown to a charge of possession of a prohibited object in prison, and was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, consecutive to the current prison term he is serving, followed by three years’ supervised release, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) today highlighted the Trump administration’s total lack of compliance with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Department of Interior...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A Charlottesville, Virginia, man was cited by police after a Transportation Security Administration officer at Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (CHO) spotted a loaded gun in the man’s carry-on bag at the airport checkpoint on Monday, June 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal indictment was unsealed late yesterday charging three members of an alleged Washington, D.C., area drug crew with drug and firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of Justice, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the U.S. Secret Service (USSS), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced the results of a year-long, coordinated...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALAN D. ZALESKI, 57, of New Britain, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of making a false statement to the U.S. Probation Office and the U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: On June 25 while on routine patrol, park rangers contacted an adult male illegally camping at Freshwater Beach. Rangers identified the camper as Terry Rogers, 62, of North Bend, Oregon.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: On June 26, 2018, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) at USACE headquarters. The MOA will allow LM to supplement our support services contract by utilizing interagency agreements with the corps...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Young people and their families are invited to Big Thicket National Preserve every Friday in July from 9 am to noon for Junior Ranger Days. Each week, park rangers will lead fun hands-on activities focused on a variety of topics, from wildlife to wilderness survival. These program are designed for kids ages 8 to 12.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Raymond Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Special Operations Division, announced that Carlos Jose Zavala Velasquez, a former high-ranking member of the Honduran National Police...
By State Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after final House passage of the North Korea Human Rights Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2061). The bill now heads to the president’s desk for enactment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Roderick Randolph Lester (39, Jacksonville) to eight years and four months in federal prison for robbery, possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, and for violating his federal supervised release. The court also ordered Lester to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: A Mansfield man was charged with theft of government funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: PRESS RELEASE. Indianapolis B Josh J. Minkler, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, announced today the convictions of multiple offenders in two separate sex trafficking cases. “Sex trafficking, particularly of children, has no place in this country," said Minkler. “Our children...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: BISMARCK, N.D. -- The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the Government of the Province of Manitoba reached a settlement ending Manitoba's appeal of the U.S. District Court's August 2017 decision granting summary judgment in favor of Reclamation relating to the Northwest Area Water Supply Project (NAWS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced the availability of approximately $133,879 in Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) funds for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEITH YOUNG, also known as “Capo," “Bapo" and “Poncho," 28, of Hamden, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a violent New Haven street gang.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) has received the Site Closeout Report for the Colonie, New York, Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) Site from the New York District Office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The report includes a Declaration...
